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Posted: Sep/28/2005 3:54 PM PST
I have a Cabin in Northern Michigan and it's on a beach. I'd like to grow wild flowers along the edge but it needs to be able to grow in sand. Any ideas? |
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Posted: Sep/28/2005 5:39 PM PST
Baptisia (False Indigo) Bee Balm Cone Flower Common Vetch (sand, winter, some other names too) Yarrow PLANTS WHICH TOLERATE POOR,DRY SOILS: Butterfly Bush, Quince, Smoketree, Scotch Broom, Lydia Broom, Heather, Juniper, Kerria, Beauty Bush, Privet, Bayberry, Mock Orange, Potentilla, Rugosa Rose, Viburnum, Yucca. Not sure if all of these would be avaialble. http://www.wildflowerseed.co.uk is the site - just type Sandy Soil and it brings up a click here instruction Lesser Century Wild Parsnip Ox-eye Daisy Yarrow Corn Marigold Corn Chamomile Birdsfoot Trefoil Meadowsweet Sea Mayweed Cowslip Greater Knapweed St. Johnswort Selfheal Marjoram Perennial Mayweed Wild Carrot Lesser Knapweed Corncockle Hares Foot Clover Mullein Ribwort Plantain White Campion Kidney Vetch Yellow Rattle Field Scabious Corn Poppy Red Clover Wild Chamomile |
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Posted: Sep/29/2005 12:24 AM PST
..good selections above... you may also want to read a very small primer book by C. L. Fornari called "Gardening in sandy soils".... very informative and helpful. Good luck.... I also garden near a fresh water pond... nothing like it! Herblady |
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Posted: Oct/01/2005 7:44 AM PST
Are you talking about sandy soil or actual sand, as in beach sand? How much sun does the area get? |
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