Re: OT: Tithonias, hurricanes
From: Denise Stewart <stewartd@proaxis.com>
Take care Bill, and keep us posted on how you fair...
Denise
At 08:42 AM 8/26/98 -0500, you wrote:
>From: Bill Shear <BILLS@hsc.edu>
>
>
>>Bill, did you know there's yellow tithonias? I've got patches of yellows
>>growing beside the orange. Stunning!!! They were "new" in Cincy this
>>year.
>
>I have seen the yellow-flowered Tithonias and hope to grow them next year.
>Meanwhile, one of many Tithonia seedlings in my patch came up with foliage
>attractively variegated in yellow. The new leaf growth is bright yellow
>and yellow patches persist on the older leaves. The flowers are the
>typical orange. I'm going to save seed and try to select for a more
>vigorous plant habit with better variegation. While the nonvariegated
>plants are 5-6' tall, the variegated one is just a little more than a foot
>high, though it is flowering.
>
>Looks like central Virginia will not get much from the hurricane. TV
>weatherman last night said we'd be lucky to get a drop of rain. Too bad,
>we need rain.
>But storm warnings are up along the coast for later today--Bonnie is now
>pounding the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
>
>Bill Shear
>Department of Biology
>Hampden-Sydney College
>Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
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