Ponoʻo Catmint i ke Kānāwai Kūlana
I kēlā me kēia makahiki,ʻo ka Perennial Plant Association (PPA), heʻoihana kālepa e hana ana e hoʻonaʻauao i nā māla i ka hanaʻana i nā mea kanu ulu nui, koho i ko lākou lālā Perennial o ka makahiki ©. I kēia makahiki, hele ka hanohano i kahi pōpī , Nepeta racemosa 'Walker's Low'.
Ke hana nei kekahi pīpī i nā mea kupaianaha maikaʻi loa no ka Perennial Plant o ka Makahiki ©, e hālāwai me nā koi a pau o ka PPA no ke koho:
- Hiki ke kūpono no ka nui o nāʻano heiau
- ʻO ka mālama kūpono
- ʻO kaʻinoʻino a me ka maʻi
- Loaʻa i ka makahiki o ka hoʻokuʻuʻana
- Nā manawa he nui o ka waiwai maikaʻi
- Hoʻopili liʻiliʻiʻia e ka asexual a iʻole ka hoʻopiliʻana o nā hua
Ua hoʻomaka muaʻiaʻo Nepet 'Walker' Low 'i Europa, i ka makahiki 1988. E like me ka mea i manaʻoʻia mai Nepeta,ʻo' Walker's Low 'he mauʻu momona, heʻeleʻele keʻokeʻo, he wā lōʻihi, e ulu ana me nā pilikia iki a me nā pono mālama.
ʻO ka inoa 'Walker's Low', i manaʻoʻia he wahi ia maʻEnelani,ʻaʻoleʻo kona ulu ulu. ʻO 'Walker' Low 'hiki ke hiki i 2 ½ a 3' ka lōʻihi a like nō me ka whānui, ma nā wahi mahana. He pua nani nāʻano uliuli e ulu pono i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ke kauwela a ma ka hapalua o ka wā ulu. Inā hōʻoluʻoluʻo ia i hope o ka ulu muaʻana o ka pua, hiki ke manaʻoʻia kahi pua nui'ē aʻe, akā,ʻaʻole e nui loa kāu kanu. ʻO ka loheʻana e hoʻoulu hou i nā lālā.
ʻO kahi lālā maikaʻi o kaʻohana mint,ʻo Nepeta 'Walker's Low'ʻaʻole ia eʻoluʻolu i ka dia.
ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole pili nā pōpē. Akā, he mea leʻaleʻa no nā nalu, nā hummingbirds a me nā pi.
Ma muli o kona kūʻokoʻa a me ka nele o nā mea hōʻeha a me nā pilikia,ʻo ka'āpīpī ka mea maikaʻi loa no nā māla hou. Hiki paha i nā māla kūlapa keʻike i ka pono o nā nepeta i loko o ke kīhāpai, mai kona launahele kaulana me ka roses i ka hopena hoʻoluʻolu i loaʻa iā ia ma nāʻaoʻao āpau.
E nānā i 1 Plant Planted 3 Ways , eʻimi ai i mea hoʻoikaika no ka hōʻiliʻiliʻana iā Nepeta 'Walker's Low' i kāu māla i kēia kauwela.
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