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Subject: Re: A. triphyyllum 'Black Jack'
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Which reminds me, a couple years ago I got three plants of A. triphyllum
stewardsonii and planted them in my "wet bed" (irrigation runs three time=s
per week, May through September).

All three are up this year, weeds to the contrary not withstanding.....,
and one of them is in bloom.  Note that the various other forms of A
triphyllum I have finished flowering a few weeks ago.

So I'm pretty happy with my A. triphyllum stewardsonii.  I got it because
it is diploid (2n=28), and I didn't already have it.  Maybe someday I'l=l
try to hybridize with it.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)


At 02:36 PM 6/7/2006 -0500, Adam wrote:
>Well, I spent the big, big  bucks for only one plant of Black Jack and I='m
>simply assuming that it has the genetic capability for Zone 5, because
>other forms of A. triphyllum go into Zone 2.  I do this because I'm a ri=sk
>taker, because the darker forms of a number of plants are hardier than t=he
>lighter forms, and because I want it badly.  I will bend a knee toward
>Mother Nature and plant it closer to the house where it might get  more
>heat from the foundation and radiation from the basement.   But I
>anticipate moving it in only a few years.

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Jim Shields             USDA Zone 5             Shields Gardens, Ltd.
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