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Post by Matt BS on Mar 27, 2007 2:55:27 GMT
I'm always on the lookout for good companion plants for my CPs. Here is a picture of Dodecatheon jeffreyi - a shooting star native to the Cascade Mountains. I grew this one from seed - it's been living in my bog for 3 years now happily. Plants grown in regular potting soil are a lot more robust, so the plant is probably a bit stunted in this nutrient poor bog. Anyone else have favorite companion plants they wish to share?  |
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Post by Aidan on Mar 27, 2007 15:24:14 GMT
Thread moved to Bog Gardens Board.
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Post by pinglover on Mar 29, 2007 0:49:21 GMT
I've got Dodecatheon meadii here. I have never seen jeffreyi. Very nice plant.
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Post by DroseraBug on Jan 2, 2008 19:38:32 GMT
These are beautiful plants. I saw some of either this species or another called D. frigidum I believe while studying in arctic AK. just north of the brooks mountain range.
I would add some to my bogs if it were cooler here.
What are your maximum summer temperatures where your at?
Thanks,
Vic
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Post by DroseraBug on Jan 2, 2008 19:49:30 GMT
Actually,
I think I'll try Dodecatheon meadia which is native to NC.
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Post by pinglover on Jan 2, 2008 22:56:41 GMT
There is a list of NC native plant nurseries at this link- www.ncwildflower.org/One of them should have some local genotype of the Dodecatheon for you. |
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Post by sarracenialover on Jan 5, 2008 0:31:04 GMT
Proabably the best companion plants are thos that are naturally found growin g next to CPs.
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Post by glider14 on Jan 5, 2008 17:45:06 GMT
i dont have any companion plants but next year i plan to try cranberry. is live sphagnum considered companion? if so then i guess i do have a companion plant for them  Alex |
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Post by jfowler on Apr 27, 2008 2:02:00 GMT
By all means, get some Calopogon tuberosus (grass pink orchid) corms. They are very easy to grow. I planted five corms four years ago, and now I have fifty or sixty! And they bloom reliably every year. I'm in South Carolina, so I know they would grow well for you.  |
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Post by DroseraBug on Apr 27, 2008 4:07:23 GMT
Wonderful!
I actually just bought some Calapogon tuberosus corms and plan to add them to my bog soon. Hope they end up looking like that. While in the Green Swamp a few years back they were all over the place along with other Calapogon species and Cleistes divaricata. Cleistes is gorgeous. Has anyone tried Cleistes or is it even in cultivation?
I just picked up two species of Sabatia which should be fairly slow growing with great flowers. I'm currently digging up all of the Iris spp. that somehow got into my bog gardens. They seem to take over and crowd the Sarras so I'm getting rid of em somehow.
Another good one in the southeast is Spiranthes. They put up long pretty white scapes in the late summer here.
What are some other good ones to try? I'm trying to make things neat for the spouse. Trying to get her into CPs as much as me but she seems to prefer the wilflowers.
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Post by Matt BS on Feb 3, 2009 5:26:26 GMT
I'll have to find a source of Calapogon - that is amazing!
Spring seems not too too far off, so I'm starting to think about new plants.
glider14 - did you ever try cranberry?
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