Re: What is angiolina?
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- Subject: Re: What is angiolina?
- From: N* S*
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 08:02:28 -0800
- References: <5b.e96851b.2756ecde@aol.com>
Thank you everyone for your suggestions, I am sure that you are
correct, she meant angelonia!
Nan
>Nan,
>
>Angelonia isa native of northern South America and is available in blue,
>pink, and white. Flowers are on a spike, it is related to digitalis and
>snaps. I think it closely resembles alonsias. (sp)
>
>It's become very popular here in the Midwest because it can take a great deal
>of heat. The blue flowering varieties seem to be the more vigorous. The
>eradication of viruses from older stock varieties has made the plants a lot
>more vigorous.
>
>I first grew angelonia in the early 1980's getting plants from either
>Stallings or another mailorder place in southern California. I really like
>them. I am suprised that it took awhile for them to catch on.
>
>I visited Dr. Alan Armitage last summer at the University of Georgia and he
>was trialing many varieties of angelonia.
>
>Al Krismer
>Cincinnati
>
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Nan Sterman
San Diego County California
Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11
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