[pbs] Eucomis hybrids?
Mary Sue Ittner
msittner at mcn.org
Sat Dec 16 14:17:34 EST 2006
Dear Terry,
One of the presentations at the IBSA symposium in South Africa in August
was given by Robyn MacKenzie. She is hybridizing Eucomis. I found her
presentation quite interesting as she talked about what she was trying to
breed for and the steps along the way. I don't know if she's to the stage
of selling anything, much less importing it. It was one of those talks that
although I enjoyed it I didn't try to remember a lot about since I have
very poor results with Eucomis in general in my dry summer garden. Or maybe
I don't have enough heat. Regardless, I have leaves, but only occasionally
flowers. I found a listing for her nursery on Google (she wasn't listed
with an address in our delegates list.) There is no email address listed,
but you could try writing to her to see if any of the plants she was
hybridizing have made it into cultivation and out of South Africa.
Shosholoza Nursery, Box 63, Mooi River 3300, South Africa (033) 343 2830
Mary Sue
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