[Arisaema-l] Arisaemas in New Jersey
Christopher Gussman
OlgaChrisEmily at msn.com
Sat Apr 7 15:56:56 CEST 2012
Charles-
Thank you! I LOVE native deciduous azaleas!! Sounds like your soil is better drained than mine here. Bonaventure I believe is closer to the water and probably sandier. I am sort of up on a ridge and my soil is somewhat heavy......not the heavier clay I had growing up in eastern Pa but still a fair amount of clay. I am on a "hill" of sorts though and the soil is also somewhat shallow. Arisaema do pretty well under the overhang
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Christopher: I am in the north Georgia piedmont at about 1000 feet. Soil is naturally acid- Rhododendron canescens grow wild on the property. I just dig a hole and mix normal good fertile soil into the hole for these Japanese arisaemas. Japanese plants and hybrids do well in Georgia- if you are a golf fan, the Masters in Augusta, Georgia is going on and there is always a spectacular display of azaleas on the golf course during the tournament- no doubt mostly Japanese hybrids. Of course we also have kudzu from Japan (the plant that ate the south) and the very invasive Japanese honeysuckle vines, both of which probably grow better here than in Japan.
I grow the Japanese arisaemas in a mostly deciduous woodland area with dappled sun.
Sazensoo is a robust but relatively short plant for me with a very large showy spathe held below the leaves. Very attractive. I have three of them planted in a group and I hope that they make some seed this year. They have not so far.
If you are in New Jersey (I think somebody said that) you are likely lower elevation but further north so maybe that means a similar environment.
Charles Hunter
Smyrna, Georgia (nice to have a little bit of discussion on the Arisaema list for a change!)
On Fri, 4/6/12, Christopher Gussman <OlgaChrisEmily at msn.com> wrote:
From: Christopher Gussman <OlgaChrisEmily at msn.com>
Subject: Re: [Arisaema-l] Arisaemas in New Jersey
To: "Arisaema Enthusiast Group (AEG) Discussion List (and other hardyAroids" <arisaema-l at science.uu.nl>
Date: Friday, April 6, 2012, 10:10 PM
Charles-
What conditions (soil type, moisture and exposure) do you have your sikokianum and sazensso in?? I would love to try sikokianum again, never tried sazensoo, but the prices of mature bulbs and the fact they don't offset makes it prohibitive. However, it is good to hear of success!
I have heterophyllum, grown from seed, that bloomed last year.
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Bonaventure: I think that the high Himalaya ones are difficult in the eastern USA, and particularly in the southeast where I live. But in Georgia, plants that grow well in Japan usually do well here unless it is from the very high mountain elevations or Hokkaido. My sikokianum and sazensoo are getting past bloom- both good doers here, as are other less showy Japanese arisaemas. Ringens still going strong in my garden. Heterophyllum seedlings are going nuts in their 3d season, but no blooms yet. Chinese arisaemas are mostly still asleep.
Charles Hunter
Smyrna, Georgia USA
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Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 3:25 PM
Here in mid-coastal NJ, (around 20 miles east of Chris Gussman), urashima and ringens are blooming.
Soon to follow are local triphyllum and in garden (strangely not doing as well) and amurense. Later many flavum and a surviving tortuosum that blooms odd-numbered years. I've given up on nepenthoides, speciosum, costatum, and the griffithii-himalayan group (though I've masochistically ordered 1 more each again). Franchetii grew well but is now declining. Candidissimum has disappeared. Seems the fate of sikokianum always. Various other aroids come up later too.
Bonaventure Magrys
Cliffwood Beach, NJ
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