RE: Bulls horn acacia

Perhaps it was.  I'll probably never know since I can't remember the leaves
or any other detail.  I can tell you I've never been very fond of things
with thorns or spines since having one of its thorns in my foot.  In that
case, I could see where it would get the name Devil's walking stick.  It
sure hurt like the Devil!!!

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of cathy carpenter
Sent: Saturday, April 10, 2004 4:33 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bulls horn acacia

Bonnie, your plant might have been an Aralia spinosa (Hercules 
club/Devil's walking stick). It is hardy to zone 3.
Cathy
On Saturday, April 10, 2004, at 02:09 PM, Bonnie & Bill Morgan wrote:

> Jim, growing up in Indiana, there was a tree in the corner of the lot 
> that
> had thorns just exactly like that!  I have no clue what kind of tree 
> it was,
> but I do remember not going near where it grew because one of those 
> thorns
> in my flesh did not feel good.  One year, we looked out to see a swarm 
> of
> bees completely swamp a large limb.  Dad called a bee keeper in the
> neighborhood who came down to get the bees, but had to cut off limb 
> and all
> to take the bees away.  It was a doubly delicate extrication.  (I was 
> very
> allergic to be stings then.)   Dad cut the tree down not long after 
> that
> fearing it might be a bee magnet and put me in jeopardy.   I can't 
> believe
> it was a tropical because it flourished in zone 5.  I was too young to
> remember leaves or whether there were any blossoms, but I sure remember
> those thorns!
>
> Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On 
> Behalf
> Of James R. Fisher
> Sent: Friday, April 09, 2004 8:01 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bulls horn acacia
>
>> Marge Talt wrote:
>
>>> to relish roses, thorns and all.  Now, that acacia might stop them if
>>> it were hardy.  Before I embarked on my deer fence voyage, I toyed
>>> with the idea of trying to plant a hedge of Poncirus trifoliate
>>> (bitter orange or bitter lime), but realized it was an impossibility,
>>> both for the number of plants I'd need and the fact that they do need
>>> some sun and wouldn't do in the woods.  But, if that stops lions in
>>> zoos, bet it would stop bambi:->
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> That Poncirus is a mean-looking plant. The best image I could quickly
> find was on hortiplex.gardenweb.com and seems to show the plant
> growing as an understory plant/in high shade:
> http://tinyurl.com/yuqj5
> -jrf
> -- 
> Jim Fisher
> Vienna, Virginia USA
> 38.9 N 77.2 W
> USDA Zone 7
> Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 5 F [-15 C]
>
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