http://awaytogarden.com/hotplants-the-brightest-spring-poppy Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:26:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://awaytogarden.com/hotplants-the-brightest-spring-poppy/comment-page-1#comment-10337 ayo Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:41:13 +0000 http://margaretroach.com/garden/?p=12#comment-10337 I raked away what was, frankly, just a pile of leaves under hemlocks and birches, and a week later found that mayflowers (Maianthemum canadense)had completely carpeted the ground! Thank you for inspiring me --I've been wondering about underplanting after these spring ephemerals fade--your great ideas and photos will help a lot! I love the idea of a "mosaic"---a good word to describe that lovely effect of lush underplanting. I am curious whether you've visited Project Native in Housatonic? I have had good luck with both Bunchberry (cornus canadensis) and Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) for groundcovers as well. They take a couple of seasons to establish, but are really beautiful native plants. I am a little too much of a control freak for an all-native garden--but for weekend gardeners like me, they are easy and hardy and non-invasive. I raked away what was, frankly, just a pile of leaves under hemlocks and birches, and a week later found that mayflowers (Maianthemum canadense)had completely carpeted the ground! Thank you for inspiring me –I’ve been wondering about underplanting after these spring ephemerals fade–your great ideas and photos will help a lot! I love the idea of a “mosaic”—a good word to describe that lovely effect of lush underplanting. I am curious whether you’ve visited Project Native in Housatonic? I have had good luck with both Bunchberry (cornus canadensis) and Wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) for groundcovers as well. They take a couple of seasons to establish, but are really beautiful native plants. I am a little too much of a control freak for an all-native garden–but for weekend gardeners like me, they are easy and hardy and non-invasive.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/hotplants-the-brightest-spring-poppy/comment-page-1#comment-8688 margaret Fri, 08 May 2009 00:47:21 +0000 http://margaretroach.com/garden/?p=12#comment-8688 Welcome, Sherrye. I am laughing that you called me Martha (which is a VERY common occurrence, as I have written about: <a href="http://thesisterproject.com/roach/next-from-margaret-25-random-facts-about-our-childhood/" rel="nofollow">see item #1 here</a>). I am fenced from deer (which you can <a href="http://awaytogarden.com/just-saying-no-to-deer-with-fencing" rel="nofollow">read about in this post)</a>, so I am not sure, but in the years before the fence I do not recall that this was a favorite of theirs. Welcome, Sherrye. I am laughing that you called me Martha (which is a VERY common occurrence, as I have written about: see item #1 here). I am fenced from deer (which you can read about in this post), so I am not sure, but in the years before the fence I do not recall that this was a favorite of theirs.

]]> http://awaytogarden.com/hotplants-the-brightest-spring-poppy/comment-page-1#comment-8677 Sherrye Henry Thu, 07 May 2009 20:07:41 +0000 http://margaretroach.com/garden/?p=12#comment-8677 Martha, is your golden spring poppy deer proof? Martha, is your golden spring poppy deer proof?

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