I remember the seed pods not looking like typical versicolor too. Yeah,
my suspicion is virginica. And yet, to be naturally occurring virginica
it'd be growing 1000 miles away from the next nearest virginica.
Strange mystery!
Sean A. Zera wrote:
> It seems like that would be good evidence that Murrayana is a
> virginica. Crossing white versicolor to regular versicolor should just
> result in regular versicolor, but crossing white virginica to regular
> versicolor would give regular ×robusta, which is indeed "taller than
> either parent and often with purplish spring growth."
>
> Sean Z
>
>
>
> Quoting Dennis Kramb <d*@badbear.com>:
>
>
>> Wow! I found an awesome article by Todd Boland on Murrayana. Here's an
>> enticing excerpt...
>>
>> "I crossed 'Murrayana' to our native /I. versicolor /and other named
>> selections of /I. versicolor/. The offspring end up looking like regular
>> /I. versicolor/ but are extremely vigorous... much taller than either
>> parent and often with purplish spring growth."
>>
>> Todd are you still a member here?
>>
>> Oh, here's the link... http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/2674/
>>
>>
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