Veratrum
James Waddick (Wed, 09 Jun 2004 11:20:19 PDT)

Dear all;
Don't know why Veratrum are not more widely grown. They are
very handsome plants. Few seem to appear in specialty nursery
catalogs.

A native species I have grown for years is V. woodii. My
plant was originally dug from the wild in Iowa, but it is also found
in east MO and I have seen it in around the AR/OK border. Apparently
it gets E. to Ohio.
Don't know if anyone sells it, but it is certainly garden
worthy. Blooms every year and next round I'll send fresh seed to the
seed exchange.

V. woodii is a smaller plant with pleated leaves forming an
upright shape. The flowering spike gets to perhaps 3 - 4 feet with
many (hundreds) of small star-shaped dull brown flowers over a long
period.

Best Jim W.
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Dr. James W. Waddick
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