| Polygala
calcarea is a widespread native of Western
Europe including Great Britain and Ireland,
growing in short turf usually over limestone.
The form Lillet is a much superior garden plant,
being more compact than the type and very
free-flowering. This form was collected from the
wild near Lillet in N.E. Spain. |
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I
grow P. calcarea Lillet in a raised tufa bad
where it enjoys full sun and perfect drainage. I
find it is easily raised from cuttings if
semi-ripe shoots are taken in early June after
flowering.
I
pot up rooted cuttings in a gritty compost
containing tufa dust and house them in a cold
frame for several months.
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| During
our AGS Group visit to the Czech Republic in
2004, we saw exceptionally well grown specimens
of this plant in all the very fine rock gardens
we visited |
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