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| Has anyone grown this? Variety is “Bella Deep Rose”. This was an impulse purchase. I had not ever remembered seeing anything named prunella before, so the name got my attention. The tag says sun to part shade, tolerates hot and dry conditions. I don’t really have a hot and dry place to put it (I do have one hot and dry bed, but the colors there aren’t compatible with rose or pink). Is it easy going as to conditions, or fussy? What kind of habit does it have? Neat or rangy? Thanks! |
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- Posted by christinmk z5b eastern WA (My Page) on Wed, Jun 19, 13 at 11:20
| I grow both P. laciniata (lacey leafed foliage with violet flowers) and P. grandiflora 'Freelander Blue'. They are very easy plants to grow, maybe even fool-proof. I've got mine in full sun/prt sun and they do fine. Dry-ish conditions are okay with it too. Low, mat-forming perennial. They don't spread overly fast for me either- though they do seem to reseed enthusiastically after a few years established. That is probably my only complaint with them, the seeding. Other than that it is a nice little plant for front of the border. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 19, 13 at 12:22
| The tag says sun to part shade, tolerates hot and dry conditions. I don’t really have a hot and dry place to put it ==>>> you are mis-reading the tag ... 'tolerates' in much different than REQUIRES ... if i read that tag.. i would default to any full sun ... a little shade if that was my spot .. regular water.. but if the only spot left was soggy.. this plant will TOLERATE IT .. make sense??? ken |
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- Posted by aseedisapromise z4.5 SD (My Page) on Fri, Jun 21, 13 at 10:20
| These are not "easy plants" if your soil and water are alkaline. Just saying. |
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