Re: Sternbergia

In a message dated 10/24/01 3:52:10 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mtalt@clark.net writes:


Seems from other posts I've saved
that a sand bed in full sun is not a bad plan with these guys.
I think Sternbergia would be perfectly hardy for you, Marge. Here in Cincinnati we're called Zone 6a which means we're really a 5b with some Zone 6 plants surviving.  The Ohio River valley sometimes keeps us a little warmer than we'd be otherwise.  If you drive 50 miles north or south, conditions change.

My two clumps of sternbergia are in unamended clay soil with root competition from very vigorous perennials.  So I guess they stay relatively dry.  One clump gets mostly shady conditions and the other mostly sunny.  I've just never thought of them as particularly tropical and have never pampered them.
Bill Lee
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