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Adrian
Joined: Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:32 pm Posts: 185 Location: Folkestone Kent UK
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Dracunculus canariensis
Hi All Do any amongst you know where I can buy a specimin of Drucunculus canariensis? I can get the ordinary (hardly the right adjective) Dracunculus vulgaris, but trying to find a supplier of the white version is proving to be more difficult than I thought. I was wondering what they would look like growing together, possibly awful, but aparently from reading up, the white one (canariensis), has a sweet smell unlike vulgaris which for those of you that grow it know, smells like rotting meat. I found one nursery that listed it (in America) but that says it is out of stock. I have great faith in all of you here, we all have our favourite specialist nurseries I'm sure Adrian
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Sun Apr 24, 2016 12:21 pm |
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Thuur
Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:57 pm Posts: 301 Location: Stonemountains
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
Ben Candlin had them, he's on this forum (BenC). Might be worth a shot to sent him a PM. http://bencandlin.co.uk
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Sun Apr 24, 2016 12:32 pm |
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Adrian
Joined: Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:32 pm Posts: 185 Location: Folkestone Kent UK
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
Thank you for that Thuur, I hadn't even considered that it might not be hardy in the UK .............DER, I might have second thoughts nowand stick with vulgaris. That's an interesting site you showed me. Thank you.
Adrian
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Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:18 pm |
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Thuur
Joined: Sun Aug 28, 2011 3:57 pm Posts: 301 Location: Stonemountains
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
Lots and lots of other nice bulbs on that site as well. I'm sure you'll find something special for your garden.
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Sun Apr 24, 2016 2:16 pm |
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AlexW
Joined: Wed Jun 16, 2010 7:39 pm Posts: 95 Location: Reading UK
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
I think Nick at PGP has them too. Ben only ships dormant tubers so you'd have to wait till summer I'd imagine - D. canariensis is tender mainly by virtue of being a winter grower.
There is a white flowered variant of D. vulgaris which is indistinguishable to the untrained eye (nose excluded).
I saw one outdoors at the Chelsea Physic Garden showing itself in the Autumn, unfortunately haven't been back to see it in bloom. Obviously not a good test of hardiness in any case as it's usually frost free there.
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Sun Apr 24, 2016 7:03 pm |
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Charles Wychgel
Joined: Fri Nov 02, 2007 10:09 pm Posts: 757 Location: Algarve/Portugal
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
The plants I planted in 2011 viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5685&hilit=dracunculushave spread all over my garden and are now considered a benign weed just like Sparaxis and Geranium madeirense Here a pic from 2013 in front of Livistona chinensis
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Mon Apr 25, 2016 12:03 pm |
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Adrian
Joined: Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:32 pm Posts: 185 Location: Folkestone Kent UK
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
Wow, wow, wow Charles, how fortunate are you!!!! Those specimins look fantastic, now I know I want to try some.
Adrian
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Mon Apr 25, 2016 3:29 pm |
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BenC
Joined: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:23 pm Posts: 298 Location: East Devon, UK
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
Hi Adrian, yes I can supply Dracunculus canariensis later in the year when my plants are dormant. Cheers for the recommendation, Thuur! Dracunculus cananariensis is very easy to grow (as Charles alludes to) but unfortunately they are not hardy for us in the UK. If only I had weeds like this in my garden! They do make excellent conservatory plants and take well to pot culture in a frost free greenhouse. Incidentally, they can take cool temperatures, down to around freezing for short periods, but anything lower kills the leaves. They are winter growers, and although I have tried phasing the tubers to grow at a more convenient time of year, they stubbornly refuse! If you wanted a white flowering Dracunculus for the garden you could try and locate the white flowering form of D.vulgaris. Trouble is, you might need to go to Crete to get it! Whilst the white forms are in cultivation, they are desperately rare. Some great photographs here: http://hillviewrareplants.com.au/rambli ... y-of-crete
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Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:11 pm |
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Nick Macer
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:42 pm Posts: 1284 Location: Gloucestershire, UK
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
Yes indeed, I have these available now
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Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:03 pm |
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Adrian
Joined: Sun Feb 07, 2016 7:32 pm Posts: 185 Location: Folkestone Kent UK
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Re: Dracunculus canariensis
That's great, thanks Ben and Nick
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Tue Apr 26, 2016 6:30 am |
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