Re: purple hems

Hmmmmm, thought you were......thanks for looking into it Auralie. Now I
wonder why Linneaus gave the 'yellow' name to Allium flava instead of to
Allium moly. ;+)

My friend gets into all the nitty gritty of hybridizing, chromosomes, etc, a
very intelligent woman, but for some reason she can't figure out some of the
simple points of botanical plant names. Just not important to her.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] purple hems


>   Kitty, I'm not a hemerocallis person, though I wish I could be.  I can't
> grow them any
> more because of the deer - used to have a pretty good collection years ago
> before the
> deer became so numerous.  I did try to do a little research on the
question,
> and
> discovered a few interesting facts.  First of all, Hemerocallis are not
> listed as wildflowers
> in any of the standard references, including the encyclopedic Wildflowers
of
> the World
> even though they grow wild along roadsides in this area - or did before
the
> deer
> population explosion.
>   In  100 Flowers and How They Got Their Names, by Diana Wells, I found
this
> info:
> "They were named by Linnaeus, and the names "fulva" for the tawny lily and
> "flava"
> for the lemon lily are rare instances where he named specific plants by
the
> color of
> their flowers."  I would conclude from this that the common "roadside"
> daylily is
> the H. fulva, and the 'Europa' is a cultivar.  I'd probably go with Jim
and
> call them all
> H. fulva cultivars.
>   Wells says that the large tetraploid dayliles are created with the help
of
> colchicine,
> an extract of the autumn crocus or Colchicum.
>   She also reports that the young leaves, when eaten, are said to be
slightly
> intoxicating, and that the Chinese (the plant originally came from China)
> called it "the plant of forgetfulness" as it was supposed to help ally
sorrow by
> causing forgetfulness.  Perhaps your friend who is confused about the
species
> and cultivars has been sampling the young leaves too freely.
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 08/22/2004 3:12:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kmrsy@comcast.net writes:
> I'm hoping Chris and Auralie and other hem people will put in their 2
cents.
>
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