it grows in the ground at "Crug Farm" west Wales in the UK. they irrigate heavily in summer and put down a lot of organic top dressing. other plants around include Epimediums, Scheffleras, Paris, Trilliums.... On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Mary Sue Ittner <msittner@mcn.org> wrote: > I've been growing this for a number of years after admiring it in the > Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens which made me think I could grow > it. But they do water in summer and so I assumed I'd have no chance > growing it in the ground like they do. Every year it goes dormant > sometime in winter and then reappears sometime in summer, but I've > never seen a suggestion of a bloom. I started seed in spring 2005 and > when they dwindled another lot in spring 2009. The seeds germinated > well, but I obviously am not giving them whatever they need. So you > don't have to be too jealous Dennis. I don't think it is a plant most > people would grow just for the leaves. > > Mary Sue > > Mary Sue Ittner > California's North Coast > Wet mild winters with occasional frost > Dry mild summers > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >