Arum hygrophilum, Asarum maximum and A. nobilissimum

Jim McKenney jimmckenney@jimmckenney.com
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 10:34:41 PDT
Thanks, Tony, I'll keep that in mind.

When I buy plants, I'm one of those "one of each" guys (I think I can hear
Jane laughing now). I grow them under controlled conditions until I learn
how to grow them and can propagate them; then I move some into the open
garden. 

There has not been a good track record with either wintergreen Arum or
evergreen Asarum here so far in the open garden. Deciduous asarums thrive;
evergreen asarums eventually disappear. It might take ten years, but
eventually they go. I've tried various species from eastern North America
and various Asian species. I've never known them to thicken up into handsome
clumps here. I have friends only ten miles away who do well with both
genera, but there is something about my garden which evidently does not suit
them. 

I notice that when we bring up the topic of these marginal plants, there are
rarely positive responses from north of here.

Here in the greater Washington, D.C. area there is a strong NW to SE
gradient in climate superimposed over the broader SW to NE zone 7
conditions. Gardens to the SE of my garden evidently experience much milder
winter conditions based on the performance of marginal plants. 


Jim McKenney
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