I wouldn't resist either. 3" is fine.

I have that one and love it and would love it more if it only cost me $2.99. It does have a slight fragrance. Depth sounds good to me!

Someone on Garden Buddies said that an integrifolia, which Olgae is, can rot if the crown is planted deep, so only plant it as deep as it was planted in the pot. Someone else said to plant it deeper. Researching integrifolias didn't come up with any more information, so to be on the safe side, I planted mine at the depth it was in the pot.

I just bought Olgae earlier this year. It's a great bloomer, the earwigs don't bother it, transplanted well, and seems to tolerate heat and dry conditions much better than a lot of other perennials in the garden. Awesome plant as far as I am concerned.

Janetpetiole - do earwigs not bother any integrifolias or is it Olgae in particular that is not bothered by them. Earwigs are the bane of my clems existence!

Earwig, heat and dry tolerant is good for here! Although I keep clem roots well watered, the air can get very dry. Now if it's reliably cold hardy, I'm set. Earwigs don't bother my tall clematis - they're too busy eating the silks off my corn, dahlia petals and just about everything else.

I don't know about all integrifolias, I only have Olgae and Bushy Blue bell, very similar except in size. I think the leaves are thicker, earwigs seem to prefer more tender leaves, and larger flowers.

All my integrifolias are planted deeper in the ground than they were in their original pots and I have never had an issue with doing so. A lot of people, especially the Europeans, on GB have issues with rot due to too much rain and damp in the winter that affects their plants and hence their recommendations. I have found that much of the info out there is from areas with much more wet, milder winters which most of us in the US don't have to deal with. I was told once by an expert on GB that the viornas, texensis, and glaucophyllas don't like to be kept wet. Funny because once again, mine do fine planted in areas that hold moisture and a wild colony of viornas in a nearby park is found in a wettish area. Once again, conditions in Europe and England especially do not approximate our conditions here in most of the US so their recommendations may not be appropriate for us.

I didn't plant my integrifolias deeper and didn't ever read Garden Buddies but my weather is very similar to England so maybe it is good that I didn't plant mine deeper.

BorS, the PNW is probably the only area in the continental US that has weather similar to England! On the other hand, I know plenty of people in Europe who have to give fremontii extremely good drainage or grow it in a conservatory and plenty of people here who can grow it outside in the most inhospitable areas and have no issues.

Yes, I know it is the only area similar. I love my English gardening books. :)

Hey, I know previously you complained about the gray wet weather. I would move in a heart beat if I could!! ;)