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>From: Bobbi Brooks <lilylady@PRODIGY.NET>
>Reply-To: PRIMROSES <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
>Subject: Re: [SG] Corydalis and dry shade
>Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2000 18:16:42 -0400
>
>Thanks for this response and others Gene. Just read, also the one about
>under a tree, and how far out..etc...good stuff!
>
>You always contribute so much to this robin, and I just want to let you
>know
>that it is appreciated!
>
>Bobbie
>
>Bobbie Brooks, MA zone 6.5
>Gardens In An Old Fashioned Way
>http://daylily.net/gardens/bobbiebrooks.htm
>-----Original Message-----
>From: GeneBush <genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM>
>To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
>Date: Saturday, October 07, 2000 9:33 AM
>Subject: Re: [SG] Corydalis and dry shade
>
>
> >Boy! Bobbie..
> > That is a bunch .... I am not in your area and handle things a bit
>differently
> >here nursery-wise, so I don't know how much help I can be. I find that
>Corydalis
> >lutea and ochr. resent winter wet... in fact they dissolve in pots here
>over
> >winter. (I do not use greenhouses here... everything rides outside with
>the
> >weather in open cold frames) I have learned to leave them in the garden
>until
> >early spring and then pot up to very open coarse medium.
> > Dicentra exima is a native here... they are used to drying out a bit
>during
> >August through September. They respond very well to lots of humus in the
>soil and
> >consistent *moisture* (not wet), but too much and the heat cooks the
>roots.
>One
> >needs to be a bit careful not to love these plants to death.
> > Take a look at the stems and roots... almost succulent... full of
>water
> >already.
> > Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> > around the woods - around the world
> >genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Bobbi Brooks <lilylady@PRODIGY.NET>
> >Subject: Re: [SG] Corydalis and dry shade
> >
> >
> >> RE: corydalis - the yellow one, lutea? I believe.
> >>
> >> I love it because of the deep grey green foliage and that it blooms all
> >> season. I have a good size plant from last year that thankfully gave
>me
> >> some babies but i have not transplanted them yet. They are not very
>big.
> >> Wet season, maybe. I would like to pot them up for sale, use them on
> >> jobsites etc.
> >>
> >> Any advice as to if this is too late, should I wait until next season,
>what
> >> to pot in, when IS the best time to move them about, etc.
> >>
> >> I gather that I cannot put them on jobs that I was planning on...where
> >> woodlands AND irrigation are placed?
> >>
> >> Speaking of the above. Could that be also why some good size plants of
> >> Dicentra exemia rotted in an Aug planting? It gets very confusing
>between
>a
> >> large plant wilting, and the dryness that it might need when
>established!
> >> (or I might be all wet on that one). Oh, and the same plants are
>placed
>in
> >> other locations on the sight WITH irrigation, but without the complete
> >> compost mixture that I use.
> >>
> >> And people think gardening is easy huh? Plant requirements and soil
>prep
> >> are pretty darn important.
> >>
> >> "PUT THE PLANT WHERE IT WANTS TO BE, NOT WHERE I WANT IT"!!!!
> >>
> >> I keep saying it over and over, but darn it, there is the man controls
> >> nature thing that happens too....
> >>
> >> <BG>
> >>
> >> Bobbie B, with an 'e' or as I sometimes use, 'BB'! The techs have me
>down
> >> without the 'e' and oh well, who cares?
> >>
> >> Bobbie Brooks, MA zone 6.5
> >> Gardens In An Old Fashioned Way
> >> http://daylily.net/gardens/bobbiebrooks.htm
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