Re: strobilanthes atropurpureus again

In a message dated 8/20/02 5:00:56 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
mmorgan@wcgnet.net writes:


> Saw this plant listed in the Roslyn Nursery catalog as hardy to zone 5, 3
> feet tall, blue-purple tubular flowers that bloom "wildly from late summer
> into fall,"  so I don't think it's the annual called Persian Shield.  Again
> I ask you experts, anybody know anything about it?

I should have looked this up when it was first mentioned. You're absolutely 
right--Persian Shield is strobilanthes dyerianus--should have looked at the 
specific epithet (that's the species name that follows the genus name). My 
AHS A-Z Encyclopedia does indeed say that S. atropurpureus is for Zones 5-9 
and its "dense spikes of tubular, indigo or purple flowers" is apparently its 
major feature.
Bill Lee

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