More Hanabusaya
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: More Hanabusaya
- From: M* R*
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2000 19:05:50 -0800
- Priority: normal
Greetings,
I tried the above plant from Heronswood this year, and early on
broke off one of its two stems. Sigh. They were about 18" had they
been standing up, and the flowers were light blue ("pewter" says the
catalogue), proportionately narrow - a scant one inch to about 2-
1/2" long, with a long sword-like pistil in the center. Later this
ripened to a 3--pronged tip. Pretty amazing. Foliage was minimal;
hopefully more next year.
On 9 Nov 00, at 7:34, GeneBush wrote:
> Hello Susan,
> Both of these are new to me. I took Hanbabusea in a trade with a gardening
> friend in Sweden. According to him this is a new plant just coming on the
> collector's market from China. I am told it has a bloom shaped like a
> campanula.... in blue. That is about all I know at this time.
(snip)
> Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
> > Gene mentions these plants in his new raised bed:
> >
> > Hanabusea asiatica up front in blue. Ranzana japonica in pink is next
> >
> > These are both new ones on me! I assume that they are partial shade lovers,
> > given the rest of what you're putting in that bed, but please say more....
> >
> > Susan and David in Urbana, Illinois, zone 5b
