Re: [SG] I'm Baaaack!
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] I'm Baaaack!
- From: j* <j*@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
- Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 19:12:00 -0500
Hi Clyde:
I'm not sure if your "Woodside" is the same as mine. I've found three
variegates under different names on reference webs. None of the names ring a
bell for me, so perhaps mine may be a fourth variegate. As you say, "No
matter the name -- it is very fetching." How right you are!
John Adney
-----Original Message-----
From: Clyde Crockett <CCREDUX@AOL.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Monday, May 17, 1999 5:08 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] I'm Baaaack!
>In a message dated 5/17/1999 3:45:55 PM Central Daylight Time,
>jgadney@EMAIL.MSN.COM writes:
>
><< A star in a partial shade garden is a variegated-leaf (green with
splotches
> of yellow) columbine with deep purple flowers that hang like the blooms of
> the wild columbine. This was planted a year ago this spring and has really
> taken off this year. I found this plant at a nursery in Lincoln, Nebraska
> (the nursery carries quite a few plants that the usual nurseries and
garden
> centers don't. Wish I would have purchased more) I'll collect the seed.
> It'll be interesting to see what develops because this plant is a hybrid.
> Unfortunately, I don't recall the name >>
> Hi John,
>
>Welcome back.
>
>I grow the aquilegia that you mention. It is apparently a tough plant---I
>forgot and left it in a clay pot last fall on our patio. It came back and
is
>now in bloom. The tag said:
>"Woodside Variegated Columbine."
>
>I have checked my books and the only thing I can surmise is that is
PROBABLY
>one of the Vervaeneana Group.
>
>No matter the name----it is very fetching.
>
>Clyde Crockett z5 Indy IN
