Re: banana shrub

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• To: g*@hort.net
• Subject: Re: [CHAT] banana shrub
• From: David Franzman d*@pacbell.net
• Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 16:49:31 -0700
• References: 5.2.0.9.2.20030415180342.009f71f0@pop.igc.org 002301c303bd$93dc5aa0$c6968acd@sandy

Smells like a banana ice cream.  I have some of them myself.  I wonder 
if the heat and humidity are getting to them Sally Ann.  They are, I 
believe, a Chinese cloud cover plant could be too hot.

DF

SallyAnn wrote:

>Jim...it is Michelia figo, another common name Magnolia Fuscata--Avg. 15' x
>8'.(..sorry! zone 8 & 9 !) Which may be a problem--as with Dogwood-they grew
>well  in my Jacksonville yard, but not here 30 miles south...and I think the
>soil is sandier here..Have also lost 2 Tea or Sweet Olive..-I think for the
>same reason...but having grown up on the Mississippi coast & N.O. I miss
>them!  The smell is haunting...
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Island Jim <jsinger@igc.org>
>To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 6:04 PM
>Subject: Re: [CHAT] banana shrub
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>>tell me about the banana shrub, sally ann. sounds very interesting.
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>>At 09:04 AM 4/15/03 -0400, you wrote:
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>>>I just returned from the Southern Garden History conference in Atlanta &
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>found
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>>>your package! Thank you!!!
>>>Would you please remind my Pleistocene brain of the name & culture!!!
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>Smelling
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>>>the Banana Shrub again-a favorite from my childhood- seems to have erased
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>my
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>>>short term memory.
>>>SA in SA z9
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