The closest W word that is shrublike is Weigela, and the description could apply to that genus. Boyce Tankersley On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Alberto Castillo < ezeizabotgard@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Same thing, Watsonia SHRUBS??? > > > Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 14:45:55 +0000 > > From: ds429@comcast.net > > To: pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > Subject: [pbs] Fwd: PBS website contact:///EVERGREEN/ HY-BRID WATSONIA > > > > > > > > I am forwarding this inquiry that I received in case any of you can > provide advice. The writer is from Saratoga, CA. > > > > > > > > Dell > > > > > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > > From: "Lupe Rutter" <lupe.rutter@gmail.com> > > To: ds429@comcast.net > > Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 3:11:53 PM > > Subject: PBS website contact:///EVERGREEN/ HY-BRID WATSONIA > > > > > > > > This is a message from the PBS website for dellsherk. > > > > Hi Dell, > > > > I have several watsonia shrubs in my garden, and they are beautiful, but > they are all decidious. They bloom and the plant disappears in the Winter. > However, close to our neighborhood there is---I have been told by my > nursery---a \"Hy-brid evergreen watsonia\" which gives these beautiful > watermelon color flowers. After the blooms are gone, there remains this > pretty green plant--it does not die down in Winter--and come Spring, the > blooms come back the more beautiful. I would love to order this plant, but > I have not had any success so far. I\'ll take a different color if > necessary. > > > > Can you help me in directing me to a place that might have this > watsonia? > > > > Thank you, > > > > Lupe Rutter > > > > -- > > Pacific Bulb Society web site > > email: website@pacificbulbsociety.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ >