I have tried 'Hidcote' to no avail. And the one with the Russian name like persificolia (not that isn't right).
I lived in Fairbanks for 37 years and permafrost there could destroy buildings - looked like a monster had started at the bottom and just ate them up. People built in the stupidest places know for bad permafrost. But land was cheap so they thought they were getting a deal. When the house foundations began crushing all they could do was walk away.
Anchorage doesn't have so much permafrost (if any) just frozen ground each year. I figure maybe mine goes down two feet. Know in the spring that every so often if I jump the gun, I will go down a foot or so and hit what feels like concrete. Frozen clay soil. And every so often I hit it and if I keep pounding, all of a sudden I break through to the thawed sandy substrate beneath. Kind of interesting.
