Ipheion peregrinans Jessie 10b Panayoti Kelaidis

Panayoti Kelaidis

revealing the glossy purple interior and two "cobra eyes

'Morro dos Conventos' which is the tetraploid form (has double the normal number of chromosomes)

long-tubed

that arrived as an unknown species

Ipheion peregrinans Jessie 10b Panayoti KelaidisIpheion 'Jessie' is yet another splendid form of the easy to grow, Ipheion peregrinans, a rare plant, found on only two hillsides in Uruguay. This cultivar is a Tony Hall (Kew Gardens) introduction that he named for his late sister, Jessie. Ipheion 'Jessie' has intensely deep blue flowers, which are even more intense that its parent, Ipheion 'Rolf Fiedler'. The summer deciduous clumps multiply quickly, with short green leaves that re emerge in fall.