Re: gravel plants - was: question
- Subject: Re: [SG] gravel plants - was: [SG] question
- From: M* T*
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2001 03:05:49 -0400
It sure came as a surprise to me, Claire, and the lesson took some
time in sinking in. When I look back on the hours and hours I spent
sifting gravel size stones out of some of my first beds! Now, I put
gravel *in* the beds....sigh..live and learn.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Claire Peplowski <ECPep@AOL.COM>
>
> In a message dated 8/31/01 1:54:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
mtalt@CLARK.NET
> writes:
>
> << Plants just love the free drainage of rocks of any size from
sand to
> boulders, I think, plus the protection the rocks provide for their
> roots. >>
>
> This comes as surprise to gardeners. When I first decided to do
some serious
> alpine gardening and found everything else migrated to those areas,
I looked
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