Re: [SG] Paris in the spring - Bobbie
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Paris in the spring - Bobbie
- From: G* <g*@OTHERSIDE.COM>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 17:27:20 -0400
Hello Bobbie,
Well now, you are close enough to come visit the garden and see a Paris in
bloom. Paris quadrifolia, in fact. Paris resemble Trilliums except they
have 4 to 6 leaves instead of the three for trilliums. Where the blooms
should be the petals have turned into long whiskery yellowish or whitish
thingamajiggies in a whirl around an enlarged ovary. (Please note all the
scientific jargon used here from a long series of studies). It is just now
unfurling the leaves and bloom will be next. See my message to Nancy on
cultivation and origin. European and Asian. Quite a few species... most of
which are just beginning to show up in nurseries and have been in a few
collectors gardens for a while now.
Bring your camera and come on down. JoAn just made white chocolate and
cranberry cookies to go with the hot tea.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
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> From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: [SG] Paris in the spring
> Date: Saturday, April 17, 1999 3:24 PM
>
> No, Jack, there is a plant called Paris. I would be interested in knowing
> more about it too. I've never seen it, or heard much about it. I'd love
to
> know why it is called that, and where it comes from. Don't know if any
> catalogs list it, unless Munchkin does....Gene???
>
> Bobbi Diehl
> Bloomington, IN
> zone 5/6
>
> On Sat, 17 Apr 1999, Hampton, Jack wrote:
>
> > Nancy;
> > I've never heard of the plant "Paris"
> > Could you possibly mean the "Pieris Japonica"? I have 3 of these and
they are
> > very beautiful shrubs.
