Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Swapping & Chatting Ric & Holly's Swap, 4 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jill, Pat and David----

Thank you all for your input.

The plants by the sheds (pic. #3--2009) may get a bit more water from run off from the shed roof.
IF it is a rainy season.
You can see what the dying stems look like. That year, I was lucky to see a few bloom.
When I tug on these browned out stems--they just come apart from the roots.

Pic. #1 is the smaller clump I planted in 2009 against the wall of the house of this bed
in hopes of seeing it do better than by the shed. It is not a wet bed. It faces East.
The bottom of the plant IS shaded as it grows among two perennial Ferns and I also plant my
Dr. Seuss brug in this bed, which grows massive and shades out a lot of plants behind it.
This photo was taken in October of last year. You can see how healthy the growth is.
However, it too died off before it should have bloomed.

Pic. #2 is of the same (against the house) plants last year. Two of the stems from this clump
survived to bloom. I would like to save this clump--somehow....

Pic. #4 is still of the same clump. This was taken in July of last year.
You get an idea of what this bed looks like.....and, you can already see the stems
of the Monkshood dying back.

Pic #5--a better look at this same area and the dying back.
I do water the brug aa lot--but it is growing in a pot that is partially planted into the bed.
The Monkshood is not all that close to the brug.

I am willing to dig this clump up and pot it as you suggested, David.
Would a clay pot be best? What is the light requirement of the Monkshood?
Seems I remember it to be part shade??
How wonderful it would be to have these bloom for me as they should.

OK! Have to get a few things done--including tagging a lot of the plants everyone has asked for.

Thanks again---Gita