Re: Lobelias
Hello to all.
Couldnt help but comment on this thread,as I have a very curious experience with
this plant.
I was attracted to this plant like most of us,due to its wonderful
coloring.Shortly after getting it home,found I had no time to plant and attend
to its insatible need for water in full sun(at least here where the summer sun
in very intense)so I placed it in the pond on one of the ledges and it seemed
happy ..I continued to lift it out to allow it to'breathe'periodically...Winter
came and still I had not planted it :-(..
Well,its still there through winters,summers,year round, for over 2yrs now and
it seems to prevail through it all.I'm sure its not thriving but its better than
the alternative which was certain death due to thrist and sun scald .. It
certainly adds a nice touch to the pond ..
Dont reccomend this treatment and not proud of my 'plant abuse'but it has proven
itself to be a water lover of the first rank.
Connie
Valerie-Anne Mullett wrote:
> Thanks Dean.
>
> I have just found L. cardinalis mentioned in The Well-Tempered Garden by
> Christopher Lloyd, who says
>
> 'We tend to treat this as a tender perennial, but there are hardy
> geographical races. It grows, after all, in the stream beds of some of the
> coldest areas of New England. I find that the smooth purple-leaved strain
> which I grow is absolutely hardy.'
>
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