RE: Rose campion/snow-in-summer

I grow rose campion.  And it does grow.  My clay is heavy enough that the
plants seem happier with the better drainage just a bit of elevation
provides.  Have you tried raised beds, in an area somewhat exposed to winds?

Too, you might try someplace with an eastern exposure so that the leaves
will dry off asap in the morning and the plants won't have to contend with
high summer's afternoon double whammy of heat and humidity.  ...just one
more time.  :)

Barb in Southern Indiana  Zone 5/6  dorsett@blueriver.net
   New Start, New Home  http://www.blueriver.net/~dorsett/midwest.html

> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 12/02/98 08:22 AM
>
> I've been wanting to grow rose campion (lychnis coronaria) and
> snow-in-summer (????-- not to be confused with snow-on-the-mountain,
> though) for the longest.  Both have the marvelous fuzzy leaves and grayish
> overcast.  Every year I try them and the darned things just sit there and
> eventually shrivel away.  I've tried them in different locations,
> in sun or
> shade, watering and leaving to drought, etc. -- all to no avail.
>
> The only thing I can figure is that the humidity must get to them
> because I
> have trouble with one species of lamb's ear rotting away before my eyes
> every year, too.  It's not pretty and it draws those foul pillbugs!  I
> ripped them out and let another variety take over (I forget what
> it is, but
> it doesn't mind the summers here).  Am I doomed to lust for the gaudy
> magenta of the rose campion and the sweet little white buttons of the
> snow-in-summer?  Again I pout because the very things I want I cannot have
> and the list grows bigger and more interesting, unfortunately.  The
> fuzzy-leaf saga continues with a disturbing trend...
>
> Has anyone in zone 6a tried growing these two plants?  Anyone with high
> humidity and temps in the summer have luck? And (whine, whine) why won't
> fuzzy-leaved plants grow well for me?
>
> Val in KY
> (who's finally realizing that no one on earth lusts for the
> plants that can
> grow in a KY garden)
>
>
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