Vancouveria

Diana, thanks for mentioning Vancouveria. I have 3 plants of it purchased
from Dan Hinckley about 5 years ago, and I love it. However, it NEVER
spreads or multiplies in any way. The plants are not much larger than they
were the first year I planted them. Still, they hold their own and appear
happy, and I think they look like little maidenhair ferns in the
garden--only with white flowers. (I grow epimediums too, and except for
the very tiny white one (Is this E.  youngianum 'Niveum'?) there isn't
much resemblance, to me. The big yellow and red ones are much coarser--but
still wonderful, useful plants.)

You say "here they call it inside-out-flower." Where is "here", pray tell?
There are so many Shadegardeners, I can't keep in my tiny brain where they
all live--and it IS relevant. If you could keep a little "sig file" and
just throw it at the bottom of your messages, it would help a lot. But I
presume you are in the PNW.

I would love to try V. planipetala and chrysantha--who sells them?

Bobbi Diehl
Bloomington, IN
zone 5/6

 On Sun, 3 Jan 1999, Diana Reeck wrote:

> A related plants that is also a great groundcover under trees, is
> Vancouveria hexandra - here they call it 'Inside-out Flower' for the way
> the petals (actually sepals) curve back, somewhat like a dodecatheon does,
> or a less attractive name-'Duckfoot', a reference to the shape of the
> leaves.)  It is native to forests of the Pacific Northwest and looks like a
> refined Epimedium.  It is a wide spreader with time, deciduous, but can
> take lots of root competition.  There are three species, V. hexandra,
> (deciduous - lots of small white flowers on 12" stems ) V. planipetala,
> (evergreen,  with smaller white flowers,) and the very choice V. chrysantha
> - bright yellow, semi-evergreen, part of the fantastic flora of the
> Siskiyou mountains of SW Oregon. V. hexandra seems to be the only one
> commonly available, and never really very common.
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