tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497277770771473008.post5476130306719506737..comments2024-03-15T01:29:50.279-07:00Comments on Town Mouse and Country Mouse: Local Wildflowers for the August Garden: Madia ElegansTown Mousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09777461911856383480noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497277770771473008.post-33809147737515216682013-08-31T18:28:52.996-07:002013-08-31T18:28:52.996-07:00Thanks for the suggestions, Pete. I'm definite...Thanks for the suggestions, Pete. I'm definitely going to use some DG this fall and see what luck I get direct seeding through winter/early spring. I enjoyed your photos too. <br /><br />Nancy I like your idea of growing it with deer grass - they would semi hide its homely feet, and I can just visualize the flowers rising above and among the deer grass spikes - lovely idea.Country Mousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13294472166693008328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497277770771473008.post-20655661985110790782013-08-28T16:23:26.826-07:002013-08-28T16:23:26.826-07:00Thank you for this informative post! I've been...Thank you for this informative post! I've been growing <i>Madia elegans</i> for a couple of years now (SF Bay Area, Peninsula) and have found it works well as a filler plant (kind of like Verbena bonariensis is) among deer grass and mullein. Mine get to be about 8' tall. Have fallen in love with both the scent and the flowers; <i>elegans</i> is a perfectly fitting name!Nancyhttp://faultlinefarm.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8497277770771473008.post-27729809498867142412013-08-27T14:29:14.692-07:002013-08-27T14:29:14.692-07:00what a great topic! you might try having a patch o...what a great topic! you might try having a patch of your garden mulched only w/ decomposed granite. you can get them to reseed well in that, but you'll also have to weed it. i try to maintain patches of dg in my gardens in order to plant things by seed. even buckwheats reseed wonderfully in dg. there's another very closely related family called the Hemizonias which are also very nice late bloomers but don't have the tendency to grow huge like the Madias. here's pics of one i came across the other day: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHMwSyi<br /><br />and here's some more Hemizonias some of which i've tried w/ some success: http://flic.kr/s/aHsjh8Nsxpebw-petehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14886258925813814526noreply@blogger.com