I know that Lobelia laxiflora has two forms.One form that runs and one that stays put in a clump. Maybe this is the same for this species? Mark > Message du 06/08/11 02:58 > De : "Jane McGary" > A : "Pacific Bulb Society" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: [pbs] what's flowering this week > > Kathleen wrote, > >Can anyone tell me about Lobelia tupa? Mine had one stalk for 2-3 > >years, flowering late each summer. This year there are 5 plants, all > >about 3-5 ft from the original. I'm trying to decide if these are > >seedlings or shoots from underground runners. > > My Chilean native plants for the garden book mentions propagating > this species only from seed, not from root cuttings. In nature one > sees this species as a single clumping plant or as a colony, but I > don't know if the colonies are formed by seed or stolons. Seedlings > should be noticeably smaller than the parent plant, which when mature > can have a stalk up to 2 meters tall or even more. However, when I > grew it in the Pacific Northwest, it never got that tall. > > Jane McGary > Portland, Oregon, USA > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >