Pulmonaria questions
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Pulmonaria questions
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 02:27:39 -0500
Isn't Tony a riot, Bobbie? Had us rolling in the aisles at NARGS
eastern winter study weekend a couple of years ago. Great speaker
and quite a plantsman.
I wonder about "exploding", tho'. I though silver color was because
of air spaces between the leaf tissue cells?? "Exploding" packs more
punch tho':-)
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Bobbie Brooks <lilylady@PRODIGY.NET>
>
> Hi Cindy and all,
>
> Just heard Tony Avent talk at NEW ENGLAND GROWS last Fri. Tony is
PLANTS
> DELIGHT out of NC. He gets very excited about most every slide he
shows. A
> true plant collector! I love this one, Look at that!, Would you
take a
> look, Can you imagine...etc
>
> What he mentioned about pulmanarias I found interesting. Says that
the
> spots on ones like Mrs. Moon are cells exploding inside, and that
causes the
> gray - not allowing them to take up chorophyll <?>. He then showed
a slide
> of a new pulmanaria, which was all gray, and said there must have
been quite
> an explosion/eruption of those cell on this one!
>
> I grow cevennensis but it is too new to answer your questions. I
purchased
> it for its long flower stems.
>
> Bobbie in Ma
