Re:Contents of Daffnet digest: Reg. the Filoli flowers, N. rugulosis seems correct. I wonder if Van Scion seeds itself? I find it coming up in places where it was not planted. I have one clump that always has the full cup and no petals extra, it is alway’s yellow with no green. It is interesting to me that it is such a hardy flower. No apparent disease and very vigorous. We need to learn more about these old flowers that last. I have had so many modern hybrids that did not stay around although they did not have any apparent disease. I have a huge row of N. x odorus, bulbs packed in and pushing out of the ground, probably 50 years old. I have a row of what I thought was butter and eggs, it is a creamy double with orange interspersed petals. I have never heard of Van Scion referred to as butter and eggs. These old cultivars are facinating.
Nancy R. Wilson
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Nancy, I think Van Sion probably does seed itself sometimes. Certainly it is possible to get fertile pollen from it and I have a few nice little doubles from it when crossed with N. asturiensis. I hope they will have inherited some of the staying power of their father. Brian