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Stylophorum lasiocarpum |
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| Common name |
Chinese celandine poppy |
| Family |
papaveraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow (spring-summer) |
| Size |
12-18" |
| Light |
shade |
| Cultural notes |
drought-tolerant |
Reportedly tolerates dry shade. We're putting it to the test, in a strip alongside our neighbors' arborvitae hedge, which casts shade a good part of the day, and sucks the adjacent soil pretty dry. So far so good - it bloomed the next year, and seemed to take its position in stride.
Post-scriptum: it did not return the following year.
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following comments| boxgrover | Jul 13, 2013 | So Rob, has it thrived (or even survived) in dry shade?
Alas, it did not return for a repeat performance the next year. I can't say which of the conditions it was thrown caused it to perish; it may have been one of the drought years, which was hard on many perennials, especially those outside easy reach of my hose. |
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