Dracunculus ID
John T Lonsdale (Sun, 29 Jul 2012 09:41:54 PDT)

I have one plant of Dracunculus vulgaris, which has the white markings
on the leaves, and is around five feet tall in bloom. I have several
other plants that are half the size, and don't have the white markings,
but otherwise look exactly like the vulgaris, except that they bloom
about a month earlier. Does anybody know what they are?

Gene,

I have a similar distribution of flowering times here, also plants with the
white flecked leaves and those with plain green leaves. They are all D.
vulgaris - this seems to be the natural variation. I don't know the
provenance of any of mine that I have flowered so far, but I have offsets of
one with a white spathe from Crete and also seedlings from Cretan plants
with white spathes that I just planted out today - they are two years from
seed and have corms around the size of a large marble. I await their
flowering with high hope and expectations.

Best,

John

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