While this is an insanely beautiful oriental, in fact probably one of the top 5 hands-down showstoppers, I've had ...Read Moredifficulty with it, particularly in pots, where it's fine for a year and invariably rots out the next, despite all the care I take.
When I think about it, I've never seen it 'going off' in a New Zealand garden. I believe it's a bit of a soil-diva and needs specific conditions.
Doh!
I ordered them this year but now see that they are only robust down to -20. Hope that isn't true as we see colder than that upon occasion.
Zone 9b
While this is an insanely beautiful oriental, in fact probably one of the top 5 hands-down showstoppers, I've had ...Read More