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Sun, Jul 1, 12 at 0:47
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They are different species. |
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- Posted by cearbhaill Zone 6b Eastern KY (My Page) on Sun, Jul 1, 12 at 6:20
| If I am not mistaken that red one has been reclassified and is now just a different variety Michelia figo var. crassipes, not a different species Michelia crassipes as in the past. Darn taxonomists. |
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| cearbhaill, thank you for the clarification. I don't know if I can change the first post, but let me acknowledge the correction. The two are almost identical though, so it makes sense that they are the same thing. |
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| Michelia was being placed under Magnolia by 1988, various authors have adopted this since. |
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| bboy, do you plant both side by side? |
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| I was talking about the botanical classification. |
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