Re: 'David Ward' was: pulmonarias

Susan....mine is doing OK, I think.  Found the leaves brown easily if
it gets too dry and have read posts that this one really requires a
continually moist soil - not soggy; still needs good drainage - but
won't tolerate any drying off...think this is so as I have noticed
that when I only give mine the same water that the rest of the border
has, I get brown leaf edges.  If we have lots of rain or I am a good
girl and give this plant extra, then it is much happier.  Mine is
growing in rotted woodchips.  Do not notice it expanding with speed,
but, so far (knock on wood) it returns, blooms and seems relatively
happy.

In ans. to your question, I think, yes...it is considered a tad
harder to grow successfully.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Susan Campanini <campanin@NTX1.CSO.UIUC.EDU>
>
>         This talk of pulmonarias has prompted me to ask others
about their
> experiences with the lovely green and white (coral flowers) hybrid
called
> David Ward.
>         I grow a lot of different pulmonarias and they do very well
for me,
> even self-seeding, despite the Midwestern humidity mildewing the
leaves a
> bit in August.
>         But I have babied and babied and then finally this past
season lost
> my David Ward. Are these harder to grow or was there something
wrong with
> the particular spot it was in (shaded by a maple, not too far from
other
> lungworts, with supplemental watering given)?
>
>
> Susan and David in Urbana, Illinois, zone 5b
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