Diane Whitehead wrote: > When I saw where L. vernum was growing in the wild in the Czech > Republic, I knew why they never survived for me. It was in the same > squelchy conditions where I would expect our native Lysichiton > americanus. Rodger Whitlock wrote: Was it a site that is always squelchy, or just seasonally so? Our native skunk cabbage grows in some sites that are pretty dry in the summer. They were in a low area along a stream, with additional moisture being provided by melting snow. It would be drier in summer, but I'm sure it is never dry. There is a photo of them growing in a similar condition in Jim Jermyn's book, Alpine Plants of Europe. The photo is in Timber Press' online excerpt: http://www.timberpress.com/pdfs/excerpts/ 9780881927344e.pdf Diane Whitehead