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Title: Bulb Log 49
Post by: johnw on December 12, 2010, 11:41:02 PM

Ian - I was surprised to see that you grow a Mutisia and how happy it appears to be in Aberdeen.  Do you know which species it is?  Is it fully evergreen? Which are the hardiest species and are they as shy at producing viable seed as Chilaeflora suggests?

I think I tried sprouting one of them in the past without success.

johnw

Title: Re: Bulb Log 49
Post by: Ian Y on December 13, 2010, 11:23:18 AM

John
We grow just one Mutisia it is an oligidon hybrid that came originally from Colonel and Brenda Anderson who were pioneers of introducing the South American flora to their Perthshire garden.
It is ever green and fully hardy for us over - it grows so vigorously that I have to take the hedge shears to it in the late winter early spring.
It does set some viable seed and we find the odd self sown seedling but I suspect as with a lot of daisies a lot of the seed it produces in not fertile.
I will have a look and see if there are any seeds still on the plants - I have also rooted it from cuttings.