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Re: [SG] help with ID was: cimicifuga

Well, seems you guys know your Cimicifugas!  If you'd be so kind as to go
to http://suite101.com/userfiles/176/cimi.jpg and take a squint at my lady,
I'd appreciate some input on her correct name.  I made this scan large so
you could see as much detail as I could milk out of the photo - so it may
be a bit slow to download.

I bought her from Klehm back in 1989 as Cimicifuga racemosa atropurpurea,
but Clausen and Ekstrom say that 'Atropurpurea' has dark purple foliage and
is a cultivar of C. simplex ramosa.

Well, as you can see, the stems have a purple cast, but the foliage is not
purple at all....so I am confused.  She blooms for me in late August, early
September and fills the garden with the most delicious honey scent -
doesn't smell like grape Koolaid at all; smells like honey.  Bloom height
is about 6 feet.  Seed heads are really neat, sort of a honey tan and quite
decorative.  Very slow from seed - takes about 2 years to germinate and the
seedlings give a new meaning to slow development.

Clausen and Ekstrom don't list an atropurpurea for C. racemosa at all.....

Any and all input will be highly appreciated.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: earthspirit <bdn7458@MAILBAG.COM>
> Date: Monday, June 15, 1998 11:10 PM
>
> >With all the confusion re species, you could be right;but, I think the
species
> >are americana, dahurica,foetida,japonica,racemosa, rubifolia and
simplex. C.
> >simplex blooms in late summer. Was it known as ramosa perhaps?
> >Clyde Crockett z5 ccredux@aol.com
> Ramosa is distinct from racemosa....racemosa blooms here in August,
smells
> raunchy. Ramosa blooms in October, smells wonderful. Atropurea is
purported
> to be a ramosa. Jean Bawden-Madison,Wi
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