Beginner Gardening: USDA Zone can be misleading!, 1 by ncgardenaddict

ncgardenaddict wrote:
Hi Raydio!! Yes - I mulch it HEAVY.. The plant dies off and one year I cut it down and mulched that - the next year I didn't cut the dead off and mulched it. It didn't seem to care much either way as long as the mulch was there. It's beside my house too - I believe that helps. Well since you're so close if yours dies you can have some of mine! LOL! I do keep some in a pot as well that I bring in every year. Believe it or not I bought mine at Michigan Bulb of all places when I first started gardening. That makes it over 10 years old... Of course it was the ONLY thing that survived from that disaster of a company!! :)

Nicole Here's mine - this pic is over a year old but I can't remember exactly how old.. It's bigger now.. YIKES!