Camassia
totototo@telus.net (Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:47:08 PDT)

On 6 Jun 06, at 15:29, James Waddick wrote:

I wouldn't call C. leichtlinii "moisture loving", at least not if the
imputation is that it's a nearly a bog plant. The violet-blue
subspecies suksdorfii is quite common here, and the territory it
likes is bone dry in the summer. Winter seeps, yes, but in summer
dry, drier, driest.

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate

on beautiful Vancouver Island