Comments on: Lady-Slipper Seed Pods

By: eliz

eliz — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:55:13 +0000

I forgot my lady slipper dreams–time to start them up again!

By: commonweeder

commonweeder — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:32:51 +0000

My friend kathy Puckett is a genius with plants and has added several lady slippers to her garden. It doesn’t hurt that she has a neighbor who grows these commercially.
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By: Neil Moran

Neil Moran — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:07:17 +0000

I didn’t find any lady slippers on my walk yesterday in the rain! I would like to try planting them. I’ve got a crew of students in a vocational education program (greenhouse) who could do the fussing that these seeds probably need to germinate. Does anyone have any seed we can try? We’re a nonprofit organization.

By: Fig Tree

Fig Tree — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:41:22 +0000

My grandmother used to have yellow lady slippers in her garden in Mass.- it was always my favorite every year!

By: Neil Moran

Neil Moran — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:54:54 +0000

It is raining here today, but I’m still going out to a spot where I know there are Lady’s Slippers and see if I can find seed. Thanks for the information and pics, Kathy.

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:47:53 +0000

I’d heard that growing ladies slippers from seed was not an easy thing to do. I was on a butterfly club trip in the NCmtns during May several years back and we were lead to see three different wild species of ladies slippers in full bloom!
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By: Ellen Sousa

Ellen Sousa — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:26:40 +0000

Such a thrill to find Lady Slippers! Consider yourself blessed when they grow without an invitation…they are definitely particular about where they grow and are very difficult to transplant! They do prefer the acidic soil that is typical of New England…I often see them growing near white pines in areas that have been previously disturbed but are now ‘left to nature’.

By: Cool Garden Things

Cool Garden Things — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:03:10 +0000

I must disagree about the nature and her color harmonies…I have yet to see a color combo that I see in nature that is not devine…but of course I love browns and yellows and grays…and purple…
I always feel the trick is to figure out how she does it just right-because if I tried that color combo it would not work.
GartenGrl
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By: Helen Yoest @ Gardening With Confidence

Helen Yoest @ Gardening With Confidence — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:26:29 +0000

I love these kind of discovering during walks. H.
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By: Carol, May Dreams Gardens

Carol, May Dreams Gardens — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:24:43 +0000

It seems some seeds are better left alone. That was great information!
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