[pbs] skunk cabbage
John Grimshaw
j.grimshaw at virgin.net
Fri Mar 2 13:33:38 EST 2007
Janis Ruksans is selling Symplocarpus this year, with a lovely picture of it
on the cover of his catalogue. For some reason it doesn't seem to do well in
England - not sure why not - and one very seldom sees it here. The best
example I know is at Kew. On the other hand, Lysitchiton americanum is a
terrible weed in some watercourses.
John Grimshaw
Dr John M. Grimshaw
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Nr Cheltenham
Gloucestershire GL53 9NP
Tel. 01242 870567
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Whyer" <brian.whyer at btinternet.com>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs at lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: [pbs] skunk cabbage
>> Can anybody help me to find Symplocarpus foetidus seeds or seedlings
> please?
>
>> > When I saw where L. vernum was growing in the wild in the Czech
>> > Republic, I knew why they never survived for me. It was in the same
>> > squelchy conditions where I would expect our native Lysichiton
>> > americanus.
>
> As the new member Marilyn will find out, you learn something new quite
> often
> on this list.
> I had not realised, or maybe just forgotten, that Symplocarpus was also
> called skunk cabbage. I am used to the yellow
> http://www.theroyallandscape.co.uk/thegarden/The+Savill+Garden+Gallery.htm?w
> bc_purpose=Basic&WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished and white forms of
> Lysichiton, which also grows at Saville garden not far from my home. I
> always think it looks more like a giant cos lettuce.
>
> Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8?
> Where the magnolias are breaking, many weeks early
>
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