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Argutifolius/Sternii
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Posted by Richard_Harvey S England GB (My Page) on Fri, Dec 20, 02 at 15:15
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Tim - I have cut and pasted the below from the hellebore folder - please see below !!
These people find this hard to accept because they think of x sternii as usually looking like argutifolius in shape and form but having the leaf markings of lividus. In actual fact x sternii is hugely variable with some plants looking like plain argutifolius, some looking intermediate (these are the most sought after)
I saw a batch of argutifolius today in a (I hate to say it! garden centre!) and one plant stood out (I nearly bought it) because it looked exactly like argutifolius but had a pinkish stem and the leaves slightly silver-green in shade - would this be one of the intermediate plants you state that might be worth buying ? I must admit that the classification is confusing to say the very least!
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RE: Argutifolius/Sternii
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Hello Richard,
It depends if the plant was correctly labelled or not! I've seen argutifolius and x sternii in two of my local garden centres recently (all plants were from the same source) and there were many plants incorrectly labelled. You could make the cross yourself if you have flowering size argutifolius and lividus. Like the parents, x sternii is fairly quick from germination to flower. A year is not unusual. Best Wishes,
Tim |
RE: Argutifolius/Sternii
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| Thanks Tim - I didn't realise flowering would be so swift - any others that flower so quickly ? foetidus perhaps ? - just trying this one for the first time! regards Richard |
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