Marginal plants
02 June 2007 18:13 Filed in: Planting
On a more cheerful note, once I made it to the house
I found several boxes of plants had arrived, so I've
spent the day sorting and checking.
There were a smallish group of herbs from Dellawood destined for the kitchen herb and gold and purple beds. The bulk were from Nikau Hill and mean that the plants for the pond are all here.
The sorting took a little effort as some of the plants weren't labelled, but all but three plants were easily sorted. They, however, are a bit of puzzle; three identical plants, one labelled Baumea articulata, one labelled Restio tetraphyllus, and one unlabelled. I'm pretty sure they are B. articulata, which I ordered, but as they're a little yellower than I expected I've emailed off for confirmation.
As well as the B. articulata, a native sedge, there as some other marginals waiting patiently for the pond:
There were a smallish group of herbs from Dellawood destined for the kitchen herb and gold and purple beds. The bulk were from Nikau Hill and mean that the plants for the pond are all here.
The sorting took a little effort as some of the plants weren't labelled, but all but three plants were easily sorted. They, however, are a bit of puzzle; three identical plants, one labelled Baumea articulata, one labelled Restio tetraphyllus, and one unlabelled. I'm pretty sure they are B. articulata, which I ordered, but as they're a little yellower than I expected I've emailed off for confirmation.
As well as the B. articulata, a native sedge, there as some other marginals waiting patiently for the pond:
- Oioi – Leptocarpus similis – a native reed
- Papyrus – Cyperus papyrus – which will screen between the bridge and the waterfall,
- Sweet flag – Acorus calamus – a whole pile of root cuttings for me to pot up, intended to keep the nitrogen levels down.
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