Re: Michauxia tchihatchewii!
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That has to be one of the most amazing plant names I've ever seen!
How do you pronounce it? What does it look like?
>You all will excuse the exclamation mark, I hope, as I'm awfully excited
>about this plant :). I planted out a seedling two or three summers ago,
>and after the week-long spell of 10-15F weather we had here in western
>Oregon in '98, I couldn't find it anywhere, and figured it had frozen.
>Well to my delighted surprise, it has now sent up a 4-foot flower stalk
>from _under_ a large Perovskia! Clearly this plant is much hardier than
>reported, and has absolutely no need for sun, or water, or root-space... I
>will have to plant more of it.
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>My question for the group is: is there any way to get cut flowers from this
>plant to last in water? The stems produce latex (or something similar),
>which I suppose prevents water uptake in a vase. Is there anything I can
>do about this? Any other fans of this glorious species out there?
>
>--Susannah
