Re: Knautia macedonica
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- Subject: Re: Knautia macedonica
- From: M* D*
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 23:52:27 -0600
At 03:33 PM 12/31/98 -0700, Myrna Miller wrote:
>Do any of you have knautia macedonica? This plant has intrigued me for a
>couple of years now, because of the photo in the Thompson & Morgan
>catalogue. Is there any chance that it would bloom the first year from
>seed? Is it weedy? (something about the botanical name makes me suspicious)
>Am really curious about this, because I grow datura that are not hardy but
>seed themselves with abandon in the strangest places.
>
>Myrna, Zone 3, Montana
Myrna, I grow and love Knautia. It looks like a small Scabiosa but is
bright scarlet. It blooms most of the summer for me. It can get rangy
looking as it keeps growing and keeps blooming on the new growth. But in
spite of that flaw it causes a lot of comment from visitors to my garden.
My frustration is that I have never been able to start the seeds myself, but
I find volunteers around the mother plant and they seem to bloom the first
year. No one has to teach Mother Nature how to do it right!
Marilyn Dube'
NATURAL DESIGN PLANTS
Hardy Perennials, Choice Tropicals
Portland, Oregon, Zone 8b
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