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General Subjects => General Forum => Topic started by: John85 on October 20, 2014, 08:56:02 AM

Title: Geranium X Lilac Ice
Post by: John85 on October 20, 2014, 08:56:02 AM

What is the parentage? wallichianum X ?
Could it be that it is the same as Rozanne:himalayense X wallichianum

Title: Re: Geranium X Lilac Ice
Post by: Maggi Young on October 20, 2014, 09:11:41 AM

I have seen this plant listed as  Geranium wallichianum 'Lilac Ice' - and from what I gather it is simply a "sport" from  'Rozanne' - differing only in flower colour  :-\

Title: Re: Geranium X Lilac Ice
Post by: John85 on October 21, 2014, 08:13:03 AM

It is  definitively not a true wallichianum but a hybrid as it is sterile.
Does somebody knows who found it?

Title: Re: Geranium X Lilac Ice
Post by: Brian Ellis on October 21, 2014, 08:17:13 AM

Quote from: Maggi Young on October 20, 2014, 09:11:41 AM

I have seen this plant listed as  Geranium wallichianum 'Lilac Ice' - and from what I gather it is simply a "sport" from  'Rozanne' - differing only in flower colour  :-\

Yes that's what Tim says too:
http://www.plantpref.co.uk/all-geraniums/geranium-lilac-ice.html (http://www.plantpref.co.uk/all-geraniums/geranium-lilac-ice.html)