Re: Monkshood
- Subject: Re: [SG] Monkshood
- From: G*
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 06:18:29 -0400
Hello Bobbi,
Not there to take a look at things, but you are describing the results of lack
of circulation and excessive moisture. We have to be careful here when we have
them in pots in the display area. Keep them too wet, crowded, and.... not a pretty
picture. Sounds as though the roots have not rotted, though.
How about a new spot for them with lots of compost dug in for moisture, but
well drained? Mulch around but not over the crowns.
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 Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
To: <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2001 9:23 PM
Subject: [SG] Monkshood
> Gene, you were singing the praises of monkshood and I wanted to ask you
> what we did wrong. We had it for several years and it did very well,
> especially the plants in shade. This year, the plants all have some kind
> of black crud on them and won't bloom, or at least only sparsely. Is it
> lack of circulation, a disease, or what? (our perennial border is very
> closely packed)
>
> Thanks
>
> Bobbi Diehl
