Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Seedy Subjects! => Seeds Wanted => Topic started by: Roger Fellows on April 30, 2021, 01:59:24 PM
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First of all, thank you for accepting my application.
I have to confess that I am not a plantsman or gardener. My current obsession is with moths ( very few species eat your clothes ).
I would like to acquire/grow Kalmia procumbens because Broad-bordered White Underwing, Anarta melanopa, is attracted to it.
The moth is a montane species occurring mostly above 1,500'. The plan is to grow Kp in my S Cumbria garden and take it on Scottish expeditions.
If anybody has seed or plants they are happy to sell, I should be most grateful. If I manage to obtain seed I shall need planting instructions, so advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks very much, Roger
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Roger,
If you are still looking, you can find it here:
http://www.seedvendor.com/10lopralazse.html
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Roger, I am wondering why you want to take the plant to Scotland?
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The proposal would be illegal, surely, if I understand this correctly as a proposal to plant K. p. in "the wild", or even on property that somone does not own?
There are also the phytosanitary reg's to be reckoned with if importing seed.
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To flush out the moth, presumably you could just bring the plant to likely places in its pot ;)