Posted by Glenn Bates on April 15, 19100 at 22:36:06:
In Reply to: Will Columbines do well in my Alkaline area? posted by Lynnea on April 15, 19100 at 16:51:45:
: Thank you for your VALUABLE ADVICE! Now, I am ordering some columbine seeds. Should I start them indoors or sow directly outside? Will the high alkalinity bother them?
I think lilac bushes must like alkaline conditions, one from last year is already leafing out!!! But the grape vines are dead :-( (they'll get returned to home depot for exchange this week).
PS... you said it sounded like we were neighbors? zone 5-6 6000' alt. (I'm in western New Mexico, where are you?)
Columbines prefer neutral pH but they are pH adaptable.