Cyp. Anna In My Flower Garden

[estación seca]

That is so beautiful!

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Originally Posted by estación seca

That is so beautiful!

Thanks

[No-Pro-mwa]

I have thought about trying them in a pot but just not sure how that would work. I was thinking that Rosie does that. I could put them in the garage under the house for the winter. As of yet I don't have a place outside I could safely plant them. Our house is still a work in progress.

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I think so long as the pot didn't get a serious freezing, it would be fine. Can you heel the pot into the ground somewhere every winter? To me that might be better. And then mulch the spot well. I have done that with some seedling trees and other things before I decide what to do with them on a permanent basis. Our winters are very cold, -40C sometimes. But the fact that it is in the ground and mulched, usually and hopefully with snow cover keeps it from the extremes.

[No-Pro-mwa]

That could be possible. When I get the other half of the lawn area going as right now it is weeds and prairie grass, I will have better and more options. I have the worst soil hard clay.

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Originally Posted by No-Pro-mwa

That could be possible. When I get the other half of the lawn area going as right now it is weeds and prairie grass, I will have better and more options. I have the worst soil hard clay.

We have a lot of clay around here too. I have a lot of raised flower beds and I dug a lot of the clay out by hand and replaced with other soil. My little yellow Cyp parviflorum is in bloom now too. 1 bloom, first bloom

[Tindomul]

Wow, I love it. I too dreamt for a while of growing these, but the only garden I have is the one I volunteered to take care of from my co-Op. Unfortunately I don't get control of the watering schedule and so this year with a cheap co-Op president, almost all of our plants look like crap. There goes that dream.

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Originally Posted by Tindomul

Wow, I love it. I too dreamt for a while of growing these, but the only garden I have is the one I volunteered to take care of from my co-Op. Unfortunately I don't get control of the watering schedule and so this year with a cheap co-Op president, almost all of our plants look like crap. There goes that dream.

Thanks. I need to remember to mulch this later this fall and hope it continues to thrive and multiply.

I have a friend who has grown a number of outdoor slipper orchids in pots. I think if they can get a good chill over winter on a balcony but not freeze real bad right thru the pot they would be fine. We get -40 here so the ground does freeze some although usually there is a good snow cover which helps protect them.

[My Green Pets]

My Anna was doing fine until about a month ago it was completely and utterly devoured down to the ground by snails.

I'm guessing it had enough months of sun that it will produce a new growth next year, but I'm not sure. Guess we will see next spring.

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Originally Posted by CambriaWhat

My Anna was doing fine until about a month ago it was completely and utterly devoured down to the ground by snails.

I'm guessing it had enough months of sun that it will produce a new growth next year, but I'm not sure. Guess we will see next spring.

I think it will be OK. My yellow lady slipper got stepped on and totally flattened right in mid summer 2 years ago and I figured it was a goner. But it came back last summer no bloom and this summer produced one bloom. It is already dead looking but still has leaves etc. I assume it just knows it is fall. Anna is still alive but not for long as we have -2C and frost forecast for tonight