Re: Isoplexis sceptrum from Madeira

--- Gill Pound <Gill.Cei@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Hi David
> 
> I have grown I sceptrum in the Languedoc region of
> France (Med climate,
> approx = US zone 8, borderline 7) from seed supplied
> by Thompson & Morgan of
> Ipswich, UK and I isabellina from seed from Chiltern
> Seeds, UK  Both came
> easily from seed  Both seed cos have websites.  So
> far have kept them in
> unheated greenhouse over winter tho they did survive
> - 6° during a
> particularly cold spell around Xmas  Have flowered I
> sceptrum in a pot this
> winter and its been good tho a bit leggy, shall try
> it against a sheltered
> wall this year.
> 
> Bonne courage,
> 
>  Gill Pound

Thanks to all of you for the info on sources and
growing conditions of the various Isoplexis. 
Encouraging news all, and I hope to get some I.
chalcantha and I. sceptrum going in the garden.  The
colors are such a perfect match for the Juanulloa
mexicana I already have in the garden, as well as the
bronzy new growth of Gordonia axillaris.  I have a
fondness for orange/bronze flowers and foliage
combinations for shade...

Related to plant questions previously asked:  Is
anyone also growing the various Phebalium species or
Diplolaena angustifolia or other species from
Australia?

TIA, 
David Feix
Where spring has sprung, and the first sky blue
flowers on Iris confusa 'Chengdu' are blooming, one of
my favorite "exotic" species Iris.  It looks more like
a miniature clumping bamboo when not in flower, and
some rare orchid with 50 or more flowers on the 3 foot
tall branched stalks over a 6 week period.  Its only
faults; the slugs are very fond of the foliage, it
does tend to run in the garden like a bamboo, and it
is abit tender for colder mediterranean gardens...
 


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