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Re: perennials DIGEST V2 #13

CherrylM@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 97-10-30 12:07:34 EST, you write:
> 
> << From the description of white with red/burgundy hearts, you can limit
>  the type down quite a bit.  It's NOT ugandense, which is beautiful but
>  has blue flowers, and it's not speciosum which I believe has all red
>  flowers.  My vote would be for thomsoniae, which fits the description.
>  If that's not your flower, a perusal of the Sunset *Western* Garden Book
>  or any book on tropicals will list the various types, and flower colour
>  and blooming time and bushy vs. vining will help you narrow things down
>  considerably. >>
> 
> Amy,
>         It's not C. thomsoniae, I have that one. The leaves one the mystery
> plant are much  narrower  and this plant is not a vining one like C.
> thomsoniae. This plant also grows on a single strong stalk from 6-10 ft high
> with the top 8-12" with elongated tubular trumpet shaped cream flowers
> approx. 3-4" long, with a hint of burgundy on the stalks. A little old lady
>  told me that with the frost hits it, the stalks turn black and the seed pods
> turned turqoise.
> 
> CherrylM
> USDA zone 8b
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Hi Cherryl,

Checked in Hortus III, could it be C. indicum-
"Shrub or woody herb, lvs mostly whorled, lanceolate-oblong, to 6 in. 
long, entire, glaborous, cymes axillary or in panicles, flowers white, 
corolla tube to 4 in. long; fr. red or purple, subtended by red-brown 
calyx. Malay Arch.; naturalized in s. US"
Diane

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