I find they do extremely well, grow lushly and bloom lavishly with morning sun and later afternoon/evening sun. They wilt something awful and burn a bit in a couple hours of direct afternoon sun - again, in my experience. ===>>>> the alternative way to say this is.... no sun in the heat of the day .... say 2 to 6 pm .... give or take ... it is the exact description of what sun a hosta would like .... in fact.. most 'shade' plants are really only shade tolerant .... and would like some sun .... presuming you can get them the water they need in that sun ... and by avoiding the highest water loss time.. the heat of the day ... 2 to 6 ... you reduce the amount of water you need to provide for them to thrive ... most plants sweat ... transpire .. give off water ... and if they get too hot.. and cant pump enough water .. then the leaf tissue will be damaged [think sunburn on pasty white skin] .... so its a fine balance between sun.. heat.. and water ... ken

OK, thanks very much. They have no leaves. They were grafted probably a week or two ago. So which would you pick: basement = lower light, cooler temps at night; or inside = more light and slightly warmer, say around 60?

When I saw some at local garden show last month I looked at the Proven Winners picture cards stuck in their pots. These gave the generally desired exposure as partial shade. Period.

I'm really discouraged now. I planted 2 Rocket Ligs early this spring. I live in zone 8, almost zone 9. I am new to this zone and really new to Ligularias. Help me here. Should I call my zone 8b? Anyway, my ligs look horrible in the afternoon and I have them in a partly shaded area in a hole that I thought would be boggy. In normal weather here it could be! But we are dry and it's only late spring. I think it's just too hot here, but the catalog said it would work in this zone. It will never make it to July. But I have heard you can line the planting hole with a black plastic sack with a few drainage holes in it, then line that with cardboard, and pile in compost and humus rich soil, then plant the lig in that and water like crazy in partial shade or mostly shade. Has anyone tried this? I am going to transplant my ligs and do this. Mine are blooming now, but they are small blooms. NOTHING like the pictures. Should I try to limp (no pun intended) through this year by watering twice a day every day with many kind words and soothing sounds? maybe even some soggy sponges around the thing? Or should I just go for it (what the heck!) and transplant now? Can you tell I am ready to give up?