Pacific BX 19
Mary Sue Ittner (Mon, 09 Dec 2002 21:32:17 PST)

Dear Georgie,

Those were my descriptions.

I don't think #8 seems to be T. ixioides scabra based on the key I came up
with from all my books and talking with you and Diana. I have some
exceptional T. ixioides ssp. scabra from seed the two of you collected that
blooms for months and is a marvelous plant. The lobes on this one I
collected seed from are more ascending and not as flat as I understood
scabra to be, but the tube measurement is a little off for ixioides
ixioides. It doesn't fit either exactly. It is bright yellow and very
attractive and I'm happy just to leave it at T. ixioides and not quibble
about a subspecies. I'll look and see if I can find a picture of either to
scan in for the image lists.

When I talked to you before and described #9 which I was delighted with
when it bloomed you thought it could be what you called 'Sierra Giant' and
on my tag I call it that with a question mark. I just was reluctant to
include that with a description since you hadn't seen it in person. It's a
great form regardless.

Mary Sue