Sue Templeton wrote: > > Thanks for the comments re aster frikarti. It seems there is no visible > difference in the plants no matter what people claim. A couple of people > commented that the difference is supposed to indicate that it stands up more > upright. Strangely I have never really suffered with a floppiness anyway. > Perhaps it is the climate??? > > Something that has bugged me for years is the information about tweedia. > The RHS dictionary says it twines to 90cm and various descriptions > invariably involve climbing. Has anyone seen anything of that description > with tweedia??? Mine just have 25cm or so long stalks which never look in > the least as though they want to twine. Is this a case of everyone copying > the first description?? Does anyone know more than one tweedia? The only > one I know has a very distinctive ice blue flower. > > Thanks in advance. > > Sue Templeton whose tweedia began to flower today and whose aster frikartis > are doing splendidly.I have grown Tweedia caerulea and mine only get about a foot tall and tend to try to lean over as if they were trying to vine. I always have to tie them up to something but they never do seem to vine. Judy Showers in Pennsylvania, USA