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Posted by achnatherum z4 Ontario (My Page) on Sat, May 16, 09 at 9:22
| I am excited!!! Finally after many years of mucking about with a perennial plant firm a sport, from one of my Panicum 'Heavy Metal' plants, is going to be introduced as a new named cultivar. YIPEEEE!!! They tell me that it should be available at nurseries within the next couple of weeks. (may only be available in Canada at first ??)
The Panicum is going to be called 'Blood Brothers'. It has the same stiff upright form of 'Heavy Metal' but 1/3 to 1/2 of the leaf is a deep blood red. The rest of the leaf is the same steel-blue of 'Heavy Metal'
If you see it in a nursery I would love to hear about it!
Fingers crossed that it will do well
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RE: New Panicum
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- Posted by donn_ 7a, GSB, LI, NY (My Page) on
Sat, May 16, 09 at 11:16
| Mazeltov! I was just reading about it on perennials.com, and for some reason didn't connect your name. I want one, or three! Hey grass_guy...how 'bout it? |
RE: New Panicum
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| Congratulations: that's fantastic! I'll be looking for it. |
RE: New Panicum
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| Congratulations! If I see it, I will tell you where I am planting because I am sure to be buying it :) It is gorgeous! Chris |
RE: New Panicum
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Thanks for that Chris - I will be happy to hear when it finally hits the nurseries. Of course a lot of the grasses don't get into 'selling condition' quite as fast as other perennials. I can give you one hint - look for it in a blue pot .....
It has taken such a long time to get the plant to this point - I won't believe it is being marketed until one of you actually sees it out there.
Holding my breath.... :o)
Achnatherum |
RE: New Panicum
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| Any chance of it getting over to the UK ? |
RE: New Panicum - UK?
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bluespruce,
Good question - I will certainly ask for you...
I did take a piece to a friend in ireland a number of years ago. I wanted her to trial it for me. Unfortunately, she has since sold the garden & nursery so I don't know what happened to the grass. A. |
RE: New Panicum
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| How would you say it differs from 'Ruby Ribbons'? |
RE: New Panicum
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| Good question Steve - I haven't seen Ruby ribbons 'in the flesh' so, I couldn't tell you. I will certainly look out for it in the local nurseries & check it out myself. I'm sure the growers grew a comparison plant of ruby ribbons while they were evaluating Blood Brother's. I'll have to ask them what they thought.... A. |
RE: New Panicum
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| I'm pretty sure that I saw it at a nursery in the Guelph-Kitchener area a couple of days ago. The name caught my atttention, when I saw your post. I was at three diferent nurseries that day, so I can't say for sure where I saw it. |
RE: New Panicum
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I've had a few reports off the forum that Blood Brothers has indeed arrived in nurseries in Ontario anyway. That's a beginning!
Steve, they are growing ruby ribbons & b. brother side by side (since last summer) & will have a better idea of how they compare by the end of this summer.
Blue Spruce - re: available in the UK - they say that might be a possibility but it won't happen this year.
Thanks to all for your kind comments!
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RE: New Panicum - progress
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I've had a few reports off the forum that Blood Brothers has indeed arrived in nurseries in Ontario anyway. That's a beginning!
Steve, they are growing ruby ribbons & b. brother side by side (since last summer) & will have a better idea of how they compare by the end of this summer.
Blue Spruce - re: available in the UK - they say that might be a possibility but it won't happen this year.
Thanks to all for your kind comments!
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RE: New Panicum
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| Hi, I just happened to be browsing on perennials.com and I found this grass when searching through their listings under "Panicum". See link. It looks like a really nice grass! I have "Shenandoah" and "Rostelbrasch" (sp?) and Blood Brothers looks like it has more pronounced color. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Panicum virgatum ‘Blood Brothers’
RE: New Panicum
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| Blue Pot....hmmmmm....is that Valleybrook? |
RE: New Panicum
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goblugal,
Hmmmmmmmm....... Yup :o)
A. |
RE: New Panicum
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| Congrats - nice operation to get involved with. We sell them tons of seed prop perennials every year. |
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