While most gardeners are busy planting tulips and daffodils, I dug up and divided a congested clump of the native jack-in-the-pulpit,
Arisaema triphyllum. They had become too congested,
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| May 30, 2011 |
and were growing on top of one another. I could have just left them, and let Nature take its course, but this is a garden, where a little tweaking of nature is often necessary.
First I removed the fallen fruit stalks, and deposited them in an area where I'd like to have
Arisaema growing.
I had neglected this task in previous years, which allowed the seeds to germinate too close to the mother plants.
Having ascertained the location of the plants from the fallen stalks, I then carefully excavated the area.
Only a few corms were damaged in the process, which yielded a good crop (top photo). I replanted only the largest of the corms in the hole.
The rest were stuffed into the ground in various locations throughout the woodland garden.
While the display next year will probably be anemic as the corms have been placed further apart, in future years, the display will once again be a spring and summer focal point.
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| June 16, 2009 with Hakonechloa macra 'Aureola' |
8 comments:
I wish my Jacks were all growing together neat and tidy. Mine seem very strung out. In a few years hopefully I will have this problem and be able to spread my Jacks around. Beautiful picture.
I find it funny when I try to help nature...sometimes she lets me sometimes she doesn't!
Than k you MMD~I have forgotten to move the seedheads this year. I have much better success with Green Dragon then Jacks, but, think them both wonderful. gail
I hope to some day have this problem too! My garden is still so new, I only have a few anemic Jacks coming up each year, I hope they multiply and reproduce successfully. That last photo of the Jacks with the Hakone grass is very pretty.
Lovely planting combination of arisaema and hakonechloa. I.m looking forward to the day my arisaemas have bulked up enough to divide. I think they are such interesting plants with interest over a long period.
Ah, yes, I need to do that, too. Well, maybe it can wait until next year. :) Thanks for the informative post!
At my old old house I had hundreds of Jack In The Pulpits. With the woods behind us they were free to multiply. When my son was small he was fascinated by them.
Eileen
Love the hostas! Especially Olive Bailey Langdon at peak color. My last rose was spent about a week ago.
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