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Miscellaneous => Miscellaneous => Topic started by: David Dickinson on October 21, 2013, 11:20:05 PM
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Just wanted to post a quick thank you to Chantal and all those who send seed to her for the MGS seedbank. I have several new plants on my balcony this year thanks to you all. Here are a couple of photos of just one of them, Pavonia Missionum. Although still small and only in their first year, the 3 plants that I have raised from MGS seed have all flowered for me. More than can be said for my commercially bought Pavonia Hastata. They have grown but no flowers yet. Next year? It was this latter that set me off wanting to grow Pavonias after I saw an example in the English Garden at the Reggia, Caserta www.reggiadicaserta.beniculturali.it/index.php/royal-palace-guide.html
My small balcony produces meagre quantities of seed but I shall be sending some off to the seedbank shortly that I have either collected from my plants or seen growing on plants on visits to parks etc. The more people involved the merrier! :)
Cheers
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No pictures to post but I, too, send my Thanks and congratulations to Chantal for the considerable amount of work she does to conduct our terrific MGS seed exchange. My proud moments have come from successfully raising Acer monspelensis and Phoenix theophrasti. Now won't someone pls send in some seed of the Azarolle?
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One more plant flowering in its first year grown from MGS seeds - Maurandya barclaiana. The flower buds seemed to be about to produce white flowers but they coloured up as they developed to produce these deep violet flowers (photo is bluer than they really are). Thanks again to Chantal and the person who donated the seed :)
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Hi David - am a bit worried that you may not have received my thanks for the seeds that you sent and that arrived safely. Could you verify or not as the case may be?
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Maurandya barclayana, Angel's trumpet, Mexican viper
This climber grew from seed, obtained from THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN SOCIETY seed exchange, and was a colourful sight growing up one of our many Portulacaria afra plants. I am hoping the seeds I harvested will produce more plants this year.
The photo of darker coloured flowers was taken at Sparoza in October, 2017
Maurandya barclayana is mentioned in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 2, Autumn 1996 under its older name of Asarina barclaiana
Read
EASY FLOWERING PLANTS by John Calderwood
where information on how to grow two plants, Maurandya barclayana and Salvia coccinea, is given