Ixia & Call for growing info
Paul Tyerman (Mon, 08 Jul 2002 19:58:13 PDT)

Howdy All,

I forgot to use the reply to all and delete the private name. This just
went to Joyce privately, which isn't much use given I was asking Bill if he
knew the name of the pink species <grin>.

Cheers

Paul T.

lost a single Ixia here yet and I have various different species and
varieties (although nothing like Bill I'd hazard). We get down to at least
-6'C every year, with us usually getting a couple of -8s. If my
calculations are correct that puts us at very similar minimums to you. I
am happy to send you some bulbs in the off season if you are interested.
Definitely I have plenty of Ixia amethystina (later flowering duck-egg
blue) and what I assume is a species (name suggestions Bill?) which is
intense deep pink with a dark centre. The flower positively glows. This
one seeds around the area and they all come true, so I'm assuming that it
is a species. I think I have seen a name for it, but have never noted it.
I also have a number of different colour forms of ixia hybrids from which I
am happy to collect seeds for you if you're interested. Let me know.

Cheers.

Paul Tyerman
Canberra, Australia. USDA equivalent - Zone 8/9
mailto:ptyerman@ozemail.com.au

Growing.... Galanthus, Erythroniums, Fritillarias, Cyclamen, Crocus,
Cyrtanthus, Liliums, Hellebores, Aroids, Irises plus just about anything
else that doesn't move!!!!!