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Plume poppy, was Help with conflicting bugbane instructions!!
"SugarChile" expounded:
It's much taller than goatsbeard, with thicker stems and less of them in a clump. The leaves are large, about the size of my hand or more. You don't see it around much, I suppose because of its reputation for invasiveness, but as I said, that's not been a problem for me. I love the stuff, it would make my top ten list of plants I wouldn't want to be without. I even designed a quilt featuring it, using tiny pink seed beads to make the plumes. They are lovely, but can be invasive, at least in our area. -- Ann, Gardening in zone 6a Just south of Boston, MA ******************************** |
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Plume poppy, was Help with conflicting bugbane instructions!!
SugarChile wrote: Thanks very much for the suggestion. It looks, from the pix I've seen on the web, rather like goatsbeard. It's much taller than goatsbeard, with thicker stems and less of them in a clump. The leaves are large, about the size of my hand or more. You don't see it around much, I suppose because of its reputation for invasiveness, but as I said, that's not been a problem for me. I love the stuff, it would make my top ten list of plants I wouldn't want to be without. I even designed a quilt featuring it, using tiny pink seed beads to make the plumes. Just as a footnote, plume poppy in my garden is an obnoxious thug. I removed the mother plant years ago because it sent up runners all over the place (and at considerable distance from the original plant) and I am still finding starts of this thing in various parts of my garden. This is definitely a plant which should be sold with a warning label. pam - gardengal |
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Plume poppy, was Help with conflicting bugbane instructions!!
Ah, but Pam, what's your soil like? I'm guessing it's excellent g. My
point, which I tried to make clear, is that some people find it to be invasive, but I do not. I've got heavy clay, which I've worked to amend, but the runners still just don't get very far in it. It has seeded itself to a very small degree, two or three seedlings throughout the entire garden, and they are easy to pull if not wanted; you could also clip the plumes as they went to seed if you were worried about it. I've had several plants that were a lot more of a PITA than this one; including some rampant self-seeders. This is a beautiful plant IMO, and can be well worth growing if you have a bit of knowledge about. Mint is more invasive than plume poppy for me, yet people still grow mint; they just take care to contain it. It's also possible that someone would have an area they WANT to have overtaken by a vigorous plant. Cheers, Sue Zone 6, Southcentral PA "Pam" wrote in message Just as a footnote, plume poppy in my garden is an obnoxious thug. I removed the mother plant years ago because it sent up runners all over the place (and at considerable distance from the original plant) and I am still finding starts of this thing in various parts of my garden. This is definitely a plant which should be sold with a warning label. pam - gardengal |
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