[pbs] Ipheion 'Jessie'
Ron Vanderhoff
rvanderhoff at sbcglobal.net
Fri Sep 7 23:24:54 EDT 2007
All of the Ipheion's do well in southern California - almost too well. I have grown 'Jessie' for two years in a container and it has multiplied from nine bulbs to 130 in that time.
In my opinion it has better foliage that is a bit broader than the other "blue" selections like 'Rolf Fiedler', 'Wisley Blue' and 'Froyle Mill'. It is closest to 'Rolf Fiedler', but with a deeper blue flower, although the petals do not overlap as much.
Highly recommended.
Ron Vanderhoff
Southern California
Tony Avent <tony at plantdelights.com> wrote:
Jim:
Ipheion 'Jessie' has been out for year here in the garden and came
through the winter fine.
Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603 USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
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Jane McGary wrote:
> Jim Waddick asked about this new cultivar.
>
> One bulb given me by Wim de Goede 3 years ago increased very well, and I
> offered it as a "bonus" on orders this year. I cannot sell it because it is
> under Grower's Rights in the Netherlands.
>
> 'Jessie' is indeed a remarkable color, a real gentian blue, very like the
> color of Commelina dianthifolia. It is a small plant, about half the size
> of the Ipheion uniflorum cultivars more widely grown. It was selected by
> Tony Hall of Kew and named for his late sister, Jessie.
>
> I don't know how cold-hardy this plant is, since I grow it in an unheated
> frame where the temperature never goes below about 20 degrees F. However,
> it is really pretty.
>
> Jane McGary
> Northwestern Oregon, USA
>
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