Re: lobelia cardinalis

Thanks to everyone who responded.  I gather that I shouldn't feel bad
that my lobelia card. hasn't done that well, and be glad that they're
living at all.  I will try to get some seeds and toss them into a good
place, and hope I get stronger new plants.

Isabelle Hayes

glink@att.net wrote:
> 
> Hi Isabelle,
> You may be too far north for cardinal flower to do well (catskills?)  Here in
> Tennessee it is indeed everywhere, and even in my yard in Nashville which
> turns into a brick in summer they are almost six feet tall.  But when I lived
> on the mountain (10 degrees cooler) what I noticed was that they spent the
> winter underwater!  Yes, the rosettes were growing in a creek bed that dries
> out somewhat in summer and runs water over them all winter.  My theory was
> that that protected them from frost.  And of course would be more moist in
> summer.  ??
> Gale

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