Leptosiphon

Leptosiphon - Pretty Californian annuals. To produce the best results these charming plants must be strongly grown, and robust specimens can only be obtained by thin sowing. In light dry soils early autumn sowing is recommended, sufficiently early to permit the young plants to attain some size before the setting-in of winter. Fair success, however, may be looked for, especially in good soils, where spring sowing will often yield excellent results, while the advantages of autumn sowing are best seen in light sandy soils. Of the numerous kinds in cultivation the best is L. roseus, which is one of the most charming of hardy annuals, forming dense tufts, studded with rosy-carmine flowers. The very pretty L. luteus and its deeper-colored variety aureus are scarcely inferior to L. roseus, which they resemble in habit, though with smaller flowers. The hybrid varieties of these are interesting for the singular variety of shades occurring among them. The larger-flowered species, L. densiflorus and L. androsaceus, should be too well known to need description; both have lilac-purple flowers, and are most attractive annuals, and of both species there are good white varieties deserving of especial recommendation. All natives of California. Polemoniaceae.

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