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  • From: "Yvonne Cunnington" <ycunnington@sympatico.ca>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Wild quinine, Prairie dropseed
  • Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 21:26:20 -0400

Hi Sally: I have both these in my garden beds and in my four-acre prairie
and they are great plants. Wild quinine is one of the longest blooming
plants I know and it's doing very well in heavy clay. It's a curious
combination of robustness and grace -- has lovely white flowers.

Prairie dropseed hasn't seeded itself around on my heavy clay soil, but I've
only had it in my garden a couple of years. I have a naturalistic Piet
Oudolf style garden, so I wouldn't mind if it self-seeded.

Yvonne Cunnington
www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com

----- Original Message -----
From: <GardenLit@aol.com>
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Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:13 PM
Subject: [gwl-g] Wild quinine, Prairie dropseed


> Does anyone have experience growing these 2 plants?
>
> Wild quinine Parthenium integrifolium
> Prairie dropseed Sporobolus heterolepis
>
> Both are available from Prairie Nursery www.prairienursery.com
>
> My questions are:
>
> Does Wild quinine live up to the catalog description? Does the plant age
> gracefully in autumn? What does it look like after frost?
>
> "Rare and beautiful. One of the most garden-worthy native perennials. It
has
> all the characteristics one looks for in a good garden plant: good form,
> excellent foliage, long bloom time and resistance to just about every bug,
disease
> and weather problem there is. The pure white flowers bloom from June all
the
> way into September. Plant with Blazingstars for a stunning color
combination.
> Grows three to five feet tall in rich loam, sand and clay in full sun.
Hardy to
> Zone 4."
>
> Does Prairie dropseed live up to its name, that is does it drop seed
> profusely, and is it "invasive"?
>
> Thanks for advice.
>
> Sally Williams
>
> Editor, Garden Literature Index
> EBSCO Publishing
> Boston area
>
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