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Re: Felicia species - anyone on the east coast/NY?

At 08:50 PM 7/21/98 -0400, Richard Dufresne wrote:
>At 06:00 PM 7/21/98 GMT, you wrote:
>>Hi, 
>>
>>I'm on a UK gardening NG and have just read a request from someone
>>whose friend has moved to NY.  Apparently, she brought a plant of
>>Felicia amelloides with her and has managed to kill it.  Does anyone
>>know of any nurseries or garden centres fairly close to NY where she
>>might get hold of one?  Here in the UK it is a very popular 'blue
>>daisy'  and widely available, thriving especially in medit-type
>>gardens being quite hardy in the south.
>>
>>TIA
>>
>>David Poole
>
>David:  
>
>The variegated form is available from Logee's Greenhouses:
>
>Logee's Greenhouses	
>55 North St.		
>Danielson, CT 06239
>888-330-8038
>fax:	888-774-9932
>E-mail:     logee-info@logees.com
>
>Rich Dufresne
>
>

In my experience Felicia amelloides varigata often overwinters here whilst
its  the plain form usually offerd for sale doesn't.


Is this the same species?

I have a variegated one that was abandoned at the back end of last year
which survived due to the mild winter part of it has reverted to green. The
leaves on this plant variegated or otherwise seem narrower than  on the
leaves of the plain sort offered in commerce.


I think the plain one is often called F capensis ( although the plant
finder says they are the same)  the cv "Santa Anita" certainly has larger
flowers

I feel sure there is a substantail difference in hardiness between these
forms. Isn't phenotypic plasticity wonderful?
Colette Dunkley
Upton Wirral Merseyside England Approximates USDA Zones 8/9
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