Re: Maddy's > plant types

> ...occasional 4 petaled bloom. I guess it's not  that
> uncommon. In a way it looks a bit odd, as odd numbers seem more pleasing
to  the
> eye.

I'd say then that  "In a way it looks a bit even" ;+)

Kitty

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From: <MyTGoldens@aol.com>
To: <kmrsy@comcast.net>; <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Maddy's > plant types


> Hi Kitty!
>
> Thanks! I'm glad you liked the photos! I have had several irises  and
> daylilies too, that have had an occasional 4 petaled bloom. I guess it's
not  that
> uncommon. In a way it looks a bid odd, as odd numbers seem more pleasing
to  the
> eye. I know daylily breeders are trying to breed daylilies to bloom  with
5
> petals consistently, but I'm not sure they have accomplished that  yet.
>
> As for the white flower- yes, everything you say is true. I need to  find
the
> time to research it, and see if I can figure it out. I dug it up from  my
> garden when I moved here 5 years ago, where it was hidden and almost
forgotten,
> with the label long gone. It doesn't grow very large, or spread much,  but
it
> is such a delightful little breath of Spring, when it blooms with those
early
> Botanical tulips!
>
> I'll post if I figure out what it is!
>
> Best,
> Maddy
>
> In a message dated 7/7/2005 12:02:35 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> kmrsy@comcast.net
> writes:
>
> >  Maddy,
> > Loved the photos.  That Quatro-Iris is amazing!
> >  About the white flower, I'm not able to tell from the pic except that
> >  the leaves do look something like a potentilla, Cinquefoil. I bring
this
> > up because, you wrote "It is not shrubby." I bought a flat of
Potentilla
> > thurberi 'Monarch's Velvet' for our nursery. When we potted  it, an MG
> > looked at the tag and said, "This is going to be a shrub?".  I replied,
> > "no, it's a perennial and will have red flowers." She  seemed very
> > puzzled. A lot of people seem to get it into their heads  that the type
> > of plant with which they are most familiar in a genus  dictates that all
> > plants in that genus are that type. There are  perennial Dogwoods.
> > Clematis has vines and shrubs. Iris have bulbous,  rhizomatous, and
> > rooted types. Hydrangeas have vines and shrubs. And  Hibiscus (as a kid
I
> > thought it they were tall biscuits) includes  shrubs, trees, perennials
> > and annuals.
> >
> >
> > Got any  others you'd like to cite?
> >
> > -
> > Kitty
> > neIN,  Zone5
>
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