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Unusual Erythrina

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July 1, 200916 yr

This is blooming for me for the first time-the white flowered variety of Erythrina crista-galli

david

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July 1, 200916 yr

Solid white!!. That is too cool. I have the red, but would love a seed or anything from this one.

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July 1, 200916 yr

Very nice white one!!!

Do you have pink flowered one too? I think it is E. amazonica..

Regards, Ari

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

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July 1, 200916 yr

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Yes, I have a few E. amazonica but haven't bloomed for me yet.

david

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July 3, 200916 yr

Nice! Did you grow from seed or buy as a plant? Have a source?

Keep an eye out for borers, or it will go bye-bye quickly...

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

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15 years later...

September 19, 20241 yr

First blooms on this Erythrina 'Blakei' I got earlier in the year. I plan to remove my Erythrina 'Camdeni' to make more room in my garden.

From online articles:

The two different cultivars resulted from two separate crossings of Erythrina herbacea L. (female) with Erythrina crista-galli L. (male):

Erythrina × bidwillii Lindl. 'Camdeni' (tree)
Erythrina × bidwillii Lindl. 'Blakei' (shrub)
Although the flowers of both cultivars are similar, the form of the plants is different — one is a small tree, while the other is a shrub.

Erythrina × bidwillii 'Camdeni' tends to follow its Erythrina crista-galli parent in forming a small tree, while Erythrina × bidwillii 'Blakei' follows the Erythrina herbacea parent in being a low-growing shrub, dying back to a rootstock each year.

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1 year later...

Yesterday at 07:46 PM1 day

This year one Anna's hummingbird has decided to tap the nectar in these flowers. Last year none of them did. Once I planted it out, this has been a very floriferous hybrid for me in my NorCal garden.

From Wikipedia: "Erythrina × bidwillii 'Blakei' follows the Erythrina herbacea parent in being a low-growing shrub, dying back to a rootstock each year."