Re: astrantia
- Subject: Re: astrantia
- From: M* T*
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 20:16:39 -0400
Claire, I am delighted to see this post of yours! Have acquired 2
Astrantia this year and, after killing several in past years, put one
in my "damp" garden and one in my "circle" garden and was worried
that the latter would not do well as it is being shaded by my royal
fern, who resented my attempts to stake it up and out of the way and
billowed out over it anyway...now, I can breath a sigh of relief on
that count and just worry about making sure they don't dry out!!!
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: ECPep@aol.com
>
> Astrantia needs semi-shade to all shade and must be grown in moist
soil. It
> also needs a few years to establish in one place. During the
drought years
> it disappeared completely in my garden as we do not water entire
beds. Two
> years underground and it came back last summer (rained nearly every
day) and
> bloomed in a large healthy clump. Now I have a tag by it telling
me to leave
> it alone in case it does not want to come up in a dry year.
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