I'm looking for Clark's Early Heavently Blue seeds
I want to try the " EARLY " part of this name.
On ebay they named as CEHB seeds but is it true ??
Somebody is member of this club ?
The Flower and Herbs Exchange Thelma can help me !
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9901E1DA113DF930A1575BC0A96E958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1
Dany
Try joining yourself, Dany? http://www.seedsavers.org/Items.aspx?hierId=16
I remember speaking to Thelma (with whom I had traded over a course of 'several' years ) when that article appeared in the paper...we enjoyed some long talks aside from trading MG's...her health at that time was on the wane...
Thelma was a very open and beautiful person who shared freely from her extensive experience and has since passed on...
I had mentioned the F&HE previously
veteran MG lady in the Flower and Herb Exchange
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/72396/
Royal Robe came out of a Burgundy
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=3268901
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/67056/
double purple
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=2732607
The identity of some of the types mentioned in that article are:
Robe - Ipomoea nil
Carnaby Red - Ipomoea purpurea w large white throat
Grandpa Ott - Ipomoea purpurea
Christensen Factory (a Glass factory in Ohio) - Ipomoea purpurea light blue
Brazilian Orange - Ipomoea coccinea (not really 'Brazilian')
Texas Pink drought-tolerant with soft pink blossoms accented by a magenta eye - Ipomoea cordatotriloba
There are some errors in quotation marks from the article:
"But that was the extent of its employment until 1931, when a Colorado gardener by the name of Clarke discovered an early-blooming, free-flowering, large-trumpeted, sky blue mutant. It became known as Clarke's Early Heavenly Blue, and it gave rise to all the sky-colored morning glories that have meandered around mailboxes ever since."
There are at least several different species that can have a 'sky blue' corolla although the Old Fashioned "Heavenly Blue was actually a light blue, then Mr.Clarke selected out of the original light blue an Early Blooming strain...the early blooming strain was still the original light blue,but the majority of what is available today as the Early type have been crossed up with the darker blue and believe it or not the original baby powder blue Heavenly Blue is quite difficult to locate...
The photo here looks closest to what the original Heavenly Blue should look like although it is still a bit too dark,as it should be more of a baby powder blue...
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/136018/
The new improved Heavenly Blue was a darker color blue and the comparison done with the supposed 'summer skies' is being done with the improved darker blue HB and here is the comparison of the very pale HB with a darker version of HB
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/59069/%5D
The darker versions were developed because they were considered to be easier to see from a distance...here are some very dark 'improved' versions
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/20964/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/85926/
"The current resurgence of morning glories, which are annuals..."
Many morning glories are perennials...
"They don't bloom as well in fertile soil, they require no deadheading..."
Morning glories bloom better with phosphorus and in soil that does in fact have optimal nutrition...Japanese show MG's are fertilized with phosphorus and other nutrients...and deadheading can sometimes extend bloom periods...
Hope that helps...
TTY,...
Ron
This message was edited Feb 1, 2009 11:08 AM
Thanks Ron it help
I find a seller in Halifax - I was thinking that if there they can produce seeds it's sure the really Clark's Early type .
Is it possible to know the owner of the last pic you post , with the DG data ?
Dany
