Re:Most impressive plant/ Polygonatum

Hello Nancy,
You have hit a soft spot... Solomon Seal's ... Polygonatum.. is one of my favorites. Has been for years. I add a new species or cultivar or two to the garden each year. Absolutely never get tired of working them into the garden. Do not know just how many different ones I do have now. Disporums are not quite as easy to come by, but have some of those as well. I have not gotten into all the ones coming from China as of yet.
No reason why they will not cross pollinate. They do in the wild on occasion.. and in the garden from what I have read. There are cultivars out there with that "X" in the name. Why not make the crosses yourself and mark them. Will be some years before you see results. Seed is slow and erratic even when fresh. Very slow to mature to any size.
Gene E. Bush
Munchkin Nursery & Gardens, llc
www.munchkinnursery.com
genebush@munchkinnursery.com
Zone 6/5 Southern Indiana

----- Original Message ----- From: "Hal or Nancy Robinson" <robyn82@bellsouth.net>
I found a Little Honey last fall and actually got it planted the same day.
This spring we will see how it did over the winter here in Tennessee.
My must have is compulsion for all Solomon's seals be they called
Disporopsis or Disporum or Polygonatum.  If I plant them all reasonably
close do you think they would cross and give new cultivars?  Last year
everything seem to be yellow and chartreuse colored foliage.
Nancy Robinson  -10 to 100 degrees F  east Tennessee

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