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mark smyth

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How variable is Muscari pallens?
« on: May 04, 2012, 10:19:45 PM »
Can anyone tell me how variable is Muscari pallens?

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Re: How variable is Muscari pallens?
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2013, 09:44:55 PM »
Are there no opinions on this?
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Re: How variable is Muscari pallens?
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2013, 11:16:56 PM »
See my comment on the AGS website Mark - the paler plants look to be the correct plant. Seed I had from Jim Archibald looks to have been muddled with stronger blue species of the Pseudomuscari group - but it would be interesting to know if pallens is more variable.
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