Aaron, have you ever tried growing any Sanguinaria from the more northern regions of its range, say Michigan, Minnesota, or Canada? I wonder how well selections native to northern states grow in warmer areas equivalent to USDA hardiness zones 8 or 9. Anyone successfully growing the Joe Pye Weed form in a locale with significantly warmer winters than the Boston, Mass area? I checked today and the more southern native Sanguinaria I have from Aaron is already in bud, weeks ahead of last year. I doubt that Sanguinaria selections originally native to colder Northern regions could ever receive enough vernalization to flower well here in near-coastal California, but I sure hope I'm wrong. The UC Berkeley Botanical Garden lists a specimen collected from Saratoga County, New York in 2008. Anyone know how well that one is doing? Nathan At 02:52 PM 2/11/2014, you wrote: >I have several forms like this from Tennessee and northern Georgia. >In all it is only the backs of the sepals that are pink, but it >gives the appearance of a pinkish flower due to the thin texture and >the pink showing through. The Joe Pye Weed form looks about the same >and with proper lighting when taking images they look even more pink. > > Aaron Floden > E Tennessee > > >-------------------------------------------- >On Wed, 2/12/14, Jim McKenney <jamesamckenney@verizon.net> wrote: > > Subject: Re: [pbs] Sanguinaria > To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> > Date: Wednesday, February 12, 2014, 6:19 AM > > I've had a similar > form in my garden for decades. The one I have is not as nice > as the Joe Pye Weed form; my plant produces flowers with > just a bit of pink on the exterior. > I've had it for so long that I don't > remember where it came from, but I have a vague recollection > that it came from Tennessee. > > Jim McKenney > Montgomery County, > Maryland, USA, USDA zone 7 > >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/