Asphodeline lutea
- Subject: Asphodeline lutea
- From: J* D*
- Date: Sat, 26 May 2001 20:11:51 -0700
I couldn't be more proud. Asphodeline probably comes under the headings of suitable for
beginners, comes up like mustard and cress, and so forth, but these are my plants, from
seed all the way from Jellito in Germany, and they GERMINATED. I have baby asphodelines.
My question: why do I never see asphodeline for sale in our area? I've been drooling over
descriptions of it, reading that it is tolerant of dry soils, admiring photos of it
planted with perennial grasses, but I've never seen an actual plant. What is this telling
me? Is it hard to grow? Does it need a cold winter? What's wrong with asphodeline for
Berkeley? Not that the information will stop me from trying to grow it, but it's as well
to know the minuses as well as the pluses when raising young.
Kay Dreher
Berkeley, CA
