Cyp columbianum

[JasonG]

Nice twist to the petals. Cyps are just starting here in MD


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[abax]

Do you have this one growing directly in your garden or
potted and then set out? I want desperately to grow a
few Cyps. and this one just might grow outside here if it
does in MD. It's lovely.

 

[monocotman]

Columbianum

Jason,
Nice flower but my first instinct was that it was wrong.
If you google for photos of this natural hybrid they are pretty much all white pouched with a varying depth of brown in the petals.
I think this plant may be something else.
Regards,
David

 

[JasonG]

David you are correct. This is actually Hank Small.


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[JasonG]

I have this out in the garden actually one of the ones not potted up and directly in the ground.


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[abax]

May I ask where you purchased it? How did you prepare
the soil? I have a shade garden of hosta and ferns and
this Hank Small would just fit in nicely for some color.

 

[JasonG]

I bought this one from hillside. The soil mix is some soil perfector (an expanded shale) as a base and then a mix of native soil and sand around the base. At his point it is probably growing roots out I to the native soil which has a good deal of composted leaf matter in it.

 

[abax]

That sound very doable for me. Thank you so much.