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Steve Garvie

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Paris 2016
« 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.
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Re: Paris 2016
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2016, 01:16:03 PM »
Paris luquanensis


Paris marmorata
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Re: Paris 2016
« Reply #2 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?
Carolyn McHale
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Re: Paris 2016
« Reply #3 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.
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Re: Paris 2016
« Reply #4 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.
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Re: Paris 2016
« Reply #5 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.
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