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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] soldanellas

Perhaps the hot summer is the problem.  The Seattle area has summer
drought but has only a few days in the 90's.  (Except this year with
El Nino??)

My soil is pretty rich and the area open but with no direct sun.  No
extra water usually.  I have a few nice patches of  Soldanella
montana, and just got starts of  S. hungarica and S alpina last year.
 They're charming miniature imitations!

> Marian, I know you're in zone 8 and I'm in zone 5b, but HOW do you grow
> soldanellas?  I think they are so beautiful, but they always die here as
> soon as it becomes hot and muggy in the summer... What cultural
> conditions, soil, water, placement, amount of shade, etc. do you have
> them in?  What species of soldanellas do you grow?
>
> Dr. Susan Campanini
> Coordinator of Instructional Development
> Guided Individual Study
> (http://www.extramural.uiuc.edu/gis)
> University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
> 302 E. John St., Suite 1406
> Phone:  (217)333-1320
> E-Mail: campanin@uiuc.edu
>
>
Marian Raitz  mraitz@accessone.com
Bellevue WA  Zone 8
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