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Lathyrus matucana
I don't remember who recommended this (Charlie?) but I'm greatly in their
debt. It's absolutely gorgeous. The stems are very short, so I put them into tiny vases right up to their necks but the scent is the best I've ever encountered and I really love the colour. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Lathyrus matucana
In article , Sacha
writes I don't remember who recommended this (Charlie?) but I'm greatly in their debt. It's absolutely gorgeous. The stems are very short, so I put them into tiny vases right up to their necks but the scent is the best I've ever encountered and I really love the colour. I have grown them for years Sacha, they are the original sweet peas In believe. The best for scent! Janet -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Lathyrus matucana
Janet Tweedy writes
In article , Sacha writes I don't remember who recommended this (Charlie?) but I'm greatly in their debt. It's absolutely gorgeous. The stems are very short, so I put them into tiny vases right up to their necks but the scent is the best I've ever encountered and I really love the colour. Tony, probably. He recommended them to me I have grown them for years Sacha, they are the original sweet peas In believe. The best for scent! Don't know whether 'the original', but they are a very early variety (despite the species-sounding name they are a variety not a separate species) -- Kay |
Lathyrus matucana
On 18/7/07 19:20, in article , "K"
wrote: Janet Tweedy writes In article , Sacha writes I don't remember who recommended this (Charlie?) but I'm greatly in their debt. It's absolutely gorgeous. The stems are very short, so I put them into tiny vases right up to their necks but the scent is the best I've ever encountered and I really love the colour. Tony, probably. He recommended them to me I have grown them for years Sacha, they are the original sweet peas In believe. The best for scent! Don't know whether 'the original', but they are a very early variety (despite the species-sounding name they are a variety not a separate species) The legend that they came into the country with the Romans is a charming one but several sources query it. I don't really care. I'm saving seed at the end of the flowering season for ourselves and for Cormaic. He and Mrs Taz saw it here a while ago and he used to have it but lost it, so I've promised to try to keep them some seed. It will certainly be interesting to see if they come 'true'. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Lathyrus matucana
In article , Sacha
writes The legend that they came into the country with the Romans is a charming one but several sources query it. I don't really care. I'm saving seed at the end of the flowering season for ourselves and for Cormaic. He and Mrs Taz saw it here a while ago and he used to have it but lost it, so I've promised to try to keep them some seed. It will certainly be interesting to see if they come 'true'. Its really easy to get seed Sacha and if you grow others can you be sure that it will come true? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Lathyrus matucana
On 19/7/07 12:54, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote: In article , Sacha writes The legend that they came into the country with the Romans is a charming one but several sources query it. I don't really care. I'm saving seed at the end of the flowering season for ourselves and for Cormaic. He and Mrs Taz saw it here a while ago and he used to have it but lost it, so I've promised to try to keep them some seed. It will certainly be interesting to see if they come 'true'. Its really easy to get seed Sacha and if you grow others can you be sure that it will come true? No but I'd like to try it. ;-) Cormaic seems to have kept seeds of his in the past so I'll check with him. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
Lathyrus matucana
In article , Sacha
writes Its really easy to get seed Sacha and if you grow others can you be sure that it will come true? No but I'd like to try it. ;-) Cormaic seems to have kept seeds of his in the past so I'll check with him. Didn't he say it was the only one he grew? All I was worrying about was that you might be growing several so cross pollination would be likely. -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
Lathyrus matucana
On 19/7/07 16:55, in article , "Janet Tweedy"
wrote: In article , Sacha writes Its really easy to get seed Sacha and if you grow others can you be sure that it will come true? No but I'd like to try it. ;-) Cormaic seems to have kept seeds of his in the past so I'll check with him. Didn't he say it was the only one he grew? All I was worrying about was that you might be growing several so cross pollination would be likely. Got you. No, we're growing one other this year as far as the garden is concerned. All those for sale went out long before the flowering stage. I think the L. matucana can be kept pretty isolated from that one other. -- Sacha http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk (remove weeds from address) 'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.' |
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