Re: [SG] astilbe question
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- Subject: Re: [SG] astilbe question
- From: J* H* <n*@OLYPEN.COM>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 17:56:51 -0800
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From: Roberta Diehl <diehlr@INDIANA.EDU>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Thursday, January 07, 1999 8:08 AM
Subject: Re: [SG] astilbe question
>
>I think astilbe nomenclature is somewhat messed up as there's been so much
>interbreeding. Is anybody out there who can sort out the astilbes for us?
>
>I bought something sold as Astilbe tacquetii 'Superba' several years ago
>and it is indeed pink-flowered. It is also unusually tall for an astilbe,
>2-1/2 feet at least, and blooms later, after all my arendsii hybrids are
>finished--like mid July. It looks nothing like A. chinensis 'Pumila', but
>that is not to say they are not both chinensis. My nursery could have had
>an incorrect name on my plant.
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
>
Hi Bobbi,
We grow about 75 varieties of astibles here in the Northwest. We list A.
chinensis var. taquetti 'Superba' which grows well above 3' here and it is a
dark lavender with alot of red overtones. What you describe could possibly
be A. arendsii 'Cattleya' which grows to about the same height and blooms at
the same time for us, but is a strong pink.
The A. thunbergii hybrids are also tall and late bloomers. In fact
'Moerheim`s Glory' reaches over 6' after establishment and has white flowers
that fade to pale pink.
Check out our listing at www.hostasonline.com/naylor/index.html -- We try
to the best of our ability to provide size, color and bloom time.
Jack
naylorck@olypen.com
