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Mike_in_chicago
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| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 08:36 pm EST : |   
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I once planted Thalictum glaucum, which ended up reseeding so prolifically in one season that I got rid of it. I'm still dealing with the babies 4 years later (edging near the morning glories for the number of years seedlings come up from long-dead plants).
I'd like to try some others, like the T. aquilegiafolias. Do all thalictrum reseed, or was T. glaucum just a terrible mistake?
Mike_in_chicago
- Chicago, IL,
Zone "5b"
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Gardenbug
| | Posted on Friday, June 10, 2005 - 10:12 pm EST : |
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I have lots of the wild thalictrum on the property, which is OK on a big property, but not in the beds. The T aquilegiafolium is not a problem for me. I also grow Hewitt's Double, Roquebrunianum and others. Those are the kind you wish would spread!
Gardenbug Ontario zone 4b/5b |
Formerly_ci
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| | Posted on Saturday, June 11, 2005 - 01:37 am EST : |
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Oh god I LOVE that my Thalictrum glaucum reseeds! I am like the king of deadheading. Once something is past it I snip it away because I like my garden looking tidy.
Being away last year I was not able to do this and I have been amazed at the seedlings I have coming up all over. Thalictrum rochebrunianum seeded even more then the glaucum and I dug them up and potted up about a dozen for a new bed.
I really love T. aquilegiafolium but the blooms go so quickly. Still I think it is worth growing for the foliage alone. I think I am going to order seed from Chiltern soon and try to grow some.
Thalictums are some of those very collectible things I could easily become obsessed with!
Kaveh, Back in New Jersey, zone 6 |
Monique
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| | Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2005 - 08:53 am EST : |
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I was so disappointed to return to one of my tallest thalictrums bent and sprawled and broken by heavy winds while away..Next yr..i will have to stake yet another plant:(
Monique Quebec Zone 5 |
Mike_in_chicago
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 - 12:54 am EST : |
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Hmm, a mixed bag. Beautiful blooms, short-lived, might not reseed as badly, blows over in winds. Maybe it's not for the area I was thinking. Thanks for helping out!
Mike_in_chicago
- Chicago, IL,
Zone "5b"
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Jgwoodard
| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 02:52 am EST : |
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i use a good bit of thalictrum dioicum because it persists well through hot and dry summers and autumns. it is primarily a foliage plant and only about knee high. it seeds a bit but of course it takes a couple of years for the seedlings to grow substantially. forms nice compact masses over time.
Jgwoodard
- TN,
Zone "6b"
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Mike_in_chicago
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| | Posted on Tuesday, June 21, 2005 - 01:42 pm EST : |
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Thanks, Joseph; I'll look into this one, too.
Mike_in_chicago
- Chicago, IL,
Zone "5b"
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