Re: Spec: I. lacustris

>I am making another appeal. Does anyone know of a source for I. lacustris?
>Being a Michigander and since they are native to the Great Lakes area I
>would like to try and add them to my garden. I read about them in a Nature
>Conservancy publication. I did get one response to my first request and was
>given the address for the Primrose Path near Pittsburg but I never received
>and answer to my inquiry to them. Are they still in business? Help.
>mearns@ismi.net
>Margie  Mearns
>Brighton,Michigan
>Zone 5, where the dwarfs are blooming and there's hope for the TBs

Margie,


Arrowhead Alpines has them.  They are near you, too.  Their phone number
should be listed, or call information for your area code (517?).  They are
not far south of I69 on the way to Lansing (or East Lansing if you are a
Spartan fan!).  I was there a couple weeks ago, and saw one pot of I.
lacustris in one of their back greenhouses.  I am currently working on
reproductive biology and genetic vairation in I. lacustris and I. cristata,
but I don't have any I. lacustris available.  I have seeds, but they don't
germinate well at all.  We have had only minor success in germinating them
(maybe 7% germination), and they damped off when potted in regular potting
soil (too acidic for them, perhaps).

Good luck,

Gary Hannan

p.s.  Beal Botanic Garden at MSU has one or two patches of them, but they
are not likely to let them out, I don't think.

Gary Hannan
bio_hannan@online.emich.edu
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