Mid-Atlantic Gardening: FIRST FLOWERS SUMMER!!! Mid Summer Edition, 3 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jeff--
I am sure I will stand corrected on the cardinal Flowers zone survival.
This is the 3rd yer I have them.
Between year 1 and 2--I buried them in a pile of leaves b/c someone said they were
"tender perennials"...Too many leaves...I think...
When I removed them--there was already growth showing.

From last year to this spring--I just had a couple of hand-fulls of leaves over them.
Didn't see any life toll way later...

However--BECAUSE they live in my YUK bed--all kinds of delays can be justified by
all the maple roots a few feet away.
Even though they are there now--they are nowhere as big and full as last year.
G.

1--Cardinal Flower last July (2013)
2--B&B Salvias growing last June. N.E. Aster in the middle
3--B&B with blooms. Last June.

Sp far--this year--my best one just has 3 stems.