Re: Red Valerian -Reply -Reply
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- Subject: Re: Red Valerian -Reply -Reply
- From: S* S* <S*@SCHWABE.COM>
- Date: Wed, 03 Jun 1998 09:13:16 -0800
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Wow! Thanks so much. I've never grown it
before because I'd heard it was weedy or
"spready." But I really like it. Anyone know
where to get the 'Atrococcineus' with
coppery-red tones? That sounds particularly
intriguing. I'll keep my eyes out in the
catalogues. I am such a catalogueaholic I can't
believe I've missed this for so long!
>>> <LONDE@aol.com> 06/02/98 07:20pm
>>>
Yes, there is such a thing as a pink valerian.
The Latin name for Red
Valerian is Centranthus ruber. There is a
cultivar, C. ruber 'Albus', with
white flowers, and 'Roseus' with rose,
'Coccineus' with dark pink flowers, and
'Atrococcineus' with coppery-red ones. I don't
see a listing for a light
lavender pink. But most of the Centranthus
you buy is seed propagated, so
there will be seedling variation in the colors.
Perhaps it is a sport. There
also might be a new cultivar that isn't listed in
my books yet, or an old one
that is no longer in the trade.
I read that there are 12 species in the genus
Centranthus, so your neighbors
plant might be a related species. I don't know
anything about the other
species.
I once grew the rose valerian, C. ruber 'roseus'.
It was lovely and long-
blooming. But it was a vivid rose, not at all
pale. You wouldn't call it
"light lavender pink". Light lavender pink
sounds lovely, though.
Janis
Webster Groves, Missouri
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