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CLARKIA CLARKIA, FAREWELL-TO-SPRING Onagraceae (Evening primrose family) |
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Photograph © Paige Woodward |
Clarkia
concinna
(Fisch. & C.A. Mey.) Greene. Red ribbons. This beautiful
spring annual native to California shares a niche in our garden with Clarkia
pulchella (below). Here you see it with another California
treasure, Tritileia ixioides 'Starlight.' Height 10-20 cm (4-8"). Zone
6, perhaps colder.
Pot (10 cm / 4"). In Canada C$5.00; elsewhere US$4.50. |
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Photograph © Pat Woodward |
Clarkia pulchella
Pursh. Elk-horns
Clarkia. As May approaches, we check every morning: Are the Clarkias
up? Their 3-lobed "elk horn" petals of fireweed-pink delight us.
This is an annual we would not be without. We find the simplest thing is
to establish a plant or two and let them seed around. Native
east of the Cascade Range from southern British Columbia to Oregon
and east to Idaho and Montana. Our plants descend from seeds collected in
the Columbia River Gorge. Height 12-30 cm (5-12"). Zone 5.
Not available this season. |
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