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Re: [SHADEGARDENS] Bog Asphodel

>To Debra Teachout:  Hi, could you describe for me what your plant looks
>like?  Is it app. 4' tall, with yellow, sparsely-petalled flowers well
>spaced along a pole-like stem...almost no stalk on the flowers; they appear
>to grow directly from the stem?  Thanks.

Sheila,

It does look like you describe. The leaves are a gray bluegreen color and it
looks like thick stocked grass. The racemes are as you describe and flowers
are like a 5 pointed star, has a nice fragrance also.

I started this from seed given to me by a friend that recommended it go in
well drained soil. That is why I was surprised by the Bog Asphodel name. :)
I have heard it called by the common name of Jacob's Rod.  Mine is growing
well in a raised bed and full sun in summer with partial shade (afternoon
shade) in Spring and Fall. It takes it all in stride.
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Debra Teachout-Teashon
Washington state, zone 8, Sunset zone 5
Pacific Northwest Gardening
There Is Life In A Winter Garden
http://www.suite101.com/topics/page.cfm/416
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