Re: Brunnera Jack Frost was: Miscanthus Silver Feather

> > I'm tying to collect all of the Brunnera that I can find.  Does anyone
> > know of any that I'm missing?  Here's my list:
> > 
> >   Brunnera macrophylla
> >   Brunnera macrophylla 'Betty Bowring'
> >   Brunnera macrophylla 'Dawson's White'
> >   Brunnera macrophylla 'Hadspen Cream'
> >   Brunnera macrophylla 'Jack Frost'
> >   Brunnera macrophylla 'Langtrees'
> >   Brunnera macrophylla 'Silver Wings'
> >   Brunnera macrophylla 'Variegata'
> 
> Chris you have a good collection all ready..have to let us know which are 
> good performs and which are not.  Like which ones keep the silver-white and which 
> brown out in the summer.

Do you know of any that I'm missing?

So far 'Silver Wings' is my least favorite -- it dries out very quickly
and gets unattractive brown edges.  It also tends to flop, leaving the
center pretty wide open.

'Dawson's White' is very nice, but the slugs seem to love it.

> Is the white flowering one attrative?

I'm not sure if it's really 'Betty Bowring' or not.  I found it at a local
nursery labeled as a regular Brunnera, but it was blooming pure white.  I'm
just going to list it as 'Betty Bowring' for now until I can get the real
thing to compare it with.  Mine has rebloomed a couple of times already
this year though, so that's a plus. 

The flowers are really dainty and seem to come a little later than the 
straight species.  I find that it works much better in a dark corner
than other Brunneras might (strictly from a floral standpoint).

Chris

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