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Re: [SG] new person bio

At 12:11 AM -0400 5/25/98, Cyan451762 wrote:
>Hello neighbor,
>  Welcome to the list.I live in St.Paul. :) I too have a woodland garden
>although
>it is much smaller than yours,about 280 sq ft. Some of the plants I have used
>are Arum italicum, Helleborus and Coral Bells.The combination of Columbines,
>Astilbes and ferns is very nice. I also put in a couple of tuberus Begonias
>( I know they aren't very woodland like,but I love the color).

Hi, and thank you, both for the ideas and the welcome.  I don't know arum
italicum.  I want to see a picture of it!  I checked a bunch of references
around the house and found it mentioned favourably but not shown in Druse's
_The_Natural_Shade_Garden_.  It's not even mentioned in The Brooklyn
Botanic Gardens' _Woodland_Gardens_.  No common name is listed for it in
Coombes' _The_Dictionary_Of_Plant_Names_.  Does anyone know a URL for a
picture of any of the arums?

I've got Palace Purple coral bells in both light and dense shade, and
neither has bloomed in the 3 years I've had the plants.  Obviously, the one
that gets more light "purples up" better than the one in deeper shade where
it stays kind of green.  Honestly, I was thinking of moving them to a
sunnier spot.  Do people have better luck with Palace Purple?

Oh, and my excellent garden excitement for today:  Last year I bought a
varigated chartreuse double columbine.  Blooms purple.  Today I was out
pulling sorrel in that part of my garden, and found little varigated
columbine seedlings!  It's self-sowing!  Hooray!

Karen. [not a begonia fan, but I put some coleus in pots on tree stumps out
in the woods because I want a bit of colour and a bit of surprise out
there, too]
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