I hate to disagree with you but I lived about 1000ft from the shores of Lake Erie. You just have to make sure that they are extremly protected. I used about 8 to 10 inches of pine straw. The trick is to know when to take off the pine straw. That depends on the weather and what part you live in.[b said:Quote[/b] (Slurm @ July 05 2005,7:23)]It depends on where you live in Ohio, in south Ohio southeasern U.S. species should be fine. In north Ohio, particularely on lake Eire it would be easier to grow D. rotundifolia and S. purpurea v. purpurea. On lake Eire hibernauculum forming pings may also succeed if kept cool in the summer via shade and live sphagnum. Southeastern species would need a lot of protection in north Ohio.
An my wife just had a phone interview with people from a church in a small town, 30 miles south of Columbus (Lancaster).[b said:Quote[/b] (tink @ July 05 2005,9:18)]I'm in Licking County, about 40mins east of Columbus.