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There is never enough time to properly unfold the mystery of a name. I bought this little scrap
of green, perfumed with the promise of the unknown, from Bob Brown at Cotswold Garden Flowers.
I am enjoying all of these small Acis at the moment (I planted 50 bulbs of 'Gravetye Giant' this spring, so I suppose I am enjoying the larger Leucojum as well). I saw this one and knew I had to have it. It is supposed to have flowers up to twice the size of the typical form, but it hasn't flowered here (I'm writing this almost a year after I took the picture) and I still only have leaves for my trouble. I can only find a single picture of the flower online and the scale is difficult to determine. Perhaps the bud looks longer and more slender than my other forms. Presumably this was selected or distributed by the late Ray Cobb, grower of alpines and small bulbs. Flowers at last (2012). They aren't distinct enough to inspire rapturous prose, but I think they are more strongly stained with reddish brown at the base. They aren't any larger as far as I can tell (without resorting to dissection and measurement) but they hang with a weary air making the flower bell look longer and narrower. The Cotswold Garden Flowers label says: "Seems very similar to the ordinary one but the flowers are bigger (maybe twice as big) - which isn't saying a lot. Pretty little beige flushed white bell flowers Aug-Oct, 15cm. Well drained soil. Synonym Leucojum autumnale 'Cobbs Variety'. (Amaryllidaceae)." |
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| 8th October 2010 | ||
