Re :commelina tuberosa

Hi Gordon
I live in France too but just north of Paris. Fairly soon I'll move to
Montpellier and made some sowings for my future garden. I'm running the seed
exchange in the SNHF (societe nationale d'horticulture de france) and last
year I 've got Coronilla valentina ssp. glauca seeds. They germinated easily
and I'm glad to see I've made a good choice, I didn't know it was fragant.
You're mentioning forsythia in your message as an ugly plant and I agree
with you ; I planted a forsythia suspensa 2 years ago and it's a better
choice, with nicer foliage, I'll move it with me and hope it'll recover.
I've sown  commelina tuberosa a long time ago and I can tell you this plant
is very easy. Now, it selfseeds freely so I don't care about it, it's in
full sun (but you can imagine the sun in Paris is not very agressive) and
grows in a well drained bed but I don't think it will like a dry position.
Perhaps somebody else grows it in a dry climate?
Is there a difference between commelina tuberosa and commelina coelestis or
are they the same plant?
Gordon, where do you live ? Perhaps we'll be neighbours?
Chantal, Ermenonville
zone 7 (zone 8 this winter)
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>De : Gordon Walker <grwalker@club-internet.fr>
>À : "medit-plants@ucdavis.edu" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
>Objet : Re:Colour of Spring Bloom and  favorite fragrant plants
>Date : Jeu 15 mars 2001 19:56
>

>
>I know that the fragrant plant thread was dropped quite some time ago
>but
>the winter-early spring performance of Coronilla valentina has impressed
>me again this year and I want to stand up for the often downrated
>yellow; it all depends on the shade! For those who do not know this
>evergreen shrub in
>the Leguminosae it is about four or five feet tall with pretty glaucous
>leaves and gradually covers itself from the end of January to about the
>end of March with lemon yellow, exquisitely perfumed flowers. I believe
>it is native to the northern mediterranean part of southern France where
>I live. I have seen wild speciments near the Canal du Midi which threads
>through this region.
>One thing that still astonishes me is its rarity in local gardens where
>the standard shrub for providing a masss of yellow in early spring is
>the Forsythia which is better suited to northern Europe, is scentless
>and is ugly out of flower.
>On a completly different tack I have just germinated some seed of
>Commelina tuberosa(Coelestis Group) which I got through the RHS
>distribution of surplus seed. I have read that is suitable for
>mediterranean climates but I have no idea about the necessary
>conditions( sun, shade, moisture etc.). Does anyone have experience with
>this plant?
>-- 
>-- 
>Gordon Walker
>France
>
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