Trillium rivale 'Del Norte'
totototo@telus.net (Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:38:35 PDT)
On 5 Apr 07, at 18:35, JFlintoff@aol.com wrote:
Trillium rivale 'Purple Heart ' was found by Boyd Kline and has
the
largest flowers of any rivale that I've encountered. Unfortunately
many are the poor impostors that have been grown from seed which in no
way look like the wonderful original.
T rivale ' Del Norte' was also named by Boyd Kline or his former
business partner Lawrence Crocker of the Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery.
It was a particularly robust pink form that multiplied rapidly. I
believe it only had a few madder colored spots on the corolla unlike
'Purple Heart'.
"Particularly robust"
That's the distinguishing characteristic, at least so it appears to
my small mind. Sounds like 'Del Norte' is the right name for the
robust monster I have.
The seedlings don't come true, btw. Some are pink, others white,
others white w. red speckles. But they all share in the robust
character. I wonder if Crocker & Kline applied the name 'Del Norte'
to seedlings as well as the original plant, or just divisions.
Anybody know?
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island