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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
Can someone tell me if there is a difference between these two
varieties? I've seen them mentioned together and got the impression that they are basically the same. I bought seed for Broken Colors from Park because I had a gift certificate but the picture on Burpee's Kaleidoscope pack looks alot more interesting. The Kaleidoscope picture shows more speckled flowers whereas the Broken colors shows more flowers that are two-tone half and half. If they are indeed different I'd rather grow Kaleidoscope. I don't have enough room for both. Thanks. |
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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
IIRC, the two tone flowers and the speckled flowers grow on the same plant.
I have some pictures on my website somewhere showing this..ah, here it is: http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006/...s/DSCF4908.jpg my bad - I don't think these are the same as these: http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006/...s/DSCF4845.jpg And I think the second pic is the "broken colors". Do they look like the pictures you have seen? "Doug" wrote in message ups.com... Can someone tell me if there is a difference between these two varieties? I've seen them mentioned together and got the impression that they are basically the same. I bought seed for Broken Colors from Park because I had a gift certificate but the picture on Burpee's Kaleidoscope pack looks alot more interesting. The Kaleidoscope picture shows more speckled flowers whereas the Broken colors shows more flowers that are two-tone half and half. If they are indeed different I'd rather grow Kaleidoscope. I don't have enough room for both. Thanks. |
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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
The second picture looks more like the Kaleidoscope pattern but if
there's that much variation from plant to plant or flower to flower then I guess it could be either variety. I'll guess I'll just grow alot of the Broken Color seeds and save the tubers from the plants that have the characteristics that I'm looking for. Thanks. |
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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
"Doug" wrote in message ups.com... Can someone tell me if there is a difference between these two varieties? I've seen them mentioned together and got the impression that they are basically the same. I bought seed for Broken Colors from Park because I had a gift certificate but the picture on Burpee's Kaleidoscope pack looks alot more interesting. The Kaleidoscope picture shows more speckled flowers whereas the Broken colors shows more flowers that are two-tone half and half. If they are indeed different I'd rather grow Kaleidoscope. I don't have enough room for both. Thanks. These plants can get like the weeds. They drop many many seeds and tubers is deep, not so easy to remove them all. We can not dig them all out so this year I will use Roundup on them. They took over iris bed. After years they get to be tall ugly plants with red flowers. |
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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
"JohnS" expounded:
These plants can get like the weeds. They drop many many seeds and tubers is deep, not so easy to remove them all. We can not dig them all out so this year I will use Roundup on them. They took over iris bed. After years they get to be tall ugly plants with red flowers. Depending on your climate only. They are in no way weedy up here. -- Ann, gardening in Zone 6a South of Boston, Massachusetts e-mail address is not checked ****************************** |
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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
"Ann" wrote in message ... "JohnS" expounded: These plants can get like the weeds. They drop many many seeds and tubers is deep, not so easy to remove them all. We can not dig them all out so this year I will use Roundup on them. They took over iris bed. After years they get to be tall ugly plants with red flowers. Depending on your climate only. They are in no way weedy up here. -- They grow back and reseed easily, but they are easy to kill. Just knock it over or pull it out during spring or summer, and it's dead. If they are crowded and/or don't get enough sunlight, then they will grow tall and spindly. if they get good light, they will grow into beautiful flower covered bushes. |
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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
I get maybe one summers groth out of them here in the desert, then even the
seeds die during the cold winter time. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html "Zootal" wrote in message ... "Ann" wrote in message ... "JohnS" expounded: These plants can get like the weeds. They drop many many seeds and tubers is deep, not so easy to remove them all. We can not dig them all out so this year I will use Roundup on them. They took over iris bed. After years they get to be tall ugly plants with red flowers. Depending on your climate only. They are in no way weedy up here. -- They grow back and reseed easily, but they are easy to kill. Just knock it over or pull it out during spring or summer, and it's dead. If they are crowded and/or don't get enough sunlight, then they will grow tall and spindly. if they get good light, they will grow into beautiful flower covered bushes. |
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Four O'Clocks- Broken Colors vs. Kaleidoscope
Where in the desert? I grew them in Las Vegas, and they grew very well, and
reseeded each year as well as grew back from tubers. It's the lack of water, not the heat/cold, that will kill them. "Starlord" wrote in message . .. I get maybe one summers groth out of them here in the desert, then even the seeds die during the cold winter time. -- There are those who believe that life here, began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans, who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans. Some believe that they may yet be brothers of man, who even now fight to survive, somewhere beyond the heavens. The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Sidewalk Astronomy www.sidewalkastronomy.info The Church of Eternity http://home.inreach.com/starlord/church/Eternity.html "Zootal" wrote in message ... "Ann" wrote in message ... "JohnS" expounded: These plants can get like the weeds. They drop many many seeds and tubers is deep, not so easy to remove them all. We can not dig them all out so this year I will use Roundup on them. They took over iris bed. After years they get to be tall ugly plants with red flowers. Depending on your climate only. They are in no way weedy up here. -- They grow back and reseed easily, but they are easy to kill. Just knock it over or pull it out during spring or summer, and it's dead. If they are crowded and/or don't get enough sunlight, then they will grow tall and spindly. if they get good light, they will grow into beautiful flower covered bushes. |
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