Does anyone know what Hyacinthus orientalis chionophilus looks like?Is it white and very early? I couldn't find any images on the net of this plant nor H.tabrizianus one z or even two.Google not coming up trumps this time. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Glattstein" <jglatt@hughes.net> To: <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 3:04 AM Subject: [pbs] Hyacinthus orientalis 'Sneeuwwitje' > According to the 1991 edition of the International Checklist for > Hyacinths and Miscellaneous Bulbs, by the Royal General Bulbgrowers' > Association (KAVB) > > /orientalis/ L. 'Sneeuwwitje' > /orientalis/ 'Snowwhite' > sport of /orientalis/ 'Borah' > P. van Reisen, 1950; spike slender, flowers white, Fairy type > A.M.-B.C. 1960 > > /orientalis/ L. var. /albulus/ Baker > /albulus/ Baker > Naturalized in S. France; spike small and slender, flowers white, early > flowering. (2n=16) > > Roy Genders, in "Bulbs, A Complete Handbook" makes brief mention on pg > 354 ". . . and from the variety /albus/, with its blooms of virginal > whiteness, native of southern France, was raised the early flowering > Roman hyacinth." On the next page he devotes a paragraph to /Hyacinthus > romanus/, which he describes as "Not a true species but the French form > of /H. orientalis/ with creamy-white flowers in a loose spike at a > height of 12 in (30 cm). It is usually grown under glass, when it will > bloom between Christmas and Easter." > > After some more discussion about multiflora hyacinths which are > derivatives of /H. romanus/ there an interesting two sentence long > paragraph: > "/Hyacinthus tabrizianus. /Native of Persia, it is one of the rarest > plants in cultivation, a single bulb being worth 50 new pence. It grows > only 3 in (7.5 cm) tall and blooms in March, the tiny bell-shaped blooms > being white, shaded with palest blue and they are deliciously scented." > > And there we have it. Would that we did. Have it, that is. I would > delight in having any of the above-mentioned dainty white hyacinths. > > And speaking of hyacinths - is it just me or do the bulbs we see offered > for sale seem to be shrinking in size, compared to those I recall from a > couple of decades ago? Or am I just showing my age and a faulty memory. > > Judy in New Jersey where the leaves continue to fall from the trees, > along with dropping temperatures. > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > >