The area I had it in was bright shade, with a blast of late day summer sun. I think what finally did it in was the dryness of the area. This is an extremely dry bed. After last summer, I lost most of it, sadly. I do still have a small patch but have decided to try something different for this particular area.

However, if you have moister soil than I did in this spot (and I think EVERYONE has moister soil than this spot, lol!) I think you will be happy with it.

I had a large swath of it - probably about 12 to 15 feet by four feet, sloping up the side of a raised bed, and it really was gorgeous in bloom. And then looked good for the rest of the year as well (unless we had a drought....)

Dee

It tends to bloom as long as the weather isn't oppressive. Once the dog day heat of summer comes it sort of shuts down but it will often produce another show in late summer/early fall when the weather starts to cool. It stays somewhat evergreen in winter but the leaves get pretty ragged looking by January. Overall, an underused plant for woodsy shade.

Laceyvail, perhaps you had Allen Bush?

Gee, after this thread, I'm thinking about getting some more and putting it in a more hospitable spot. It really is a nice little groundcover - and different! It always got comments from people walking down the street, asking what it was.

Dee

Full but bright moist shade. Rooted from a cutting last August and has clumped up nicely. It was a little late getting started this Spring, but when it did, it went crazy.

I have heard differing accounts of how well it takes dry conditions. Definitely worth a look though.

(I can source "Allen Bush").

Dee