Blue Wonder is an easy care plant that provides late season interest here in Minnesota. I have them planted on a north facing hillside and they grow with nothing more than benign neglect near large pine trees. The only issue I have ever had is that the tips of the leaves tend to get brown. This year we have had a lot of rain and the leaves look better, so I might try watering them a bit next year if it isn't as wet.

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I planted some of these pretty plants when I lived in Connecticut, and had a lot of deeply shady spots around the house. It could just have been my luck, or the sad state that the plants arrived in (large online supplier), but I found these to be a little temperamental. They needed very rich, well draining soil, and I couldn't let the soil dry out on them. I even had to stake the poor things while they were getting established, but, again, they arrived from the seller in a sad state. True to their description, they do very well in the shade, establishing nicely in a spot where I couldn't get much else to grow for lack of direct sun. Their flowers, much smaller than the Oriental lilies we're accustomed to, came in early fall, and were shockingly pretty. I wouldn't dare to grow them now that I live in dry, sunny Texas, but I certainly thought them worth the trouble in New England.

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