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Growing European gentians in a lawn meadow area
Maggi Young:
Thank you, Trond, aren't they lovely?!
Tristan_He:
Those are superb Trond! Euphrasias are so pretty.
Update no. 1 on the acaulis - it's quite easy to mow over them without damage. I actually think they look slightly heathier in the grass already - a bit darker green. Maybe they are benefiting from some mycorhizae?
In the Swiss Alps I came across a delightful yellow flowered Euphrasia - but tiny flowered even for a Euphrasia. I'm afraid I have forgotten its name....
Hoy:
--- Quote from: Maggi Young on August 24, 2020, 02:52:09 PM ---Thank you, Trond, aren't they lovely?!
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You are welcome, Maggi! And yes, they are lovely. I often kneel to take a better look at them!
Hoy:
--- Quote from: Tristan_He on August 24, 2020, 07:12:38 PM ---Those are superb Trond! Euphrasias are so pretty.
Update no. 1 on the acaulis - it's quite easy to mow over them without damage. I actually think they look slightly heathier in the grass already - a bit darker green. Maybe they are benefiting from some mycorhizae?
In the Swiss Alps I came across a delightful yellow flowered Euphrasia - but tiny flowered even for a Euphrasia. I'm afraid I have forgotten its name....
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I don't know about mycorrhizae which is quite possible, but I have wondered if the short lived (annuals, biennials) have a kind of hemiparasitic behavior? Seems that many plant species have a kind of root connection either directly or through some kind of fungus.
The Swiss Euphrasia looks wonderful - we have no yellows here.
Tristan_He:
...well, the gentians are still alive this spring, though looking a bit weather-beaten (as they often do at this time of year). We'll see how they grow once it warms up a bit.
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