Brunsdonna flowering

Tony Avent tony@plantdelights.com
Fri, 10 Sep 2010 05:30:47 PDT
Allessandro:

Since I purchased the bulb from Holland as x Brunsdonna, I cannot verify the
cross.  It certainly seems to have Amaryllis belladonna as one parent, but
I'm open to other ideas for the second parent.

Tony Avent
Plant Delights Nursery @
Juniper Level Botanic Garden
9241 Sauls Road
Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
email tony@plantdelights.com
website  http://www.plantdelights.com/
phone 919 772-4794
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"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least three
times" - Avent

-----Original Message-----
From: pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:pbs-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]
On Behalf Of alessandro.marinello
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 6:36 PM
To: Pacific Bulb Society
Subject: Re: [pbs] Brunsdonna flowering

Tony
From the form of the flower it seems not to be xBrunsdonna, but I can also 
mistake, you have produced you this crossing?
Alessandro Marinello
Padova Italy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tony Avent" <tony@plantdelights.com>
To: "'Pacific Bulb Society'" <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 12:49 PM
Subject: [pbs] Brunsdonna flowering


> PBSers:
>
>
>
> We had a nice surprise this week when our first ever xBrunsdonna
> flowered.planted in 2005.  I know this isn't big news for West Coast
> gardeners, but with its winter growing foliage, I didn't expect that it
> would ever build up enough energy to flower here, especially after such a
> cold winter.  I like this kind of surprises.
>
> http://www.plantdelights.com/gallery/Misc/?page=2
>
>
>
> Tony Avent
> Plant Delights Nursery @
> Juniper Level Botanic Garden
> 9241 Sauls Road
> Raleigh, North Carolina  27603  USA
> Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F
> Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F
> USDA Hardiness Zone 7b
> email tony@plantdelights.com
> website  http://www.plantdelights.com/
> phone 919 772-4794
> fax  919 772-4752
> "I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least 
> three
> times" - Avent
>
>
>
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