Re: Asphodeline lutea
- Subject: Re: Asphodeline lutea
- From: M* D* M*
- Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 07:52:48 -0700
At 08:11 PM 5/26/01 -0700, John Dreher wrote:
>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
Kay, Asphodeline lutea is on my wish list also. I've seen it in Digging
Dog's catalogue the last couple of years and when I went to Mendocino this
May saw it in their garden. I live in Los Angeles and have sandy soil so
it should do well here. Digging Dog Nursery has many interesting plants
listed in their catalogue and as you're in Berkeley you may like other bay
area residents head for Mendocino for a week end. Their web site is:
www.diggingdog.com. and they have a mail order catalogue.
Janet Ter Veen
Zone 24
