OT-Plants: PCNs & Other Natives
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- Subject: OT-Plants: PCNs & Other Natives
- From: J* I* J* <j*@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 18:09:50 -0600 (MDT)
Dorothy C. Frisbie wrote:
>
> PCNs are among the plants I don't try to segregate by color in my yard --
> this is because of my interest in California native plants, although I do
> admit to an unreasoning bias at this time and in this garden against more
> than just a bare trace of red or orange! Can't have a garden without
> California Poppies,
Dorothy,
Several years ago Gail and I collected (probably inappropriately) some
"much redder than average" poppies from along a sierra foothills
roadway. I have been growing them ever since, and find them much more
interesting than the standard old yellow. I don't know if they are a
recognized variety or just a natural variation, but they keep coming
back and seem to be getting darker. Have you ever seem anything like
this? Maybe we should take this off list so mail me at
jijones@ix.netcom.com.
John | "There be dragons here"
| Annotation used by ancient cartographers
| to indicate the edge of the known world.
John Jones, jijones@ix.netcom.com
Fremont CA, USDA zone 8/9 (coastal, bay)
Max high 95F/35C, Min Low 28F/-2C average 10 days each
Heavy clay base for my raised beds.
