SIB: Short Siberians
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- Subject: SIB: Short Siberians
- From: H* <H*@aol.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 13:37:24 -0700 (MST)
In a message dated 98-03-26 14:24:37 EST, you write:
<< Is anyone out there interested in breeding short Siberians ? I thought I
would play with these as they would be good rock garden subjects and not be
as
difficult to grow across the US as the PCI's are. I am aware of BABY SISTER,
are
there any others ? >>
I really like the idea, myself, and I've been tryng to snag seeds for shorter
ones when the come up in the SIGNA exchange. But I'm not interested in any
that are not in pretty good proportion. The flowers need to be scaled to the
foliage height. Lots of the Siberians are pretty large for the smaller garden
but some smaller ones would be very nice there and also to lend variety to the
siberian bed, or the rock garden, as you said. What I am really ambivalent
about is too much miniaturization. The smaller setosas have a lot of dignity
and lovely proportions, but one could, if one pushed the idea of smaller
siberians to extremes, end up with something with that pixiefied look of the
miniature roses, which I find annoying. Yes, some smaller Siberians with the
better qualities of the MTBs would be very nice, and I'd love to see more that
clumped up fast, held their foliage quality all season and bloomed well at
about fourteen inches.
Anner Whitehead, Richmond,Va
Henry Hall henryanner@aol.com
