[pbs] Peruvian Daffodils/Ismene/Hymenocallis
J.E. Shields
jshields at indy.net
Tue Feb 5 08:54:56 EST 2008
Hi all,
Hymenocallis and Ismene flowers come only in white and yellow, although a
few have a lot of green in the tepals (petals + sepals).
Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)
At 08:11 PM 2/4/2008 -0800, you wrote:
>Another gardener asked me last week if I had ever seen any Peruvian
>Daffodils (Hymenocallis) sold or grown in any colors other than White or
>Yellow. Simply because he asked, I thought maybe he knew something I
>didn't... .so I went to one of my favorite bulb suppliers and asked the
>same question; they haven't seen anything in say Pink or Red. Before I
>sign off on this, possibly someone would please confirm that this is the
>right answer? Because if this group hasn't grown or studied it, it
>probably does not exist.
>
> Catherine T., New York
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