{Disarmed} Companion Plants for Siberians
- Subject: {Disarmed} Companion Plants for Siberians
- From: "* G* <A*@netscape.com>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jul 2007 00:29:19 -0600
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I tried a number of new things for companion plants
with my Siberians this year.
1) I interplanted seedling
columbines (of about a dozen varieties) between the Siberian clumps under my
Acacia Tree (where they get afternoon shade) last fall. I think this worked out
very well, with the Columbine bloom (some are still blooming) starting before
and continuing after the Siberians. After bloom the columbine foilage looks
quite good among the Siberian clumps (different color of green and mounds
instead of upright foilage) after the columbine bloom stalks are cut back. The
columbines seem to do pretty good with the same watering schedule as the
Siberians also.
2) I also put in a clump of
'Heavenly Blue' morning glories among the Siberians right under the Acacia tree
and now have them climbing up about 8 feet into the tree. I have visions of them
reaching about 15 feet and hanging down everywhere above the Siberian bed
in glorious bloom later in the summer.
3) For the Siberians in full
sun, I went with a mixture of moss rose and bush morning glory (convovolus
tricolor ensign - mix of blue, pink, red, and white). Both of these annuals are
blooming well now. The bush morning glory is actually more of a low growing
runner than a bush, with plant usually not getting higher than about 8 inches
tall. Its blooms stay open a lot longer than regular morning glories, often
staying open into mid-afternoon; it is also a lot hardier than regular morning
glories, taking light frosts without dying back and germinating in the spring
long before the soil warms up enough for the regular morning glories to
germinate; finally it (like the moss rose) self-sows quite
readily.
4) Finally, I can report that
the Oriental Lilies I interplanted in the Siberian bed on the north side of the
house (partial shade)had mixed results. The small bulblets I planted
last spring there and subjected to the same watering schedule as the
Siberians are now showing buds where most of them will have 1-2 flowers.
Referring to my planting notes it appears that all 26 bulblets from 'Sigma'
(huge white flowers with some yellow in center), 17 of 20 bulblets of
'Dizzy' (white with red stripes) and 12 of 18 bulblets of 'Acapulco' (pink) seem
to be doing great. However, all but 3 bulblets (of 19) of 'Gold Band'
appears to have died out and all 15 bulblets of 'Stargazer' also died out, so it
appears there is some variation among which Orientals can take as much water as
the Siberians like. I also note that of the 15 mature full-size Oriental bulbs
(3 of each of the previous varieties) I planted in the same bed only the 3
'Sigma' bulbs and two of the 'Dizzy' bulbs came back.
I'd be interested in hearing what others on the
list are using as companion plants with their Siberians this year.
Best Regards,
Arthur
Denver, CO
Zone 5
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