Convallaria
Mark BROWN (Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:33:35 PST)
I know and grow the rather disappointing Convallaria majalis 'Rosea',I have seen it looking better in some gardens but is not a first class plant.I was refering to the illustrations in the various hortus and herbals of byegone times when speaking of really pink forms.Some were called red! I know of one grower who had yellow forms.
Message du 12/11/07 21:31
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Objet : Re: [pbs] Time travel and ancient plants
On 12 Nov 07, at 8:32, Mark BROWN wrote:
How I wish time travel was really available! Imagine... pink
convallaria.
Pink convallaria is still very much with us and fairly readily
available. However, it's something of a disappointment. The plant is
smaller than the white forms, and the color is a slightly dull, dusty
rose-pink, not a nice clear pink as you might imagine.
Myself, I'd like to go zipping back to the beginning of the Cambrian
and watch the critters found in the Burgess shales.
Does anyone know what, if any, proposals have been made to put this
into a distinct species?
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island
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