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| Some I recognize but some I don't. As always I would love to hear your experience with any and all of them. The two that are new to me: - Mukdenia "Crimson Fans" The foliage picture on the tag looks exciting. - Stylophorum diphyllum "Wood Poppy" - Syneilesis aconitifolia "Shredded Umbrella Plant" I had been meaning to pick this up earlier in the season but here it was staring me in the face today...kind of like a cute little kitten wanting a home ;). - Rodgersia "Fireworks" (I already have Rodgersia "Bronze Peacock" in the ground in this its first full season. It is doing fine but I am expecting more next season.) Tell me all you know about any of these plants...love to hear from you. |
This post was edited by rouge21 on Fri, Jul 12, 13 at 14:15
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| Watch out for the wood poppy if you have ideal conditions for it - it has a reputation for rampant spread. But, apparently it does not like too much light or dry soil conditions and is under threat in its native places due to things like logging/forest clearing. Hopefully those very specific growing condition requirements would make it easier to control (i.e. by eliminating shade so it couldn't grow....) We just got a mukdenia this sping so have no real experience with that but it looks interesting. (And your post reminds me that I should go check how it's doing - it's in a spot I don't visit very often....) |
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I grew mukdenia rossii from seed in 2010 and up to now it has proven hardy for me. So far I'm loving this plant. Someone told me to take notice of the flowers and this spring I remembered to do so and took a picture. In the fall the large maple shaped leaves turn a lovely soft orange shade.  |
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| Thanks so much for that picture north53. Excellent. In what conditions ie sun and moisture do you grow your mukdenia? |
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| One of the advantages of starting perennials from seed is that you can try them in different locations. I have several planted in the shade of mountain ashes. So far they are thriving there in spite of the root competition that challenges other plants. The others have better locations, but all are in the shade for the most part. One gets morning sun, and one gets evening sun. It's too soon for me to say which will be the best spot. The flowers are tiny, but I could see them from across the yard. |
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| 'woody'. it is interesting that it can be invasive (under the correct conditions) and yet still be endangered (in certain areas). I see there is another wood poppy known as the "Chinese Wood Poppy" (Stylophorum lasiocarpum) that is advertised as less aggressive. I am going to pick up one of these plants and with each planted I will compare and contrast. |
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| (And your post reminds me that I should go check how it's doing - it's in a spot I don't visit very often....) That is a sign to me that your property is nice and big 'woody'...I am jealous ;). |
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| For me, Stylophorum diphyllum is very well behaved. It does set a good number of curiously ornamental pods filled with copious amounts of seed which is carried off almost instantly by ants who are attracted to the elaiosomes. I have not noticed any seedlings yet, and there are no seedlings to be found around my neighbors' more established plantings either. I do wish mine would multiply, so this year I have been intercepting the pods as they start to turn yellow, right before bursting open. I have been scratching the fresh seed into the soil where I hope some will germinate in the spring. I have read that even the small seedlings are easy to identify and remove. This plant will not regrow from root fragments left behind once pulled up. There are many other plants called wood poppy or celandine that can be invasive. The most notorious are Chelidonium majus--a European import that can look shockingly like Stylophorum diphyllum--and Ranunculus ficaria. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Confusion over Celandine--Scott Arboretum
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rouge - it's not that the property is big but that the spot the mukdenia is in is damp (LOTS of mosquitoes!) and there are roots of a pussy willow tree that I tend to trip over when trying to get down there! We bought the mukdenia at the RBG plant sale in early May. I was still in a cast at that point so I told DH where to plant it - I wasn't entirely sure he fully understood where to put it.... I haven't wanted to risk tripping over the tree roots so I've not gone down to see what's happened to the mukdenia. I just sent DH down to take a picture of it for me. He had trouble finding it at first since he planted it too close to a hosta and it was hidden under the hosta leaves! Clearly it'll need to be moved next spring. But it seems to be doing OK:  |
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