[pbs] Convallaria
Mark BROWN
brown.mark at wanadoo.fr
Tue Nov 13 02:33:35 EST 2007
I know and grow the rather disappointing Convallaria majalis 'Rosea',I have seen it looking better in some gardens but is not a first class plant.I was refering to the illustrations in the various hortus and herbals of byegone times when speaking of really pink forms.Some were called red! I know of one grower who had yellow forms.
> Message du 12/11/07 21:31
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> Objet : Re: [pbs] Time travel and ancient plants
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> On 12 Nov 07, at 8:32, Mark BROWN wrote:
>
> > How I wish time travel was really available! Imagine... pink
> > convallaria.
>
> Pink convallaria is still very much with us and fairly readily
> available. However, it's something of a disappointment. The plant is
> smaller than the white forms, and the color is a slightly dull, dusty
> rose-pink, not a nice clear pink as you might imagine.
>
> Myself, I'd like to go zipping back to the beginning of the Cambrian
> and watch the critters found in the Burgess shales.
>
> Does anyone know what, if any, proposals have been made to put this
> into a distinct species?
>
>
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> Rodger Whitlock
> Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
> Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate
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