I think some of the west coast Trillium would do just fine for you, given a little extra irrigation. Trillium chloropetalum and Trillium albidum have persisted for a very long time in clay soil under coast live oak at UC Botanical Garden in the Berkeley hills, where they get something like 25 inches of rainfall a year, plus some extra irrigation to fill in the gaps, but I let them dry out in the heat of late summer / early fall. The leaves last longer, and the plants look better with more irrigation. Ben Anderson On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 6:01 PM, AW <awilson@avonia.com> wrote: > Thanks, Joyce. Nice to hear from you. I asked the question because a > nurseryman had posted some terrific shots of T. grandiflorum growing in > great quantities in a woodland sitting. He said it should be possible to > grow them down here. Given our present drouht conditions I think that is > dubious advice. Thanks for the encouragement! > > Andrew > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >