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FESSIA FESSIA Hyacinthaceae (Hyacinth family) / Asparacageae (Asparagus family) |
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| If you like Fessia, please take a look also at Bellevalia, Camassia, Hyacinthoides, Hyacinthus, Muscari and Scilla. | ||||
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Photograph © A.M.D. Hoog |
Fessia
hohenackeri (Fisch. & C.A.Meyer) Speta. This is Scilla hohenackeri,
desirable as ever under a new name. Turns
out that while it looks like a Scilla, it is not that closely related.
Onward. Graceful
racemes of 5-9 reflexed, nodding, lilac-blue florets bloom in April
above narrow, glaucous, 20-cm (8") leaves. Their pollen
is teal blue. Wow. Our plants descend from bulbs collected in NW Iran, at
900 m (3000') in the Talysh Range, by the Bowles
Scholarship Botanical
Expedition (BSBE.559)
in
1963. This is a woodlander. It needs dappled shade and porous, organic soil
that never quite dries out. Height
15-20 cm (6-8"). Zone 5, possibly colder.
Bulb (Fall shipping only).
$8.50 |
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| This page was updated March 20, 2008. | ||||