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Re: [SG] Kirengeshoma palmata

Thanks for the additional information Rika. Think I will move my mature
plant as see if I can get better performance. I do like the soft quality of
both the leaves and blooms. Nice quite neighbor for others to stand near in
the garden. perhaps the pine trees are getting the moisture mine needs. I
do mulch with chopped leaves each fall and the soil is good. Guessing it is
just the location. Thanks for taking the time to reply in detail,
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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>
> I have a Kirengoshoma palmata growing in my shade garden ( gets 4 hours
of direct
> sun).  The plant is about 5 years old.  It's only May 19th, and the plant
is already
> 4' across and 40" high.  Everyone who comes to the garden asks what the
plant is.  It
> forms a perfect mound, the foliage is beautiful - maple shaped leaves in
a soft
> green.
>
> >From the time I first planted it, It took until the third year until the
plant was
> remakable.  It is one of my favorite plants, and when I design a shade
garden for
> clients, I'ts very often one of the first plants that I think of
including.  I do
> have automatic irrigation in the bed, although there have been times when
the
> irrigation didn't reach this part of the garden.--  However, I have a
"secret
> weapon"--  behind my shade garden, there's a wooded area where the leaves
(Oak and
> Maple) have been collecting for years, as well as any weeds and garden
refuse that I
> throw over and through the shrubs that back the garden.  Whenever I plant
anything
> new in this garden, I  scrape away the leaves, gather up the worm
castings and use
> them as orgainc soil amendments.  I've never fed this garden  with any
fertilizer --
> the growth is amazing!!!!.
> --
> Rika                    Willow Pond Nursery
http://www.willowpondnursery.com
> Long Island, NY
> Zone 7a
> mail to:  rika@willowpondnursery.com
>
>
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