Urginea

Cynthia Mueller cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com
Mon, 09 Sep 2013 06:38:23 PDT
Nan, thanks for your comments.  I, too, have only thought of them in terms of rat control.  I'll put aside thoughts of blue flowers.  -Cynthia Mueller

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On Sep 9, 2013, at 8:35 AM, "Nan Sterman" <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com> wrote:

> I've never seen blue fowered Urginea, Cynthia, but I've only seen them grown in California.  It could be that there are blue fowered varieties in their native habitat - though if there were, I would think they would be grown in agriculture for cut flowers as well.  They were brought to the US to be evaluated for use as a rat poison.  The agriculture/horticulture use is incidental….
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> Nan
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> On Sep 9, 2013, at 4:14 AM, Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> Nan, I have always thought Urginea marit. came in both white and blue flowers. I do have blue-flowered Scilla peruviana. -Cynthia Mueller
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>> On Sep 8, 2013, at 5:54 PM, "Nan Sterman" <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com> wrote:
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>>> Are you talking about Scilla peruviana?
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>>> On Sep 8, 2013, at 10:43 AM, Cynthia Mueller <cynthiasbulbs@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>>>> Nan, do you know where a person could purchase a blue-flowered squill?  -Cynthia Mueller
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