Tecophilaea Cyanocrocus

Peter Taggart petersirises@gmail.com
Sat, 03 Sep 2011 09:37:51 PDT
Ten years ago the price for a Tecophillea corm, in the UK, was £7.00. The
price has been sreadily dropping and last year I saw it on Alpine Garden
Society events Trade stands for £4.00. The plant is becoming more widely
grown and the rarity value is dropping whether or not anyone is
'micropropping' it.
I doubt it is hardy at Zone 7 but it can withstand the corm freezing (I
don't reccomend this)
Peter (UK)

On Sat, Sep 3, 2011 at 4:40 PM, Matt Mattus <mmattus@charter.net> wrote:

> I've been wondering this year why Tecophilaea are more affordable than in
> past years.
>
> This lead me to believe that they someone is micropropagating them now,
> does
> anyone know ?
>
> Also, some mass retailers listed them at hardy to zone 3, which I thought
> was funny.
>
> Matt Mattus
> Worcester, MA
>



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