Shade Gardening: Who is beginning to take serious looks at the catalogs now?, 0 by Toxicodendron

Toxicodendron wrote:
Good to hear back from you, Lauren.
I never cover my Putty root orchids because the single leaf they make in the fall is the only leaf they make all year. I figure that one leaf has to work all winter so the bulb can flower in the summer. Hope yours got some light during the fall....if you find them, you might want to take off the mulch so they can photosynthesize this spring. Actually, the evergreen leaf is the reason I like them.

The picture is of some Dutchman's Breeches, not Toothwort, LOL.
You probably should enlarge it and put on your glasses like I have to do! It is not the best picture, just one I found without going thru all 10,900 pictures I have on my computer now.

The weather here is supposed to get nasty again...cold, snow. I have to go remulch all the hostas, bleeding hearts, etc that have poked up their heads. Looks like the lilacs are gonna freeze...boohoo.

Cloning???? Don't think I better get that crazy. I have enough success propagating every broken or pruned twig, dividing crowded bulbs and perennials, etc. I am constantly giving away plants and yet at the same time I find myself with more and more plants to care for.
But you go for it, Lauren!!

Here is the toothwort, just to refresh your memory...in case some of them sprout: