Re: Fall Planting of ferns
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Fall Planting of ferns
- From: j*
- Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 18:31:43 -0500
Cindy, you've enjoyed good luck under silver maples. It's totally different
from what I and many others in this area experience. More power to you, and
your plants!
John Adney
-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Johnson <Cidjohnson@AOL.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, September 15, 1999 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] Fall Planting of ferns
>In a message dated 9/15/99 3:30:35 PM Central Daylight Time,
>nsshlaes@AMERITECH.NET writes:
>
><< 2) Will they be all right under the silver maple? What else can you
> knowledgeable shade people suggest to put under the silver maple with
> them (or without them)/
> >>
>
>I have 2 huge silver maples in back. I've got wild ginger and sweet
woodruff
>increasing nicely under mine. Also planted under them are
>Jack-in-the-pulpits, Trilliums, wild geraniums, twinleaf, Jacob's ladder,
>white and red baneberries, some ...hmmm, actually a good part of my
>wildflower gardens are under my silver maples.
>
>I just let the leaves fall where they want and sometimes I add compost or
>leaf mulch to them. They are pretty much left to themselves except that I
>pull the maple seedlings out by the hundreds... I also run the sprinkler
now
>and then when it's real dry, but not as much as I do in my hosta gardens.
I
>suppose that if these same plants were growing under deeper rooted trees
>they'd increas faster, but I think they are doing ok, considering.
>
>I'd also go for it..I plant whenever I have the time, which isn't always
when
>it's best. But I do feel fall is a good time for it.
>Cindy Johnson
>White Bear Lake, MN
>zone 4a
