Skunk Cabbages again
Tony Avent (Thu, 05 Apr 2007 05:21:41 PDT)
Roy:
We did indeed house Darrell's variegated skunk cabbage for several
years, but have long since returned it to him. It is a stunning plant
and I can only hope it's still growing well. We had hoped that it
would multiply enough for tissue culture, but the plant never produced
an offset while it was in our care.
Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
email tony@plantdelights.com
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Roy Herold wrote:
Darrell "Mr Epimedium" Probst found a variegated skunk cabbage in the
woods of Pennsylvania a number of years (6 to 8?) ago. It was similar to
the one described, with a wide gold band, and was definitely reminiscent
of a hosta. He said it was visible from the road, and he had driven by
it a number of times before spotting it.
The last I heard it had been shipped to a nursery in North Carolina,
never to be seen again....
--Roy
NW of Boston
Global cooling update: an inch or two of wet snow fell on the
Symplocarpus blooms this afternoon...
aaron floden wrote:
The forma variegata is pictured in the Variegated
Plants Vol.1 carried by Yinger at Asiatica.
It has a wide gold margin and looks very Hosta-like.
Probably available at high prices in Japan.
Aaron Floden
Kansas
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