The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
James Waddick (Mon, 05 May 2008 20:57:19 PDT)

Dear Friends,
The Good carefree, easy and dependable landscape impact

The Bad can't grow, no matter how often or where I try them

The Ugly weeds that come up in every square
inch and have to pulled year after year.

Thinking anew about the latter, and with the chief suspect (
Ornithogalum umbellatum) in bloom. Gee it looks a lot like Iphieon
'Albert Castillo' only easier and cheaper.
Come to think of it, I don't think there is any really weedy
bulb here; even the Pinellias are easy to control and I rarely feel
like I have to pull them up. Allium triquetrum I've tried a couple of
times without any luck. It's in the 'ugly' category above.
Alstroemeria aurantiaca... I wish. But speaking of Hellebores
(Susan), the x orientalis types self seed very freely, but I just
donated a couple hundred to a local shade garden sale. Not a problem.
The only thing close is the variegated xPolygonatum odoratum
which seems to spread further and further afield each year. Again I
donated 50 plus to the shade sale to keep them out of the paths.

I have plenty of weeds, but not a bulb among them. ...or
should I cross my fingers and say "YET"?

Best Jim W.

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Dr. James W. Waddick
8871 NW Brostrom Rd.
Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711
USA
Ph. 816-746-1949
Zone 5 Record low -23F
Summer 100F +