Perennial ideas please

[jean]

Been googling Chuckles as I do fancy giving them a go. Found that they have a nickname of Desert Candles and they like really well drained soil and don't like being disturbed. Seems like Autumn is the best time to plant them in a similar way to asparagus crowns by placing the crown higher than the roots. Just need to know the name of the purple one now

[Chuckles]

It's really odd JL my soil is really well drained. I had them in a couple of pots the first year, they were in flower and I wasn't sure where to plant them. Then they went in the garden for several years before I first moved them. They have had full sun and partial sun/shade but nothing happens They don't like to be deeply planted apparently, they like to be just below the surface and they spread there roots outwards rather than down. I feel like burying them soooooooo deep ;D

Don't let my experience with them put you off they are beautiful plants.

[Barbara]

greety said:

Your right JL

greety said:

Dug up my Foxtail Lilies again I can't grow the damm things to save my life. Does anyone have any luck with them.

No idea why I can't grow them, all I get is a pathetic display of leaves and nothing else I've moved them again and again, the roots look so healthy, they look like an enourmous spider with big fat succulent legs ;D

they dont like being planted close to other plants,
(unfriendly bu**ers) ;D

[Weeterrier]

Thanks for that hint Barbara. I was thinking of buying some, but they would have to be "squeezed in" somewhere in my garden.

[Barbara]

mine are ok next to most plants, but the ones where poppies have self seeded next to them have curled up their leaves and turned brown. might be the poppies fault