tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post1558855635510753179..comments2024-02-22T10:37:49.541+00:00Comments on John Grimshaw's Garden Diary: Petasites japonicusJohn Grimshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363269527913926672noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-81759314587326688242017-03-22T21:53:24.731+00:002017-03-22T21:53:24.731+00:00I have just cleared our riverbank of this monster!...I have just cleared our riverbank of this monster!! Totally invasive at a startling rate to the exclusion of all other species. Took a lot of digging. If you do elect to grow Butterbur, ensure that you have a huge area that you no longer have use for.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13072222520832789866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-66201440125977464372013-06-01T02:06:57.083+01:002013-06-01T02:06:57.083+01:00Hello... I admired this plant at the gardens of th...Hello... I admired this plant at the gardens of the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario. I was given a small plan in 2007 and planted it in my new garden. This plant looks great in the garden... but... make sure you plant it in a damp area. It is a very attrative plant, especially if planted under trees/pines, etc. It does not do well in dry areas and in direct sun. It is great plant is you need to cover large areas under trees because if grows very quickly and the large leaves can cover large areas (if needed). I receive several requests each year for a cutting/small plant from friends and people who visit our garden. WARNING: this plant very colonizes quickly and can be very aggressive.... truly!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-8165336350475482252011-03-01T21:41:42.708+00:002011-03-01T21:41:42.708+00:00@Randy: the foliage is handsome when fresh and vig...@Randy: the foliage is handsome when fresh and vigorous in early summer; it soon becomes very weary-looking, and gets worse as summer drought sets in.<br /><br />@June: your scented species is probably P. fragrans. No scent worth mentioning on P. japonicus.<br /><br />@Patientgardener: very much too big!John Grimshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17363269527913926672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-78813930961542024262011-03-01T19:34:42.433+00:002011-03-01T19:34:42.433+00:00What an amazing plant, I dont think I have ever se...What an amazing plant, I dont think I have ever seen one of those before. The flowerhead looks like a posy. I suspect it would be too big for my suburban garden, even under my Maple tree.Helen/patientgardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164036792673009326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-3013685283413395812011-03-01T07:47:33.580+00:002011-03-01T07:47:33.580+00:00We have a butterbur growing in our garden, a prese...We have a butterbur growing in our garden, a present from a gardener in an Oxford Museum, years ago - it grows in its place, in another plant's place, through the hedge and the fence, along the lane and into someone else's garden. A thug indeed! Now and again I have the time to pull some of it up - but the perfume! - on a warm, February afternoon, rare this year, it can be located from yards away. But I did ask the gardener what the lovely scent was, so I brought it on myself! Does yours have any perfume?June Hallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-26132331766935822572011-03-01T00:07:05.707+00:002011-03-01T00:07:05.707+00:00We have a pretty large clump of Japanese Butterbur...We have a pretty large clump of Japanese Butterbur in our woodland growing in shallow soil atop limestone. It's always a treat to see it flower and well worth the walk to the top of the wood.Austwick Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054962725425620732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-82212063464564485092011-02-28T22:56:42.620+00:002011-02-28T22:56:42.620+00:00You should post some recipes for Butterbur delicac...You should post some recipes for Butterbur delicacies, John. Should we be expecting to find for sale Butterbur preserves at Colesbourne, soon? How about some recipes for Japanese Knotweed, too.<br /><br />I can vouch for Butterbur's thug qualities in moist soils. In a friend's garden here in Medina, near Seattle, the arm size roots went down at least five feet he discovered when he tried to dig it out of a large border near Lake Washington. <br /><br />In my old garden (which you saw in the dark) we used it near a winter wet pond, summer dry shade area. Beneath it I planted Cyclamen hederifolium and C. coum, both did well as the Butterbur leaves started dying down about August first.<br /><br />JimJim Foxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2417381781440063818.post-41570651268694020392011-02-28T22:47:31.994+00:002011-02-28T22:47:31.994+00:00John,
The foliage to me is more prettier than the...John,<br /><br />The foliage to me is more prettier than the flowers. Never heard of this before. Thanks for sharing!Randy Emmitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10292186655869617897noreply@blogger.com