Re: Lotus qstn

See my message to Ceres. Nelumbo is what is commonly and mistakenly called lotus. Chalk my first to lack of sleep . The good news is that the dog is some better and I survived the first intra-articular injection of Supartz. Keep your fingers crossed, please. .

d



----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 8:02 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lotus qstn


Daryl, what's not "true" about the PW Lotus? It's a Lotus hybrid, but I think it's interspecies, not intergenera (sp?). It looks much like a Lotus berthelotii or Lotus maculatus - perhaps a cross of the two? The Nelumbo is what I would think of as not a "true" Lotus - though it looks much more like the picture I've always had in my mind of a Lotus.
Anyway I did find a Lotus berthelotii at Avant Gardens for $6, most of the Nelumbos I found were $40+.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5

----- Original Message ----- From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lotus qstn


Kitty,

I'm betting they're not after a true lotus, but the Proven Winner Lotus here:
http://www.provenwinners.com/plants/default.cfm?doSearch=1&searchKeywords=lotus

d
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lotus qstn


I just needed the correct name to know what to shop for. And how many would fit in the barrel w the other stuff.
Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 4:52 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Lotus qstn


Could be Nelumbo lutea, the native. I just ran down seeds for a woman in Turkey. If so, I'll go look again, but no promises until fall.

On Feb 19, 2006, at 4:32 PM, Kitty wrote:

One of our MG gardens has asked me to get Lotus nelumbo for their their barrels. Didn't give a common name. Would I be correct in thinking they want Nelumbo nucifera, Sacred Lotus? I can't ask them, they don't know. Also - they plan to put these in half whiskey barrels which in the past they planted with Impatiens. They plan to plant one Agastache 'Tutti Fruiti', 3 Helichrysum 'Limelight', and 3 of these lotus in each barrel. I'm not really grasping the concept. The lotus is a water plant, the other two like dryish soil. I asked her if she was inserting something in the barrel to hol the water plant, but she dodged the question. I mentioned this to the Hort Ed and he says one lotus will be plenty, they get huge.

Any thoughts on all of this?

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
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Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
Maximum 100 F [38 C]

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