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Re: [SG] Disporopsis and relatives

Hello Diana,
        Well, You have made me do something I have been putting off all spring. I
went out and check the names on the lables and made a list of the
Polygoantums I have to date. Last fall seemed to be a big find for me. Here
is what I have;
Holding area in pots:
P. multiflorum X striatum
P. multiflorum purple leaf form
P. latifolium
P. germinifolum
P. verticiliatum
P. multiflorum
Planted in the garden last fall:
P. odoratum floraplena
P. cirrhitolium
Have had for some time:
P. humile
P. odoratum variegatum
P. biflorum (local species)
P. commutatum (local species)
Seeking P. Roseum among others.
I should have seeds of biflorum & the giant this fall on my list. I also
have plenty of biflorum seedlings ( second year) on hand right now in the
holding area.
The Disporums we can cover in another message at a later time. It is
raining outside and i am not willing to go outside and check them right
now. I keep ordering these wholesale for the nursery and always receive
Uvularias.
Speaking of, I carry 3 species of the Uvularias and they are quite lovely
in the garden. I have grandiflora planted with Virginia Bluebells,
Trilliums and Bloodroot intersperced with Gentiana saponaria for fall color
along with Cimicifuga. Sessifolia is with the Plum Iris for foliage effect.

Streptopus I finally found wholesale for the first time this year and the
roots froze somewhere in shipment. All rotted in the pots. I will try again
this fall or next spring. Also want them for my garden.
False solomon's Seal also grows wild around here. Lovely beneath my Dogwood
surrounded by hostas, ferns, Tricyrtis, wood geraniums. The big boy you
found sounds quite interesting.
Perhaps we can do some kind of trade on the Disporopsis peryni is you like
anything I have. There would not be 3 around there in pots somewhere would
there?
        more another time. Mail order is almost over for me here and I can feel
the urge to get out into my garden for some weeding and hopefully a lot of
planting this spring. Also a large construction project in the garden.
purchased my first piece of original stone sculpture last fall and want to
get that settled in and planted. hope you are having fun....   Gene
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> From: Diana Reeck <dianar@TELEPORT.COM>
> To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
> Subject: Re: [SG] Disporopsis and relatives
> Date: Friday, May 15, 1998 10:15 AM
>
> Hi Gene,
>
> We have been growing Disporopsis pernyi for about 5 years in the garden,
> and have been selling it for the last two. It is trouble free, evergreen,
> glossy, a great shade plant, and quite rare in this country, but slow
> growing and slow to propagate. As you, we also collect Polygonatum and
> Disporum. I like this whole group of plants very much. I would also put
> Uvularia anbd Streptopus in this group. I would be interested to know
what
> you have in your collection. And what species grow wild in your area? We
> have Disporum smithii and D. hookeri v. oregana in the Pacific Northwest.
> We have made some really good selections of these over the years. I have
> always thought that they should be used more commonly in the shade
garden.
> We have no native Polygonatum, although we do have Smilacina racemosa,
> (False Solomon Seal) and I have heard that the form we have on the West
> coast is much more robust and larger than the East coast forms. I found
one
> particular specimen last year with extra large leaves, double thick stems
> and flowers clusters to 10", when the normal form around here has flowers
> clusters more commonly about 4" long. Might be a tetraploid. There are
lots
> of selections to be made.
>
> The cutest Polygonatum I have seen is P. hookeri, from China, about 4"
> tall, with bright pink upfacing flowers in the leaf axils.
>
> Diana
>
>
> >Diana, do you have any personal experience with the Disporopsis? Do you
> >have a source for this plant? I have been seeing the name pop up here
and
> >there for a year now and I am interested as I collect both Polygonatums
and
> >Disporums. Thanks.
> >        Gene Bush     Southern Indiana    Zone 6a     Munchkin Nursery
> >          around the woods - around the world
>
>
>
>
> Diana Reeck/Bill Janssen
> Collector's Nursery
> 16804 NE 102nd Ave., Battle Ground, WA 98604 USA
> http://www.collectorsnursery.com
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