Re: Clintonia uniflora (correction)

In a message dated 8/9/99 8:09:54 PM Central Daylight Time,
ppostlewaite@YAHOO.COM writes:

<< I erred, the proper name is Clintonia uniflora (not uniforma).  I saw these
 growing wild in the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota, and other
 Internet sources list it as growing in Alaska.  What attracted me is the
 brilliant blue "berry" that forms after the flower -- hence the name Blue
 Bead lily.  It is the most intense blue that I've seen in nature.  As far
 as I've been able to determine, however, it's not in cultivation.

 Pete Postlewaite >>

Since I'm just joining this conversation now, maybe I missed this, but I
thought Blue Bead lily was Clintonia borealis.  I have 2 clumps of it growing
side by side (touching each other), one from my Great Grandma's place near
Lake Milacs in central Minnesota, and another from a friend's garden.  What I
find interesting is that the clump from central MN comes up about 1 1/2 weeks
earlier than the other clump, and the leaves are a little bit darker green.
Other than that, they appear the same to me.  I figured the difference was
just because they came from different areas.

Cindy Johnson
White Bear Lake, MN
zone 4a
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