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RE: Double bloodroot in my garden this spring
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  • Subject: RE: Double bloodroot in my garden this spring
  • From: "* M* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2015 18:43:28 -0400

Graham,

 Was about to say it was too late as I thought mine were already done.  But I just went out to check and there are a few flowers yet below the leaves. They look a bit whimpier than the ones that were flowering last week, but I pulled 3 to see what they had. Petal counts were 48, 49, and 53.    I got mine in 2003  from Ellen Hornig’s Seneca Hill. (I actually found my invoice)  She labeled them as Sanguinaria Canadensis ‘Multiplex’.  The patch has spread slowly, but they are just so lovely.  I look forward to them every spring.

 

Kitty

 

From: owner-perennials@hort.net [mailto:owner-perennials@hort.net] On Behalf Of Graham Rice
Sent: Monday, April 27, 2015 1:53 PM
To: perennials@hort.net
Subject: Re: Double bloodroot in my garden this spring

 

Yes, Chris, this is a lovely plant.

 

Can I ask everyone a favor? If you grow this plant, or any of the named forms of bloodroot, can you please pick a flower or two from your clump, pull each flower apart and count the petals? I'm doing some research on the named varieties for the RHS and it would be really useful to have that kind of input. If you feel like measuring a petal or two as well, that would be even better.

 

And you might be interested in this post from a few years ago: http://transatlanticplantsman.typepad.com/transatlantic_plantsman/2008/04/sanguinaria---t.html (click the pictures to enlarge them...)

 

Many thanks,

 

Graham Rice

 

 

 

On Apr 27, 2015, at 12:50 PM, Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:



What showstoppers have you guys had in your gardens this year?

This is my double bloodroot, Sanguinara canadensis forma multiplex,
that I planted several years ago.  It responded really well to
a an application of 10-10-10 fertilizer last spring and doubled
in size, spreading further into the path at the base of a large
rock.  

The photograph just shows a portion of the patch.

 

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