Re: loosestrife
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: loosestrife
- From: D* S*
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:29:40 -0400
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 11:29:43 EDT Blee811@aol.com writes:
> I have read too that even the modern cultivars of loosestrife that
> are
> supposed to be sterile are sometimes quite fertile and can in fact
> pollinate
> the species.
Yes, that's quite true. The origin of that myth stems from the erroneous
viewpoint that hybrids are sterile. Unfortunately, mules aside, most
hybrids are quite fertile.
Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B
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