From High Country Gardens spring 2019, and added more in 2022
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Expectations:
This wants more moisture than I thought. Water well, keep moist.
I loved the frilly white obedient plants I had in my old garden, ('Miss Manners') but they disappeared after a few years for some reason. They were tall.
'Crystal Peak White' looks just as lovely but is a shorter, sturdier variety, to only a foot tall, and not a spreader.
They did better in the potting bench curve and all came up in 2020.
Expectations:
This wants more moisture than I thought. Water well, keep moist.
I loved the frilly white obedient plants I had in my old garden, ('Miss Manners') but they disappeared after a few years for some reason. They were tall.
'Crystal Peak White' looks just as lovely but is a shorter, sturdier variety, to only a foot tall, and not a spreader.
Experiences:
I planted a patch (6 plants) in the kitchen courtyard garden.
But in July 2019 they rapidly declined. At first they looked over-watered, with yellow leaves at the bottom. I cut back bit and then they crisped up and shrank. Almost nothing left by the time I dug them up and moved them to the potting bench curve in more shade.
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| June 30, 2023 |
I watered them a lot. Some looked okay, others stunted.These plants were short and stubby, not the elegant forms I expected. They were about 6 inches tall at best.
They needed a ton of water.
Eventually in 2022 I moved some remaining to the new birdbath garden right under the birdbath, planted among the creeping thyme, and added a few new ones.
The clear white sturdy blooms were sweet under the birdbath. But they struggled with competition from the thyme and in 2024 I took them out.
I had put a few at the front edge of the kitchen courtyard too but they never performed well.
** These pretty plants really aren't suited here, even when I give them as much water as possible. They want much moister conditions. If I do ry them again, I'll have to grow them in containers.