Rain Lilies
J.E. Shields (Fri, 22 Nov 2013 06:15:34 PST)
In fact, most of the rainlilies I have gotten as seeds from seed exchanges
have turne4d out to be Habranthus tubispathus.
Jim Shields
At 11:35 AM 11/22/2013 +0000, Alberto wrote:
Brian, something odd is that Habranthus tubispathus is so robust and easy
to grow that it would seed around in pots and growers distribute its seed
under the name of other desirable species (long gone9. Not that
tubispathus is not stunning in some of its form but it should be grown in
a completely different section of the collection where no other rainlily
is present.
And of all the plants I have ever grown from seed or bulbs, when they
flower, they are not what you were anticipating from the supplied name.
Brian Whyer, Buckinghamshire, England, zone ~8 (first frosts of the winter)
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