Re: Calceolaria mexicana
- Subject: Re: Calceolaria mexicana
- From: d* f* <d*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 10:53:18 -0700 (PDT)
Richard,
Personally I wouldn't let this plant into my own garden, as it does reseed itself vigorously in an irrigated Bay Area garden situation, and is not all that attractive as far as yellow blooming Calceolaria species go, there are lots of more attractive species out there. Then again, it is no worse than Impatiens balfourii as to invasiveness, and the balfourii I rather like in most situations. This species of Calceolaria comes up as a weed in many other batches of plants out at Annie's, so it is very good at propagating itself with no intentional help from us.
--- On Sat, 3/21/09, Joseph Seals <thegardenguru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> From: Joseph Seals <thegardenguru@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Plant ID
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu, rstarkesonmed@gmail.com
> Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 6:12 PM
> One of my favorite old-time flowers, Calceolaria mexicana.
>
> A nice little annual and although I've found it to
> reseed, it never became a pest for me.
>
> Joe
>
> Joe Seals
> Landscape Designer, Horticultural Consultant
> Pismo Beach, California
> Home/Office: 805-295-6039
>
> --- On Sun, 3/22/09, Richard Starkeson
> <rstarkesonmed@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> From: Richard Starkeson <rstarkesonmed@gmail.com>
> Subject: Plant ID
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 1:06 AM
>
>
> Can anyone identify this plant - it appeared as a volunteer
> in a purchased plant in pot. Has since reappeared in
> another pot.
>
> http://public.fotki.com/richard1124/unidentifed-plants/weedyel2b4118.html
>
>
> About 4-5inches (10-12 cm) tall.
>
> Yellow flowers appear to be tightly closed flattened
> spheres, about 75 mm in diameter.
>
> Rather attractive, but is it an invasive weed? (In which
> case it could have come from any continent)
>
> I have not seen it seeding around anywhere.
>
> Richard Starkeson
> San Francisco
