Re: [SG] SG Tricyrtis or ToadLilies

Hello Diana,
        Do you find any one species more prone to browning on the leaves during
summer than others? I have been watching this and find there are a couple
that seem to be more prone to rattiness just when coming into bloom. Your
climate is different than mine, so thought I would ask in case it is a
locale thing and not just the species.
 Have any of those T. ohsumiensis in stock ready to ship?
        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
          around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com     http://www.munchkinnursery.com

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> From: Diana Reeck <dianar@TELEPORT.COM>
> Subject: Re: [SG] [SG Tricyrtis or ToadLilies
> Date: Tuesday, June 01, 1999 11:08 AM
>
> I second the motion on the attractiveness of Triycrtis. Like Gene, we
> collect these, and surprisingly there are quite a few out there to
collect.
>  Yes, the white forms are really pretty. Tricyrtis hirta 'Alba' seems to
be
> the same as T. hirta 'White Towers' - pure white with a little yellow
spot
> at the base of each petal and purple anthers which give it that little
> 'something extra'. There is also another white one - Tricyrtis hirta
> 'Albescens', The flowers are a little smaller, and in the right light at
> the right angle, you can see the palest yellow spots on the petals. The
> anthers are yellow. It is nice too, but not quite as crisp looking.
> There really is whole range of species and cultivars, some with bright
> yellow flowers that hang like bells  (T. macranthopsis and T.
perfoliata),
> and a dwarf one I particularly like - T. ohsumiensis - with close set,
very
> thick, almost waxy leaves on an upright plant about 10" tall, and 2"
yellow
> flowers that face up in the leaf axils. It's very cool.  And I do love
the
> T. nana that Gene mentioned.
>
> We are friends with a nurseryman who makes frequent trips to various
parts
> of the world, including Japan, and he has brought back some amazing new
> Tricyrtis, including some new variegated forms and large flowered
hybrids.
> I expect they will start being available in the near future.
>
>
> Diana
>
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