Re: kiringishoma

Kiringishoma has come through some typical zone 5 winters here just
fine.  The soil is heavily amended with peat moss (they like it acid and
I have basically alkaline soil) and I never let it dry out.  It's next
to two clumps of ligularia prz (can't spell it) and they seem to like
the same conditions.  I prop mine with two large semicircular metal
staking devices, as the foliage & flower load gets heavy even for those
big stems, especially this year when the milder weather seems to have
pushed growth too fast for many plants. Mine are budding now, too, about
a month or 6 weeks early. I plan to cut it down by half after flowering.

Anne - Chicago

Blee811@aol.com wrote:
> 
> I don't know how reliably hardy kirinishoma is.  Here in Zone 6a, mine barely survived a very mild winter and has just one small sprout.  This spring I bought a new k. koreana and k. palmatum and they're doing fine.
.........  My two new plants are both sprawling and I think it is
probably a little late to try to stake them; didn't have this problem
with last year's plant.  ..............
> Bill Lee


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