Re: epis - Pink BR

Thanks Kitty... they are nice, may have to get some if
I can find them locally..

LOL! Don't forget shipping cost Kitty!

Donna

--- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:

> No one else seemed interested but here it is anyway:
> 
> http://hort.net/+13bv
> 
> Yes, Chris, only $25 and it is yours.
> 
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone 5
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> 
> > If you have time and others are interested as
> well...
> > I would like to see it.
> > 
> > Donna
> > 
> > --- Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net> wrote:
> > 
> >> BTW, if you'd like to see a picture of the pink
> >> bloodroot I can scan it.  It 
> >> is breathtaking.
> >> Kitty
> >> neIN, Zone 5
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:38 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] epis
> >> 
> >> 
> >> > Garden Vision is in Massachusettes.
> >> >
> >> > The 2 bloodroots he carries are "Pink Form" and
> >> "Tennessee Form".  The 
> >> > pink:
> >> > In earliest spring, the buds of this native
> >> shade-loving bloodroot variant 
> >> > emerge deep pink.  The showy, wide-petaled
> flowers
> >> open light pink and 
> >> > fade to shell pink.  Adding to this spectacular
> >> composition are the dark 
> >> > pink stems of both leaves and flowers.  The
> >> reverse sides of the petals 
> >> > remain dark, repeatedly displaying their rich
> pink
> >> blush when they close 
> >> > each evening.  $25"
> >> >
> >> > TN Form:
> >> > "Our local native bloodroot flowers have a
> single
> >> row of 8 petals while 
> >> > the TN form has at least 2 rows and 16 petals. 
> It
> >> is literally covered 
> >> > with flowers, some up to 3.25 inches in
> diameter. 
> >> The interior row of 
> >> > petals is slightly narrower and 1/4 in shorter
> >> creating a semi-double 
> >> > flower.  Very showy, 5-6 in tall in bloom with
> >> deeply incised leaves. 
> >> > Grows to 12 in after bloom.  $12"
> >> >
> >> > I had a brief correspondence with Mr Probst
> when I
> >> placed my order, hoping 
> >> > to get my Epimediums in April, but he replied
> >> that,  no, his schedule was 
> >> > better for them and they would arrive in June.
> >> >
> >> > Kitty
> >> > neIN, Zone 5
> >> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> > From: "Christopher P. Lindsey"
> >> <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> >> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 7:16 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] epis
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >>> Best time apparently is June.  That's when
> Daryl
> >> Probst sends out the
> >> >>> orders.
> >> >>
> >> >> Ahhh...  That could explain some of my
> >> difficulties.  I had ordered
> >> >> a bunch from Heronswood that went in around
> >> April; they'd just decline
> >> >> with our spring showers until they'd give up
> the
> >> ghost when the heat
> >> >> hit.
> >> >>
> >> >> Sounds like he's probably waiting until the
> rainy
> >> season sends.
> >> >>
> >> >>> I just received my new Garden Vision catalog
> >> today  He offers over 180
> >> >>> varieties of Epimedium plus some Iris,
> Primula,
> >> and 2 Sanguinaria 
> >> >>> including
> >> >>> a pink one.  Also one type each of
> Vancouveria,
> >> Trillium, Jeffesonia, 
> >> >>> and
> >> >>> Lathyrus .
> >> >>
> >> >> Ohh, man.  How much for the pink Sanguinaria?
> >> >>
> >> >> Anyone else here grow Jeffersonia?  I bought
> some
> >> from Gene for my
> >> >> parents' garden and my own yard a few years
> ago. 
> >> They're doing really
> >> >> well, but I'm disappointed at how short the
> >> blooms last!  I've tried
> >> >> to get a picture for the past two years but
> was
> >> thwarted by rain.
> >> >> Within two days the flowers were gone.
> >> >>
> >> >> Chris
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >
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