Ernie: Are you saying that Don got his plant from Ashwood? Is Don still with us? 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 website http://www.plantdelights.com/ phone 919 772-4794 fax 919 772-4752 "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three times" - Avent Ernie O'Byrne wrote: > That plant was purchased at Ashwood Nurseries in England. > > Ernie O'Byrne > Northwest Garden Nursery > 86813 Central Road > Eugene, ORegon 97402 > USA > USDA Z. 7B > > "Most stern moralists are in the habit of thinking of pleasure as only of > the senses, and, when they eschew the pleasures of sense, they do not notice > that the pleasures of power, which to men of their temperament are far more > attractive, have not been brought within the ban of their ascetic > self-denial." > -- Bertrand Russell > > -----Original Message----- > From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org > [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of Diane Whitehead > Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 12:22 PM > To: Pacific Bulb Society > Subject: Re: [pbs] Ipheion sellowianum 8 petals > > > Sender ALLOWED [ Remove ] [ Block ] details > > Vanquish Anti-Spam Control Panel > > > > > Rodger Whitlock wrote: > > A fuller genealogy is... > > > > Don Elick > > me > > Ellen Hornig > > Tony Avent > > This refers to the four-petalled form, which is aberrant for a > monocot. > > ============================ > > I've just counted petals on the picture I took at the O'Byrne's > garden in Eugene, Oregon. > > Eight. > > I'd better look on the wiki and compare. > > Diane Whitehead > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/759 - Release Date: 4/12/2007 > 7:58 PM > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php >