Tigridia pavonia; was Re: Trying to get started

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Thu, 25 Jun 2009 07:32:55 PDT
Jim:

Great question...and I guess I'm speaking of both, although I haven't 
performed a quantitative analysis. I've been a miserable failure with 
the Dutch tigridia stock planted in both spring and fall.

Tony Avent
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Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
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Jim McKenney wrote:
> Tony Avent wrote: “ We have tried for years to grow tigridia from Dutch
> sources with no 
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> survivability.  When I was visiting growers in Holland, they blamed the 
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> lack of hardiness on virus, but I haven't been able to confirm this and 
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> wonder if it's not just genetics.  Finally, about 10+ years ago, we got 
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> plants grown from wild collected seed from Yucca Do Nursery.  These have 
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> survived and flowered for the last decade.  We occasionally offer them 
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> as does Yucca Do.”
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> Tony, when you write “survivability” and “hardiness” do you mean winter
> survivability and winter hardiness in the open garden? Or does it refer to
> the rapid deterioration of such stocks under your conditions? 
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> I’ve found Dutch Tigridia pavonia to be reliable when dug and stored dry or
> moist for the winter. And I’ve known plants overlooked at digging time to
> survive the winter and bloom the next year here. 
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> On the other hand, I’ve found it difficult to get colors as described in the
> catalogs. 
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> Does anyone know if the color variants offered by the Dutch are seed grown
> strains or if they are clones? I’m inclined to believe that they are seed
> grown strains because I have an old price list from pre WWII days from a
> grower in the Pacific Northwest who offered many Tigridia pavonia color
> variants as seed grown strains. That at least proves that it can be done,
> but of course it is no comment on the current practice of commercial
> growers. 
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