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  Re: dracunculus hardiness
From: SNALICE at aol.com on 1997.10.23 at 15:01:58(1471)
Now Rand, your Skunk Cabbage inflorescences may stink, but mine don't! Here
on the west coast we have Lysichiton americanum, with a beautiful brilliant
yellow bloom that has the slight scent of a daffodil.....REALLY! It's the
LEAVES that stink! I think the wastern variety is called 'Skunk Cabbage'
because the leaves actually DO smell like Skunk, and 'Cabbage' perhaps
because of the leaf layout. When crushed, they give off a definite 'skunk'
odor. But the baby plants don't stink at all, and I just happen to have some
youngins'......sprouts in fact. I don't know how they would do in IN., but I
can send you some if you would like. Perhaps a bit of eastern AND western
would be nice. It sounds like they pretty much require the same
surroundings.

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