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Planting Under Trees - Part 7Read the article this discussion is about
This archived discussion is "read only". » NancyS_5 - Marge: Thanks so much for the tips. I have an area just like thi Marge: Thanks so much for the tips. I have an area just like this, and I'm now going to try to get some Mayapple. I'd love to try some arisaema but I haven't had great luck with them, and they make for expensive mistakes. Is Jack-in-the-pulpit tougher than the Asian versions? The last one I had went dormant and never returned, but my soil is much better (more humusy) now. It's still dry, though, and hard to water.-- posted by NancyS_5 » Marge_Talt - Hi Nancy, You're most welcome. Delighted that some of my exp Hi Nancy,You're most welcome. Delighted that some of my experiences are of use to you in your garden! A little web search reveals that: Collector's Nursery lists Podophyllum hexandrum Niche Gardens and Roslyn Nursery list Podophyllum peltatum Heronswood lists several: Podophyllum difforme, Podophyllum hexandrum, Podophyllum peltatum, Podophyllum pleianthum - all but two are new to me! Yes, plain old A. triphyllum is much tougher and more reliable than the more exotic forms. They put up with just about anything - grow all over my woods and pop up in the oddest places. Many of the Asian forms are really sensitive to dampness while dormant and some are marginally hardy. Of course many of those forms are so incredibly lovely they are to die for. But, the common Jack, in good from, is nothing to sneeze at, IMO. They are what got me interested in the genus in the first place. Really, do join AEG and get on Arisaema-L. The people on that list really know their jacks and one can learn a lot. I basically lurk, but even so, I received a lovely surprise packet of seed last year - all of which sprouted and I hope will decide to return and grow on. The object being to spread the species and make corms and seed more widely available. One of the members, Ellen Hornig, has a small nursery in upstate New York, and, I know carries some species. I didn't register A. triphyllum as I have it in quantity, but she may carry it. If you are interested, let me know and I'll give you her email address. She also carries other lovely woodland type plants - all good quality and reasonable prices - I've gotten some from her. Or you can write for her list: Ellen Hornig Marge
-- posted by Marge_Talt » Daffyclay - Marge, I have a nice stand of "volunteer" Mayapple that I'm g Marge,I have a nice stand of "volunteer" Mayapple that I'm going to have to move. It is currently in a bed of ground cover which will make it hard to dig "gently." Does it more easily, or is it one of those "nature's plants" that get upset when it gets help from humans and will die on me? I cut the azelea's back in this area last spring, and the may apples appeared. They came back this year. But the reason for cutting the "giantic" azeleas was to make a new sheltered from the wind daffodil bed. (I didn't cut down, or remove the azeleas, they had become overgrown and pests that were encroaching on the patio. I just gave them a severe hair cut and reestablished them as bushes instead of brush - if you get my point.) Clay Higgins, Editor:Clay's Daffodils -- posted by Daffyclay Please follow the guidelines set forth in the Suite101 Posting Etiquette when adding to the discussion. |
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