Thanks Mark for the additional information, proves that I am human, but the earlier pictures threw me! Cheers, John. Antennaria@aol.com wrote: > > <johnbryan@worldnet.att.net> writes: > > >Thanks for your message, you might be > >correct but Codonopsis lanceolata according > >to the RHS is spotted and striped violet within > >and flowers in the autumn. While C. convolvulacea, > >hardy to zone 5, is azure to violet blue without > >stripes. How high is your plant? Thanks for the > >leads to the websites. Cheers John > > I've heard back from Paul Kneebone who created the previously website on > Codonopsis, and he agrees it looks most like C. lanceolata. FYI, while the > original photos I posted showed flowers that had a fairly uniform zone of purplish > color inside the corolla (the upper half of the corolla) and purple spots > (lower half of the corolla), the most recent flowers show some level of purplish > striping on the inside of the flowers. > > My plant is vining to about 30" tall so far, with many stems turning back > down and twining downwards... there are numerous flowers and buds. > > Mark McDonough Pepperell, Massachusetts, United States > antennaria@aol.com "New England" USDA Zone 5 > ============================================== > >> web site under construction - http://www.plantbuzz.com/ << > alliums, bulbs, penstemons, hardy hibiscus, western > american alpines, iris, plants of all types! > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php