Hello from a new member
Jane McGary (Tue, 11 Mar 2014 22:57:50 PDT)
Welcome to Tom Brown and his interest in Tropaeolum. Wales is a
pretty wet place to grow most of them!
A good source of Tropaeolum seed is Chileflora. I also got Tropaeolum
beuthii seed last fall from Kurt Vickery and it has germinated. T.
azureum seed is often available in AGS and SRGC seed exchanges --
that is where I got it. I had Tropaeolum incisum in my former garden,
but when I tried to dig up the tuber, it had plunged so deep and
wandered so far I could not find it. Too bad, it is very beautiful!
However, it can take several years to raise a flowering plant from
seed, or even to get the erratic germination typical of Tropaeolum.
Perhaps Tom should plan his painting project for a longer term?
Jane McGary
Portland, Oregon, USA
At 03:05 PM 3/11/2014, you wrote:
Hi. I have joined pbs to find info. and planting materials for the Genus
tropaeolum. I live in Wales UK, you can see photos. of our countryside
at http://www.yfelin.plus.com/ . I have selected tropaeolum as a subject for a
series of botanical illustrations to be produced over the next year to
eighteen months. I have recently acquired the following species....
T. brachyceras; T. ciliatum; T. polyphylum; T. tuberosum Ken Aslet;
T. piliphera. I would like to add a few others to the list such as T.azureum
and T. incisum. What I am looking for is a variety of species that would show
something of the variety of form, habit and colour within the genus
in a series of 8
or 10 paintings.
Tom