Re: Hardy snapdragons
- To: r*@nets.com, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Hardy snapdragons
- From: B* B*
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:27:07 PDT
I saw some large ones growing wild in Turkey. They were not subtly colored
in the least - rather brazen pink. But they were close to 4' tall, and if
they had been growing in something other than the rocks with dust in between
that passes for soil in much of the Mediterranean, they would have been
taller. If I get back this summer I'll watch for them.
bob
>But the most amazing snaps I EVER saw in my LIFE were growing in the
>greenhouses of a wealthy retiree on Long Island. Theyd been reared from
>European florist snap seed of some kind -- I never found out the
>cultivar name -- and they were 5 feet tall, white to pale pink, with a
>strong, sweet fragrance like that of the catalpa tree. I would KILL
>(well, maybe not kill -- MAIM) for some snaps like that...
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