Re: Berms< garden projects and planting

Theresa...apologies!  This is not the first time I have read your SIG
as S. CA instead of Sacramento...the mind just does not work:-(

Did you mean it does NOT rain for 6-8 months at a time?  More what I
would expect than having it rain for 6-8 months straight as I think
Sacramento is in the valley and that's basically more of a desert/
chaparral type ecosystem, isn't it?

I grow my callas in pots and find they all go dormant at some point,
watered or not, so don't know whether yours in the ground will stay
evergreen, but will be interesting to find out - post the results of
your experiment, OK?

Candelabra primroses ( Primula japonica spp. and others) are my
favorites.  They get huge when happy; come in range of colors from
white through pinks, reds and oranges.  They simply must have
consistently moist soil - not necessarily swampy tho' they do grow in
streamsides.

Have some pix of the ones I grow in this article:

http://suite101.com/article.cfm/shade_gardening/70478

Northern or not, you should still be able to winter some of the
elephant ears and cannas in the ground:-)

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Theresa- yahoo <tchessie@yahoo.com>
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions Marge- one note- I am in Northern
California, but
> still much applies.  I don't think I have the patience to do the
plants that
> require rainwater ( and since it does rain here for 6-8 months at a
time not
> very practical), but the ones that like wet feed and dryer crown
might be
> perfect, since I've already made a bit of an elevated mound in an
effort to
> have the few things I have planted not completely drown.  I did
recently
> plant 2 yellow calla lilies there as part of my experiment to see
if they
> will stick around all year rather than go dormant because they dry
out too
> much.  My astilbe also likes damp, but it would singe in this spot-
western
> exposure.  The candelaba primroses intruigue me, not familiar with
them.

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