Re: Convolvulus canariense (floridus?)

I grow C. floridus in fairly sandy soil and full sun about 200m from the 
sea. Although my plant is only small it has doubled in size since I planted 
it about 6months ago (now probably 30cm tall - but a bit floppy). It was 
flowering when I bought in from the Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens sale - 
white flowers but about the size of normal convolvulus flowers but grouped 
into a 'truss' (last Spring I think - but not absolutely sure?) but hasn't 
flowered since (so no seed yet - if some does eventually come along I am 
very happy to share with anybody who is interested). I have put it in a 
mixed boarder with species roses, eryngiums, echiums, salvias etc - all too 
young yet to decide whether I like the resulting combination.

Susan George
McCrae, Victoria, Australia


>From: "Nick Turland" <nturland@lehmann.mobot.org>
>Reply-To: nturland@lehmann.mobot.org
>To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>Subject: Re: Convolvulus canariense (floridus?)
>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 09:40:46 CST6CDT
>
> > Is this the same plant as C. floridus?  Sure seems like it.  I recall
> > seeing a photo of C. floridus in Gardens of the Riviera, by Vivian
> > Russell (photo on page 46) and have been looking for this plant ever
> > since!  Looks like a great big floppy think with huge trusses of white
> > flowers - quite unlike most Convolvulus.  I did a bit more checking
> > around on the internet and found these pages:
>
>It most probably is. I saw Convolvulus floridus in village gardens on the
>Canary Island of La Gomera a couple of years ago. It's a large shrub with
>skinny branches and large heads of numerous white flowers. It was the only
>Convolvulus species I saw cultivated there, though there are about a dozen
>endemic species in this genus in Macaronesia (Canaries, Madeira, Azores,
>Cape Verdes).
>
>Convolvulus canariensis is a vigorous twining vine with smaller flower
>clusters. I've seen the closely related C. massonii on Madeira, climbing
>high up into the laurel-forest trees. That species seems to differ from
>C. canariensis only in being hairless.
>
>Nick.
>
>Nick Turland
>Flora of China Project, Missouri Botanical Garden,
>P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166-0299, U.S.A.
>E-mail: nturland@lehmann.mobot.org
>Phone: +1 314 577 0269  Fax: +1 314 577 9438
>


______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index