Re: [gardeners] Re: Globe thistle
Bargyla Rateaver (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 26 Jul 2001 20:41:34 +0100
I don't really know anything about varieties--just remember my father called it
plumbago, and I have planted it here too--just to have something really blue. I
can easily imagine there are various cultivars, since it is such an old plant,
cultivated around the whole tropical world.
Dorsett wrote:
> > Barb & Bargyla, plumbago is a perennial here in zone 6
> > with the most WONDERFUL true blue coloration -- no,
> > not sky blue, but rather a strong medium dark saturation.
> > Or perhaps there is more than one cultivar...????
> >
> > Penny, NY
>
> Penny,
>
> What you and I call plumbago is Ceratostigma plumbaginoides and I love it.
>
> But there's a different plumbago that isn't hardy in areas colder than USDA
> zone 8...Cape Plumbago, aka Plumbago auriculata...a bigger plant
> altogether...and that's the plant that will generate the most websearch hits
> if you use 'plumbago' as your search phrase.
> http://azcentral.plantadviser.com/plants/plumauri.htm
>
> Barb in Southern Indiana Zone 5/6 dorsettm@scin.quik.com
> I garden, therefore I weed.
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