Lee, It looks like Monrovia already has this for sale - https://monrovia.com/anigo-clbrtn-tm-mardi-gras-pp… Colin Southern Oregon USDA Zone 8b On Thu, Sep 8, 2022 at 1:24 AM Lee Poulsen via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > I have been paying attention to this and wondering if any commercial > venture will bother to try importing them to the US. Kangaroo Paws grow > very well in California but not so much anywhere else in the US. They’re > hard to keep going in pots, but love being in the ground in this area. I > even toyed with trying to find out if I could buy a wholesale flat of the > “plugs” and pay for the outrageous phytosanitary inspection fees that > Australia charges. I’ll wait a little longer to see what happens. I saw > that there were 4 or so different varieties in the Celebration series that > all had spectacular and unusual colors. I wish importing plants and bulbs, > and now seeds would stop getting more difficult every year. Had I known > back in the ‘90s that this is the way it would become, I could have taken > out a huge loan and imported everything available. It was so easy back then. > > Thanks for the news update! > --Lee Poulsen > San Gabriel Valley, California, USA - USDA Zone 10a > Latitude 34°N, Altitude 340 ft/100 m > > > On Sep 7, 2022, at 4:00 AM, Ceridwen Moss via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > > Kings Park (home to the Western Australia Botanic Garden) have bred a > Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos) that is definitely a teal colour. It is now > commercially available - even at Bunnings (our big box hardware chain) > under the series name “Celebrations”. > > So far I have Masquerade and another called Cocktail which is even more > electric. > > Like all WA natives they need sharp drainage but grow well in South > Australia. Hopefully available internationally soon. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…