RE: What's blooming now/ Chelone

I really hate to say this-- but mine are in full sun! and in a moist (
read wet!) clay soil. Started four years ago as a small, very small
plant. Now have a nice stand and they bloom their hearts out since year
two. They will be flowering in a very short time here... buds are about
to burst.

Donna


>     I have been reading the back and forth you and Paul have been
doing on
> the why no bloom aspect of your turtlehead. I have no desire to stir
the
> waters, but.... my stand is in shade and dry shade for sure. The stand
is
> wedged between a low fence of cedar post that keep it out of sunlight
> until
> very late in the afternoon. has to get up and above that to get any
real
> light. On the other side is the liner of a wading pool sunk into the
> ground
> for some bog orchids. Placed the turtlehead here to keep it in bounds.
> Always read that if you gave it lots of moisture and rich soil it
would be
> aggressive.
>     Foliage and stems on mine are a deep, glossy green and every stem
has
> multiple buds on it now. Height is a bit above two feet. They receive
very
> little extra moisture from the hose.
>     Can it be the zones we garden in plus, or minus, the clone each of
us
> has to play with?
>     Gene E. Bush

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