Re: Lunaria

Thanks, Louise, for the information about the Lunarias.  Chiltern has a very
interesting seed list, and I think that it is the most exciting seed
catalogue I have ever read, perhaps because  of rather than despite the fact
it has no pictures.  You have to come up with a lot better text if you can't
show the colour shifted, retouched and carefully posed pictures that others
use.

Bob Campbell
-----Original Message-----
From: Louise <louise@the-english-family.freeserve.co.uk>
To: perennials@mallorn.com <perennials@mallorn.com>
Date: July 20, 1999 2:39 AM
Subject: Re: Lunaria


>
>On the normal Honesty (Lunaria) the flowers in Spring are a
>pale, wishy-washy purple (not as pale as mauve though).
>However, last year I started to grow Lunaria annua 'Munstead
>Purple'.  This is a larger flower, very rosy purple, a much
>deeper colour.  It was originally raised by Gertrude Jekyll
>in the early years of this century.  I bought the seed from
>Chiltern Seeds, (the seed is described as rare), their email
>address is chilternseeds@compuserve.com.   Although I
>planted my seedlings out at the same time last Autumn, some
>of the plants flowered in April and some of them have been
>flowering continuously since then - there are still two
>plants flowering now!
>
>Chiltern Seeds also do a perennial Lunaria (L. Rediviva)
>which I'm quite tempted by.  This is a native of Europe,
>from damp woodland on chalk.  The flowers are described as
>fragrant and purplish, and the seed pods in the Autumn as
>mother of pearl coloured, elliptical in shape and tapered to
>a point.  I might just try those next year.
>
>Louise, southern England
>


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