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Re: lavender lady?
The Lavender Lady is supposed to be in the lavendula family, a strain of 'True
English Lavender.". Supposed to be lilac blue & fragrant. I used the
descriptions based on a chart I have of flower parts, sorry if the terminology
seemed strange.
Sheryl
Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
> Sheryl Williams wrote:
> >
> > I finally got some lavender "lady" to grow from seed. The first plant
> > shot up a flower stem and when the flower appeared I was very surprised
> > to see the color and shape. The flower is a pale yellow. The standard is
> > in two portions, very pale yellow. The wing is three pale yellow
> > portions. The stigma is a little orange dot. The strangest thing is that
> > out of the back is a slender tube similar to the back of a columbine but
> > there is only one.
> >
> > Is this what it is supposed to look like? Do I have some other plant?
>
> Sheryl
> I am afraid Lavender "Lady" without any other identification is not
> enough for me to know what plant you are talking about. At first I
> though you were describing a variety of Lavender, but "standard" and
> "wings" sound like some sort of pea presumably called Lavender Lady?
>
> I also have a Lavender Lady, but mine is a hybrid Jungle cactus, which
> seems unlikely from your description to be the plant you are asking
> about.
>
> Moira
>
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Both Retired. Careers were: Moira - botanist/horticulturist;
> Tony - Various jobs, then computer programmer.
> Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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