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Suggest some alternatives?
I've been trying to find the following plants for a planting scheme I'm
following, but none of the local stores stock them. Nectaroscordum siculum Smyrnium perfoliatum Tanacetum panthenium Would anybody like to suggest some alternatives? This is a for large bed under trees in mottled shade. |
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It's a bed 3m deep x 7m wide sited under some large mature rhodos.
The bed slopes up from front to back slightly, with the area at the back riven with large tree roots. I'm looking for planting ideas for the areas towards the middle and back of the bed. Soil? I'm a beginner to gardening so can't really say, though the earth is very dry being under these trees "Dave Poole" wrote in message ... "davout" wrote: I've been trying to find the following plants for a planting scheme I'm following, but none of the local stores stock them. Nectaroscordum siculum Nice thing the 'honey garlic' There are several colour variants and a wide range of prices! It does better and flowers more freely in full sun BTW Try: http://www.dalesidenurseries.co.uk Smyrnium perfoliatum Are you sure you really want to plant this? It is the larger southern European form of our native 'alexanders' and is a bit of a brute. Growing to nearly 5 feet it can pose problems if allowed to spread. They've been ripping it out at Kew because it shades out native bluebells preventing them from ripening. It seems to be spreading down here and unless controlled, I foresee it becoming quite a problem. It is a biennial BTW flowering in its second year and then dying. Therefore it should be sown from seed Try http://www.secretseeds.com Tanacetum panthenium I think you mean Tanacetum parthenium - 'feverfew'. Again it is usually grown from seed, but most garden centres stock small plants in their herb section. Again it performs best in full sun, but will tolerate some shade I suspect there are much better alternatives for the site, but we need to know a bit about the soil (heavy clay, light sandy etc - is it filled with tree roots?) and your approximate location (north west - south east, exposed coastal, sheltered inland etc. etc. ) before making suggestions. Dave Poole Torquay, Coastal South Devon UK Winter min -2°C. Summer max 34°C. Growing season: March - November |
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