Re: brunnera
- Subject: Re: [SG] brunnera
- From: A* B*
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 07:12:27 +0100
At 10:01 PM 27.1.02 -0500, Nancy Stedman wrote:
>I'm wondering what everyone's experience has been with the various
>variegated brunneras. Now I've seen a really silver one in a few
>catalogs (
Hi Nancy - I can't share my own experience, but I saw in an english
magazine last month that on Brunnera macrophyllla 'Jack Forst' (PPAF) that
is really silvery leafed.
It is an Walters Gardens Inc. introduction, and that is USA. You may
contact them?
My point was that IF a plant is given such a prize as 'best of the year'
then it must be a good one, not have problem with growing etc . - read in
the website or in the text I pasted below:
If you want to check out the plantmagazine :
http://www.plants-magazine.co.uk/newplants/newplant196.shtml
There is a picture a well:
(I paste the text here if the site does not work):
This terrific new perennial plant was discovered at Walters Gardens
(http://www.waltersgardens.com/) in Zeeland, Michigan USA
and recently won First Prize at Plantarium (http://www.plantarium.nl/) in
Holland for Best New Perennial of the Year.
It was originally spotted in a flat (tray) of Brunnera m. 'Langtrees' and
has large
heart-shaped leaves with the veins highlighted in silver making this sport
very
distinct.
Brunnera 'Jack Frost' makes a clump 18 inches wide of rounded frosty
looking silver
leaves and is topped with tiny clusters of clear blue flowers in early
spring and
prefers moist, rich soils to grow the best plants
It is now becoming widely available in the US and Canada while New World
Plants
(http://www.new-worldplants.com/) have the exclusive UK license for
propagation and distribution in 2002 for this shade loving plant.
Plants will be available from selected UK garden centres from 2002 onwards.
This is a protected variety and Asexual propagation is prohibited.
