Re: Latin Hideaway (was mesopotamica influence)

J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
> 
> J
> A fellow Southerner with impressive irisarian credentials (OK, it was
> Walta) reports that he dumped LH after it produced huge clumps that barely
> ever bloomed. Now that I think on it, LH didn't bloom at all for me last
> year, and the clump was two years old then. Perhaps there is something more
> complicated behind all that winter greenery than just a reluctance to go to
> sleep? Perhaps the plant finds vegetative reproduction more efficient than
> the bloomstalk method?
> 
> Anyone have further light to shed on LH and its rapid growth and sparse
> flowering? Does your experience differ? Have you seen other TBs behave the
> same way?
> 
> 

Celia -- Latin Hideaway was a prolific grower with plenty of bloom for
me in my sea-level portion of Northern Virginia. I chucked it last year
after being unable to make crosses with it in either direction. For a
variety I couldn't use in breeding, it took up too much room in the
garden.

Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA 
jgcrump@erols.com
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