Dear Gurucharan ji: hundreds of hosta varieties???? How do I get some... Usha di
===== On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]>wrote: > Plenty in Kashmir Ushadi > > > -- > Dr. Gurcharan Singh > Retired Associate Professor > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089 > http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ > > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Ushadi micromini < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hosta is a popular bedding plant in thewe NE states, since it come >> back year after year >> every spring and tolerate and even thrives under heavy blanket of >> snow, ice and icy rain... >> >> hundred would bloom below my balcony... >> but had no smell.... >> so am pleasantly surprised to know of at least one Hosta that has >> fragrant flowers... >> >> MY QUESTION: IS THIS HOYA AVAILABLE IN INDIA AS A GARDEN PLANT... >> will it do well in the tropical CALCUTTA ??? >> >> does any one know???/ >> >> >> thanks >> Usha di >> ====== >> >> On Jul 22, 9:10 am, Gurcharan Singh <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Nabha ji >> > Perhaps you may be right. Perhaps these fact to help further >> > >> > H. plantaginea flowers in August-October (hence known as August lily), >> > whereas H. sieboldiana flowers in May-June >> > H. plantaginea is highly fragrant, whereas other species are not so >> > H. sieboldiana has leaves with glossy waxy coating that gives bluish >> tinge , >> > not in H. plantaginea >> > H. plantaginea flowers open in the evening and close by the morning, >> others >> > open during the day. >> > >> > Perhaps other members can give more differences. >> > >> > -- >> > Dr. Gurcharan Singh >> > Retired Associate Professor >> > SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 >> > Res: 932 Anand Kunj, Vikas Puri, New Delhi-110018. >> > Phone: 011-25518297 Mob: 9810359089http://people.du.ac.in/~singhg45/ >> > >> > On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Alok Mahendroo <[email protected] >> >wrote: >> > >> > > Thank you Gurcharan ji and Nalini ji.. >> > > regards >> > > Alok >> > > On Thu, 2011-07-21 at 21:31 +0200, Na Bha wrote: >> > > > Hosta plantaginea? >> > > > Hosta for sure >> > > > Wait for more comments from experts >> > >> > > > Am 21.07.2011 18:21, schrieb Alok Mahendroo: >> > > > > Dear friends, >> > > > > A very fragrant flower from a friends garden.. >> > >> > > > > Location Dalhousie, HP >> > > > > Altitude 2100 mts >> > > > > Habit herb >> > > > > Habitat Garden >> > >> > > > > regards >> > > > > Alok >> > >> > > -- >> > > Himalayan Village Education Trust >> > > Village Khudgot, >> > > P.O. Dalhousie >> > > District Chamba >> > > H.P. 176304, India >> > >> > >www.hivetrust.wordpress.com >> > >www.forwildlife.wordpress.com >> > >> > >http://mushroomobserver.org/observer/observations_by_user?_js=on&_new. >> .. > > > > >
