A few weeks ago I posted an image of this plant—Ligularia dentata ‘Othello'—on Instagram. @renegade_gardener commented: Nice to see you honor a Z4 perennial, “Othello” grows beautifully in Minnesota, gets huge. I responded: probably grows for you better than me! To which he replied: They’re like hosta here. Can’t kill them with fire.![]()
Here in my Portland Zone 8 garden they're not quite so hardy. Well okay hardiness isn't the issue, I grow this plant in a container because otherwise the slugs would have a party and that would be the end. Or at least it's been the end of the other ligularia I've grown in the ground. Just another example of how everyone's experience is different...in the garden as in life.
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