Re: Valerian update
- Subject: Re: [SG] Valerian update
- From: M* W* <s*@JUNO.COM>
- Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 16:30:55 -0500
Bobbi --
Try it where it stays dry, esp in winter -- planting out a dozen that I
grew from seed one year, all the ones in the good part of the garden died
within 2 years, and the ones planted under the eaves of the house
(southern exposure) where watering was sparse at best lived 10 years,
until they got so woody that I just dug them out as they weren't so
pretty any more. They also started blooming earlier and stayed blooming
later than the ones in the garden (april to november generally.)
Marya
> Anelle doesn't say where she lives, but here in hot, muggy Southern
> Indiana we
> can't grow Centranthus ruber very well. Occasionally one will see it
> in a
> garden, but it never seems to thrive. Not only does it dislike our
> summers, but
> it apparently can't tolerate good soil.
