Re: Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'

Chris, you are asking the same question I recently posed on another list
regarding parents of a Lychnis hybrid.  In that case I found one parent, L.
chalcedonica, but no info on other contributors.

Googling a bit I found that Twombly refers to it as Symphytum grandiflorum
'Hidcote Blue', so I'm guessing S. grandiflorum is one parent.  Found
nothing beyond that, but it's a start.

Kitty


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher P. Lindsey" <lindsey@mallorn.com>
To: <perennials@hort.net>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'


> > Unless you feel like registering it so you can name it, I'd call it
> > Symphytum sp.
>
> Yeah, that's what I've been naming it.  :)
>
> It gets confusing in cases like this -- Symphytum 'Hidcote Blue'
> is considered a hybrid and as such doesn't have a specific epithet in
> the name.  So when it reverts to whatever (assuming that's what it did),
> I have no clue what it reverted to.  :)  Or maybe there was a seed from
> something in the pot...
>
> It really is a charming plant, though.  The fact that it doesn't get
> any taller than 1' is a real plus.
>
> I should add that this is in the corner of my yard where the nuclear
> waste is buried.  Or at least, I think there must be because that's
> where I keep finding oddities.  First I found a variegated Vinca sport
> still attached to the parent:
>
>    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/vinmiva10-small.jpg
>
> Then there was the double-flowering Belamcanda:
>
>    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/horticulture/belchdo40.jpg
>
> And then a whimsical, tipsy coneflower:
>
>    http://www.mallorn.com/~lindsey/twisty-coneflower.jpg
>
> I wonder if I should wear protective gear when working in that corner...
>
> Chris
>
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