Re: Iochroma - a salmon colored form

Resurrecting a finished thread, I know, but I finally got time to snap a pic
of an Iochroma that is blooming in my back yard.  It originally came from
David Feix of this group.
http://gimcw.org/temp/Iochroma_salmon.jpg
I remember him calling it 'Salmon', which is a good name  (the color in the
photo is close, but does not show the true color). It looks similar to me to
I. cyaneum (Barry's plant), which I have grown in the past, and not really the
same as I. fuchsioides (which I've seen - more or a scarlet red and the
foliage is generally more glabrous and shiny).  Perhaps it is Iochroma
coccineum, which I don't have experience to compare to, but which apparently
is also red-flowered.

This tribe or sub-tropicals is often very confused among horticulturists, with
many claiming them under all sort of questionable (as well as miss-spelt)
names.

Anyway, it is a nice shrub (thanks David!)

Seán A. O'Hara
sean(at)gimcw.org
www.hortulusaptus.com
(ask about mediterranean climate gardening forum)

> Thank you guys for the information. What I meant about not snapping
> off a branch or a shoot was in reference to doing it without
> permission, since it is growing on city property, and I don't like
> when people do that to my plants. Besides, I'd rather buy my own
> anyway since I'm kind of bad with cuttings (although I had fabulous
> success with Ficus petiolaris, which you can't even tell was a stem
> cutting).
>
> Iochroma are fascinating. I wish Iochroma fuchsioides was a lot more
> spectacular.
>
>
> The plant I saw didn't seem to have any pests on it at all, so It
> might not get any in my garden (My garden is balanced enough that I
> haven't had a pest problem (save for snails) except about 12 years ago
> when I first planted the flowering plum (the only thing in the garden
> at the time)
>
>
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