Re: Hesperis Matronalis
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- Subject: Re: Hesperis Matronalis
- From: "* T* <m*@clark.net>
- Date: Sat, 16 May 1998 02:15:16 -0400
A really nice soft pink sorta like hmmmm....well Kolkwitzia amabilis
(Beautybush) springs to mind, perhaps just a wee bit bluer. So the normal
one is purple? Hmm... Well, I will try saving some seed from these plants
and see if they come true - better get my buns out there and mark these
guys before I forget who is which:-) Of course, it will be a couple of
years before I would know and with my luck, I'll end up with a gazillion
additional white flowered plants!
Somehow, Talt dame's rocket doesn't have the same ring as Shirley poppies
:-) but it's kind of you to think it.
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Robert Campbell <rbcamp@neptune.on.ca>
> Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 10:20 AM
>
> Marge, I've never seen a pink Hesperis matronalis, just the purple and
> white. How "pink" are they? You might have something new here. Maybe
> years from now people will be talking about Talt dame's rocket they way
> they do about Shirley poppies..
>
> Marge said::
> : I've always had only the white flowered variety, but I notice this year
a
> : few light pink flowered plants...interesting, guess some of the seeds
are
> : reverting?? I've been growing this strain for nearly 15 years and this
> is
> : the first occurrence of pink flowers. I've never actually seen the
> normal
> : pink flowered ones. Are they a light pink or dark? I'm curious as to
> why,
> : all of a sudden, some are showing up pink?? Any thoughts on this from
> any
> : one? My garden is not near any other gardens at all, let alone ones
> : growing Hesperis and I have never noticed this naturalized in my area.
> :
> :.:
> : .
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