- First described
- 2012
- Type
- individual clone historic hybrid name
Origin
Old hybrid name (1880s+) for S. purpurea × S. leucophylla. Not a cultivar — a hybrid binomial. Mike's individual is from CalCarn, with 'Skywatcher' tag per sunbelle.
History
- 2012-06-24 — Mike's intro post
- 2014-08-09 — Mike's update with his own outdoor-grown piece
- 2014-08-11 — sunbelle clarifies it's not a cultivar/clone, just a hybrid name; Mike's plant tag is 'Skywatcher'
- 2014-08-11 — rhizomatous raises the question of whether all cultivated x umlauftiana plants are the same individual
Standout traits
- Wide white shovel-like hood
- Outdoor color
- Spectacular even though Adrian Slack reportedly dismissed it
Photos
Five Mike-source photos imported, 2012-2014.
Standout traits
- Wide white shovel-like hood — visually consistent across most x umlauftiana plants in cultivation
- Adrian Slack reportedly didn't think it merited cultivar status (per Mike, post #1)
- Mike: 'I still think this hybrid is spectacular!'
- Color holds up well outdoors (Mike, post #1) — not greenhouse-dependent
- Possible rhizomatous's hypothesis (post #4): same individual being passed around as 'x umlauftiana', or one of a few old plants
Cultivation
Outdoor Northern California. Mike has a piece of CalCarn's plant; not specifically Mike-bred.
Photos (5)
Naming
S. x umlauftiana = the formal binomial for S. purpurea × S. leucophylla hybrids. sunbelle (post #3, 2014): "S. umlauftiana is not a cultivar or clone, it's a hybrid name from the old days." Mike's individual carries the 'Skywatcher' tag (sunbelle, post #6).