Spring Anemones (A. blanda)
Ellen Hornig (Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:30:56 PDT)
John Grimshaw wrote (of Anemone blanda):
Does 'White Splendour' ever set seed? I have never seen a seedling of it
in
over 25 years. Nor, though it's grown here adjacent to long-naturalised
(i.e. at least 90 yrs) normal blue A. blanda, have I seen an evident
'son'
such as Ellen describes.
Looking at the distribution of seedlings, I would say that it is possible
'White Splendor' has produced a tiny handful of seedlings, but the great
preponderance of evidence is that it has provided pollen to the blue strain.
I was out inspecting them a little while ago, and among the blues there are
now some whites and many intermediates, including a few very beautiful
individuals that are sky ble with a white central zone (worth isolating if I
can work up the energy to do it). There are also, oddy, a very small number
of reddish-lilace and pinkish ones - some long-lost gene has worked its way
to the surface there.
Ellen
Ellen Hornig
Seneca Hill Perennials
3712 County Route 57
Oswego NY 13126 USA
http://www.senecahillperennials.com/
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Grimshaw" <j.grimshaw@virgin.net>
To: "Pacific Bulb Society" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 7:13 AM
Subject: Re: [pbs] Spring Anemones (A. blanda)
Ellen Hornig wrote, on 8 April:
Both the beautiful rich blue A.
blanda, and 'White Splendor', have been established here for - oh - 15-20
years? the blue ones self-sow everywhere, like crazy, ad nauseam, etc,
and
they've picked up some genes from 'White Splendor', so we now have some
large pale blues as well
Does 'White Splendour' ever set seed? I have never seen a seedling of it
in
over 25 years. Nor, though it's grown here adjacent to long-naturalised
(i.e. at least 90 yrs) normal blue A. blanda, have I seen an evident
'son'
such as Ellen describes.
The usual Dutch trade stock of blue blanda varies somewhat in the shade of
blue but I like this as when planted out it looks like a variable, natural
population rather than a selected clone as so many commercially bulbs are.
Here it is planted in light grass with a good bright pink lot of Cyclamen
coum and the combination is quite striking.
John Grimshaw
Dr. John M. Grimshaw
Sycamore Cottage
Colesbourne
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL53 9NP
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