Re: [aroid-l] Symplocarpus

From: "Peter Boyce" <peterboyce at myjaring.net> on 2004.04.16 at 04:30:33(11396) Hi Rand I can only speak from cultivation experience of two of the four species - foetidus & renifolius. I my experience both need deep, rich, clayey continuously moist soil with a reasonable humus content (rotted leaf litter (beech or oak seems to work best)) an more-or-less full sun; both disliked very heavy soils that compact. Another thing they certainly dislike is stagnant water-logged soil and it seems that in a bog garden there should be some throughflow of moving water rather than it simply being a muddy hole! Being plants of wet habitats they most certainly dislike drying out although mature, established plants (the roots and stem go to 1 m or more deep) they seem to recover OK, even from the condition of the leaves being completely flaccid, provided that don't remain in that condition more than a few hours. I've not seen S. foetidus in the wild, but the wild populations of S. renifolius I've observed in S. Korea were growing along stream margins in mixed oak/beech open woodland in the soil was definitely squishy! Hope this helps some Pete +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 1:54 AM Subject: [aroid-l] Symplocarpus > Hi Aroiders: > > It will be a while before I can construct a bog garden in my new location, so the question is: How _dry_ can one reliably grow Symplocarpus foetidus and still keep it healthy? Conversely, what are the ideal conditions for growing it in a garden? > > Regards, > > Rand Nicholson > Eastern Maritime Canada zone 5b > > [ Scanned by JARING E-Mail Virus Scanner ( http://www.jaring.my ) ] >

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