Hardy Glads
J.E. Shields (Sun, 20 Jun 2004 11:45:01 PDT)

Hi Jim W. and All,

I have seeds on my G.byzantinus, illyricus, and italicus most years. The
colors of the flowers look pretty much the same to me (in memory), but I
wasn't in town this spring when they bloomed, and they are not planted
close to each other anyway. I might be able to come up with some seed of
these this year, in small quantities only. Contact me privately if interested.

G imbricatus is a treasure! It ought to be much more widely available and
grown than it is.

All seem to be quite hardy here in central Indiana (USDA zone 5).

Regards,
Jim Shields

At 12:31 PM 6/20/2004 -0500, Jim W. wrote:

Dear All;
I have grown a variety of near identical hardy glad species under
the names G. italicus, G. communis and G. byzantinum. All do well,
multiply and are fine.
This year is the first bloom (from IBS seed,I think) of G.
imbricatus which is quite different from the others. It has also made
copious seed.

Questions:

1. Are there cvs of G. byzan/ital/comm in any color other other
than hot pink? Whites or darker red?

2. Does the G. byzan/ital/comm group ever produce seed? My G.
imbricatus has produced nice pods.

3. Can anyone provide sources for either G. byzan/ital/comm seed
or different color forms?

Thanks much. Jim W.

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