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Re: Angelonia

Denise LaPorte wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
> First time I've written to this list, though I've belonged for awhile.
>
> I appreciate the good information given and the fact that we stay on
> topic pretty well.  Fewer messages to slog through every day.  Too bad
>
> about the cheese ball spam.
>
> Does anyone know anything about a plant called Angelonia.  I bought it
>
> at a nursery that had no other information about it thinking that
> surely
> there would be something in one of my books about it.  The only thing
> I've found was in "Stearns Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners."
> They say that Angelonia is the "latinized version of the South
> American
> vernacular name of one of the species of these perennial herbs and
> sub-shrubs."  Scrophulariaceae family.  That at least gives me an idea
>
> of how hardy the plant is in my zone (5), but I'd still like to know
> more.  Does anyone here have experience with this plant?  Bloom time,
> sun exposure, etc.?  It has lovely purple flowers and, at least now,
> looks more like an herbaceous plant than a subshrub.  I'll probably
> overwinter it this year in the greenhouse.
>

I have never heard of this plant ,I looked it up in some of my books it
had or has no reference,although I looked in my trusty Dictionary of
plant names and the only reference it has is "Greenhouse flowering
plants" Maybe someone can be of more help that is in Florida or So. Cal.

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