Re: Michauxia tchihatchewii!

At 09:04 PM 7/7/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Nan and other enthusiasts
>Pronounce it chihachefeei and most will understand.
>A member of the Campanulaceae, in which we have specialised for some
>years, it is a real mountain plant from Turkey, Iran etc, and knows a
>lot about heat and cold, but not about too much moisture. It is,
>unfortunately, biennial, or at least monocarpic

 Thanks much for the origins info.  Hmm, I didn't realize it was
monocarpic.  Mine took at least two winters, maybe three, to bloom.  That's
a bit of a long wait for one flowering, though not impossible.  Anyone know
a source for the bulbs?  I've looked, but so far no luck...


>, so the best way to
>enjoy it for the longest possible spell is to keep it in a vase away
>from pollinating insects - bees, bumble bees and hover-flies in
>temperate climates. In a vase it may not set seed, of course, but you
>will have to sow fresh seed for the future.

 Confused a bit here -- do you mean vase as in cut flowers, or do you mean
a living plant growing in a pot?
 Thanks again,

--Susannah
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