Re: Has anyone tried Calycanthus occidentalis in wet clay?

Dear Susannah,
 
     As long as you are on some kind of a slope, even a minor one, it might be okay. Calycanthus are pretty tough and adaptable. As long as you can assure a summer drought, and have dappled shade, you should be okay. I have one which is now 8 years old growing in hard clay. It is on a steep slope over looking a creek which it probably gets little if any water from. I have never done a thing for it. It took 6 years for it to flower, but this season it shows promise of finally becoming a mature shrub. What a great plant.
 
     Tim Kalman
----- Original Message -----
From: Susannah
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 9:23 AM
Subject: Has anyone tried Calycanthus occidentalis in wet clay?

It was happy in my previous garden, which was clay and wet all winter but with decent drainage.  Dare I try it in my new garden, where the water table is 17 feet down but the clay drains VERY slowly (i.e. stranding water for a day or 2 after every rain -- which hereabouts means 2 days out of every 6)?  It's currently in a huge tub, waiting.
Thanks so much,
-- S.
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