Re: Blue-flowered native of Israel?
- Subject: Re: Blue-flowered native of Israel?
- From: J* S*
- Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 11:50:26 -0700 (PDT)
The "RHS Index of Garden Plants" lists four species of
Paracaryum, none of which are noted as native to
Israel (although under P. lithospermifolia, it says
"SE Europe").
P. microcarpum and P. racemosum have flowers described
as "bright blue". The others species are otherwise.
P. racemosa has leaves described as such: "Basal lvs
to 4cm, linear, tomentose or pilose above." Turkey.
Joe Seals
hazy in Santa Maria, California
For those of you coming to the Garden Festival (if you
were lucky enough to find a hotel room), I'll be
mostly in the "Q & A Booth" and I'd love to meet you.
If I'm not there, have someone with a walkie-talkie
call me.
Joe
--- Ccopuntia@aol.com wrote:
> Along the lines of naming mystery plants, here's one
> I hope someone can help
> identify & provide some information. Recently I've
> seen a very pretty plant
> in a local nursery (grown by Do Right's in Southern
> California) which is
> labeled with the Latin name of Paracarym
> mediterranean. I've done a web
> search of the Latin name and got only one hit -- at
> least I found a reference
> to this name, but there was no information about the
> plant at all.
> One of the nursery people said the rep for Do
> Right's told him they thought
> it was a cross between a Myosotis and something
> else. The blue flowers look
> very forget-me-not like, but the foliage is entirely
> different, quite grey,
> with longish more lanceolate leaves (like it can
> take more sun). The whole
> plant is way more substantial in its stature and
> bulk than your garden
> variety Myosotis, looks like it will be a 2 foot X 2
> foot. Anybody heard of
> it? Lived or been to Israel and saw it growing
> there?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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