'Alionushka' as ground cover

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Author Message   Tanglewood  Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 01:35 pm EST :    This 'Alionushka' was growing as a ground cover plant at Blooms gardens in Bressingham and looks very effective. Before this I have only ever seen her reaching for the sky when in flower. Tanglewood - Lancashire, Zone "8"   Roelie  Supporting Member My Garden Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 01:39 pm EST :    as it flowers very well it would be nice but I hate the sand on the flowers when it rains Roelie - Overijssel, Zone "Holland"   Tanglewood  Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 01:45 pm EST :    Good point Roelie, hadn't thought of that. Isn't it horrible when the flowers get stained? Roelie, Have you heard of c 'Black Madonna'? Tanglewood - Lancashire, Zone "8"   Malgorzata  Supporting Member My Garden Posted on Saturday, August 09, 2008 - 06:30 pm EST :    It does look gorgeous... I think I would have huge problems with slugs here...but if to keep the vines a little up on the creeping conifers... May be next years something to try out! :) Susan, please do tell more about Black Madonna! Any pictures? The name rings the bell to any Polish. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna_of_Cz%C4%99stochowa Malgorzata - Fukuoka-Kyushu, Zone "8/9"   Tanglewood  Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 04:00 am EST :    Malgorzata, I did take a photo of 'Black Madonna' the stems on it are rather thick and brittle. It has quite a large flower on it. Regarding buds and flowers there are and have been few, maybe about six altogether. There was just the one flower and the one bud on the plant when I took the photo and the flower was chewed quite a bit too. The flower has a lovely velvety glow to it. Tanglewood - Lancashire, Zone "8"   Malgorzata  Supporting Member My Garden Posted on Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 08:21 am EST :    Thank you Susan! The color is stunning! May be it is a weaker variety or I am sure 'Black Madonna' would be more popular. Something like 'Jan Pawel II'? It could be unconscious influence of the name or the breeder but I do really see a beauty in it. Thank you for sharing Susan! Malgorzata - Fukuoka-Kyushu, Zone "8/9"   Gimmeclems  Posted on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 - 08:58 pm EST :    I think if I were going to use Alionushka as a groundcover I'd have to plant the rootball and hide it about 4 feet from where I wanted the blooms to peek out. Mine is VERY tall. Gimmeclems - MI, Zone "5b"   Tanglewood  Posted on Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 04:32 am EST :    Yes Nancy 'Alionushka' does get very tall. They have either made an excellent job of hiding all the barer looking stems under some other plants or they have found a way of getting 'Alionushka' to flower on a short plant. It looked very effective though. Tanglewood - Lancashire, Zone "8"

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