Re: SIGNA Seed list picks
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: SIGNA Seed list picks
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 11:20:57 -0700 (MST)
>At 05:15 PM 1/8/97 -0500, Barry wrote:
>>I also ordered 47 packs from SIGNA. - Any specific advice on SIGNA?
>>silverb@hanscom.af.mil
>>Barry Silver Boston Ma
> Donald answered:
>Wow, 47 packs of seeds! That sure is a lot of seed! I'm obviously a rank
>amateur since I only ordered 20 packs. :)
>Okay, now the rest of you SIGNA members fess up and tell which seeds had
>you drooling on the order form. :)
Before I answer, I have to set the scene when I was mulling over
the list and making my order.
It was 4 AM and I was at my sister's bedside and I was 'on duty'
spelling another sister who was trying to get some sleep. Some of
you know that my sister died on Dec. 18th...anyway, I didn't want
to turn the light on so I had a flashlight trying to read and
make notes at the same time. :-( I sent the order in that day and
have never given it another thought until I saw the preceding mes-
sages.
I found the envelope containing the descriptions of the seeds and
also my scribbled copies of the order. I must have been having
hallucinations that night/morning when I placed the order. The order
is so strange...I am hoping that I receive the ones I picked as
second choices...
Here goes (some of them):
I. pumila (from Budapest, Hungary)
I. forrestii (from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada)
Tetra Versilaev Hybrids - lg. seeds (Tamberg - Germany)
Tetra Versilaev Hybrids - sm. seeds (Tamberg - Germany)
Virga-versi - virginica var. virginica white x versicolor white,
light blue, 2n=90 (Tony Huber, Montreal, Canada)
Then a whole series of { x Biversata = (versicolor x ensata)
x versicolor} - all by Tony Huber.
I ordered seeds from China, Switzerland, Lithuania, France, Japan
England (Jennifer Hewitt)...
In other words, I have only a scant 'knowledge' of the seeds I ordered
but it should be an adventure here in the next two to three years....
One note about seed germination - I always plant in the ground and
usually in the late Spring (about May 15th). And you know how cold it
gets up here in the third zone. brrrr
Ellen Gallagher "Dried flowers and herbs hang
e_galla@moose.ncia.net from beams - a sweet-scented
Lancaster, New Hampshire, USA canopy that prolongs the
USDA Zone 3 pleasures of a garden."
