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Sep 9, 2011 7:35 PM CST
Name: Rick Corey
Everett WA 98204 (Zone 8a)
Sunset Zone 5. Koppen Csb. Eco 2f
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I have a lot of Lavatera seed collected in 2010 that you would be welcome to - it's a big, sprawling vigorous perennial shrub in Zone 8.

I collected the seed before I thought very hard about these downsides:

- Hirts' Nursery said they were were Lavatera thuringiaca 'Barnsley', even though that does not seem to be a valid name: I think 'Barnsley' is L. x clementii. (I have seen "thuringiaca" used as a synonym for the hybrid, but what's up with that?)

- They aren't white or bi-color or multi-colored like Barnsley: just plain generic pink with some streaking.

- if they were what Hirt called them, like a hybrid that reverted to plain pink 'Rosea' flowers before the first bloom bloomed, they might not come true from seeds.

If you're interested, I'll find it and try a germination test - they aren't supposed to need stratification.

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