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Eremurus × isabellinus

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Eremurus × isabellinus
Eremurus × isabellinus 'Pinokkio'
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asphodelaceae
Subfamily: Asphodeloideae
Genus: Eremurus
Species:
E. × isabellinus
Binomial name
Eremurus × isabellinus
Synonyms
  • Eremurus × shelfordi

Eremurus × isabellinus is a hybrid of garden origin, derived from the crossing of E. stenophyllus with E. olgae. The first crossing was made by Sir Michael Foster at Great Shelford, [2] England, at the end of the 19th century, and replicated in France by the Vilmorin nursery at Verrières-le-Buisson in 1902. The name of the hybrid is derived from the isabelline colour of the original F1 hybrid flowers.[1] The genus is often known by the common names foxtail lily and desert candle.

Description

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Eremurus × isabellinus produces stems 1.5 m high terminating in bottlebrush-like inflorescences in June and July. The narrow strap-like leaves form a mound of bluish green foliage at the base, which begins to die off as the plant flowers.[2]

Cultivation

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Eremurus × isabellinus is fully hardy, and best grown in full sun in a fertile, sandy, well-drained soil; it tolerates alkaline conditions.[2] The hybrid has given rise to around 20 cultivars,[3] assembled into groups defined by origin: Shelfordi and Ruiter are the oldest; more recently, Amand, Highdown, and Erfo.

Selected cultivars

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  • 'Brutus' - pure white
  • 'Cleopatra' - burnt orange
  • 'Emmy Ro' - deep yellow
  • Erfo hybrids - mixed colours
  • 'Image' - bright yellow
  • 'Lemon Meringue' - soft yellow
  • 'Line Dance' - white
  • 'Moneymaker' - deep yellow
  • 'Moonlight' - pale yellow
  • 'Oase' - pale peach
  • 'Obelisk' - white
  • 'Pinokkio' - orange (chrome yellow, in error)
  • 'Rexona' - salmon pink
  • 'Romance' - pale salmon
  • 'Rosalind' - bright pink
  • Ruiter hybrids - mixed colours
  • 'Rumba' - orange
  • Shelford hybrids - mixed colours
  • 'Tap Dance' - yellow
  • 'White Beauty' - clear white

References

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  1. ^ Vilmorin, Philippe. (1905). Eremurus isabellinus Vilm., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 52: 419. 1905. [1]
  2. ^ a b Royal Horticultural Society plants. Eremurus × isabellinus
  3. ^ R V Rogers Nursery catalogue