Re: tricyrtis
- Subject: Re: tricyrtis
- From: M*@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 23:41:04 EDT
In a message dated 9/23/2002 10:02:40 PM Central Daylight Time,
lwallpe@juno.com writes:
> Do any of you grow this, and if so, how tall does it grow?
> Thanks!
>
Most of the "T hirta'" types grow from 2-4 feet tall. They have long
attractive arching stems or nice upright stems.
They bloom late summer to late fall.
Speaking of T. hirta - I was out last week fertilizing the beds (Trying to
get every thing sprayed two more times before the season ends this year-we
all most had our first frost of the year last Sunday) and I noticed that
there was a pure white flowering seedling from my mixed clump of T hirta
'Miyazaki.'
Normally these plants bloom so late that I have given up ever getting ripe
seeds but after spotting this seedling I will be keep my eye out for "good"
seed and see what I can get.
The white flowering plant has good large flowers and blooms with axillary
flowers all down the stem-since the plant is only two years old (a guess) it
is only about 18 inches tall. The normal height of this seed strain is 3-4
feet with well branched stems and lots of flowers all down the stems but they
take about five years to reach there full size in decent soils.
Are there any other pure white forms out on the market right now-no spots at
all.
Paul
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