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Diane Whitehead

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Namesake plants- a digression
« on: February 16, 2015, 03:15:11 AM »
edit by maggi to explain new thread.....

In the South African Bulbs 2015 thread, SJW posted this pic of Massonia ( Whiteheadii) bifolia


to which Diane replied ......... .............


If it weren't my namesake plant, I wouldn't bother growing it.

It stays in flower for a very long time - I didn't take note of exactly when mine first
flowered, but it was before Christmas, and is still looking the same.
« Last Edit: February 16, 2015, 01:47:02 PM by Maggi Young »
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Diane Whitehead        Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2015, 01:11:48 PM »
Quote from: Diane Whitehead on February 16, 2015, 03:15:11 AM
If it weren't my namesake plant, I wouldn't bother growing it.

Harsh but fair!

I have a choice of either a legume (Polhillia waltersii) or a bacterium (Legionella waltersii)...  ;D
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2015, 01:16:48 PM »
Carpenteria californica for me! And it grows well here.
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2015, 01:28:21 PM »
I hit the money with Crocus mathewi!  ;D
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2015, 01:35:14 PM »
I don't know if the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer has an interest in plants but if he has then the obvious horticultural gift for him would be Bolax gummifera!
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2015, 01:39:46 PM »
Who would you give Epimedium x youngianum to?  ;) It's cultivar 'Niveum' is a wonderful plant.
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2015, 01:40:35 PM »
Quote from: Matt T on February 16, 2015, 01:28:21 PM
I hit the money with Crocus mathewi!  ;D
  You really did!
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2015, 01:42:32 PM »
Quote from: Matt T on February 16, 2015, 01:39:46 PM
Who would you give Epimedium x youngianum to?  ;) It's cultivar 'Niveum' is a wonderful plant.

Referring back to SJW's post .... if we received it, we'd have to give a receipt......  ::) ;D
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2015, 01:55:43 PM »
Diane - Don't feel bad I got Weigela, a shrub I despise. :(  Well middendorfiana might be tolerable.

Yesterday we nearly washed away and now the vast puddles are frozen.

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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #9 on: February 16, 2015, 02:13:22 PM »
Having seen pictures of it I'd love to grow Scilla leepii (S leepii) but have never been able to obtain it!
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #10 on: February 16, 2015, 03:07:13 PM »
Quote from: Darren on February 16, 2015, 02:13:22 PM
Having seen pictures of it I'd love to grow Scilla leepii (S leepii) but have never been able to obtain it!

Both Jānis and Paul Christian appear to list it.
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #11 on: February 16, 2015, 03:23:20 PM »
Quote from: Darren on February 16, 2015, 02:13:22 PM
Having seen pictures of it I'd love to grow Scilla leepii (S leepii) but have never been able to obtain it!

Darren - if you allow synonyms you could always grow some of the restios!
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #12 on: February 16, 2015, 06:08:57 PM »
I would go for Galanthus 'Daviden' but only because I'm possibly the only person in the World who doesn't have a Snaedreep named after them :P  It doesn't matter which one though.
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #13 on: February 16, 2015, 10:08:18 PM »
I keep scanning the seed lists for Lewisia maguirei but I've never seen it.

Come to think of it, I've never seen a picture either. It's proably a scruffy little thing like its namesake.  ;)
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Re: Namesake plants- a digression
« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2015, 10:24:45 PM »
You're usually pretty dapper when I see you, Peter!

Found a pic for you here - here is the photo from that page,  by Margaret Williams

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