The Ides of May
Denise Marie Ortiz (Mon, 16 May 2011 09:35:23 PDT)
Asphodelus albus looks interesting, how exactly is it messy? I find that almost all of the bulbs I have in the ground look messy when their leaves are drying out before they go back to being dormant.
Date: Mon, 16 May 2011 09:07:43 -0700
To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org
From: janemcgary@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: [pbs] The Ides of May
Alberto Castillo wrote:
Asphodelus albus is a super garden plant for dry/dryish summer
locations. Outstanding in borders.
I would add the caution that it goes dormant, rather messily, in late
summer, and that it should be deadheaded both for looks and to
prevent its fairly enthusiastic self-seeding. If I decide to bring it
here, I'll put it behind something that will conceal its decline.
Mature plants are very easy to divide when dormant, and seedlings
flower in their second or third year. Predators do not touch this
plant as far as I've seen.
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon
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