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Posted by marcindy z5b (My Page) on Wed, Feb 22, 06 at 10:59
Hello fellow gardeners, I would like to plant primulas (drumsticks, polyanthas, and prob. veris) and other spring bloomers in the bed around a red sand cherry (ok, I saw it in Patrick Lima's book and fell for the combo...:-)). The bed is fairly shady, facing north next to my garage and stays fairly moist throughout the year. Primulas should love it there, together with other small spring "stuff". I wonder though if I can add hostas or the native bleeding hearts to that bed for some extra color for the rest of the year. Will the hosta leaves or the bleeding heart leaves smother the primulas? I know the small bulbs will disappear, so they are not of concern for this, but the primuals tend to stay green. Any epxepriences with that? Please let me know.
Thanks a lot!
Marc, Carmel, IN |
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RE: Primula Question
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| Marc, I have a NOID primula on the same bed as Hosta and Bleeding Heart. They seem to do fine. Can you find Primula in this photo?
 Primula is under the Hosta leaves to the right and also toward the bottom. The 2 clumps of Bleeding Heart are dormant how. They are behind the Hosta. Bleeding Heart leaves are airy and won't stay around long into summer unless it receives A LOT of water. |
RE: Primula Question
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| I have a few primroses in a bed southeast of my deck. They are the ones you get in the grocery store, don't know the name.They have bloomed on and off all winter. They are now under 9" of snow. We had 1 below zero day this winter, and the leaves browned a little. I did water 3 time this winter as we have had no measureable precipatation until this snow. The hardest thing on them is extreme heat in summer, then I mulch them heavily. Hosta would definately smother them out. Bleeding heart will disappear somewhat after blooming. |
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