[pbs] Trillium rivale 'Del Norte'
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totototo at telus.net
Fri Apr 6 12:38:35 EDT 2007
On 5 Apr 07, at 18:35, JFlintoff at aol.com wrote:
> Trillium rivale 'Purple Heart ' was found by Boyd Kline and has
> the
> largest flowers of any rivale that I've encountered. Unfortunately
> many are the poor impostors that have been grown from seed which in no
> way look like the wonderful original.
>
> T rivale ' Del Norte' was also named by Boyd Kline or his former
> business partner Lawrence Crocker of the Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery.
> It was a particularly robust pink form that multiplied rapidly. I
> believe it only had a few madder colored spots on the corolla unlike
> 'Purple Heart'.
"Particularly robust"
That's the distinguishing characteristic, at least so it appears to
my small mind. Sounds like 'Del Norte' is the right name for the
robust monster I have.
The seedlings don't come true, btw. Some are pink, others white,
others white w. red speckles. But they all share in the robust
character. I wonder if Crocker & Kline applied the name 'Del Norte'
to seedlings as well as the original plant, or just divisions.
Anybody know?
--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
on beautiful Vancouver Island
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