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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: Steve Garvie on May 07, 2016, 10:45:01 AM

Title: Paris 2016
Post by: Steve Garvie on May 07, 2016, 10:45:01 AM

Paris polyphylla ssp. yunnanensis var. alba -an early riser for a Paris. This early growth was hit by a late frost though other growths are now coming up.
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7118/26865293645_1ed4e53a8f_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Paris 2016
Post by: Steve Garvie on May 23, 2016, 01:16:03 PM

Paris luquanensis
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7390/26586927973_54eed9328f_o.jpg)

Paris marmorata
(https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7293/26586927483_4b90620e20_o.jpg)

Title: Re: Paris 2016
Post by: Carolyn on May 23, 2016, 01:55:31 PM

Fantastic plants, Steve, luscious foliage. I see you are growing these in pots. Do you think they would survive in open ground?

Title: Re: Paris 2016
Post by: Steve Garvie on May 23, 2016, 08:48:19 PM

Hi Carolyn,
They do not cope well with winter wet, neither will they tolerate a pot that is frozen solid.
If you planted them out they would need cloched over winter.

Title: Re: Paris 2016
Post by: Carolyn on May 24, 2016, 10:50:48 PM

How do you manage to keep these paris in pots long term? Do you repot into fresh compost? I am under the impression that paris do not like root disturbance.

Title: Re: Paris 2016
Post by: Steve Garvie on May 24, 2016, 11:56:39 PM

I use similar mixes to that used for cypripedium -silica sand/grit + baked moler clay (cat litter) + perlite. I add composted bark and ericaceous compost. Frequent dilute feeds with tomato fertliser once in growth works well. I would avoid repotting unless the tuber is distorting the pot or copious roots are escaping the bottom.