Re: FSU Spring Extravaganza

We got a few interesting plants, Noreen. Among them, a very dark, dark red desert rose, an import from Thailand.

The short one found some prostrate rosemary [a gift for a friend; we have a bed of it growing around the base of a ponytail palm].

We got a large pot of living stones [Lithrops] but I don't know which species. The short one took it to school before I could read the label or photograph it. The pot is about 6 inches in diameter and chock-a-block with dime size plants in a wide range of colors, patterns, and textures--and probably species.

We got a few other plants, small ones, but their labels don't seem to agree with Google, so I'll have to do a bit more searching before deciding what I think they are.

On Wednesday, April 14, 2004, at 08:08 AM, TeichFlora@aol.com wrote:

So what did you find of interest??????

Our local Arboretum has a sale more or less like that, it's a must for any
plant enthusiast here in Houston. It's called Mercer March Mart....always in
March for those interested.
They always have plants that nobody else has in various
catagories.....natives, gingers, perennials, ferns, bamboo, vines, daylilies, La. iris, tropicals,
herbs, etc. I think this was the first year they had vegetables too. Got a
tomato called a Florida basket.....grown for hanging baskets, the branches
arch downward. Got one to try, so far it's done well....loaded with tomatoes. I
was told it is not a new variety, but it was something different for me.
I got mostly natives this time, a chain fern I had been looking for, for
years. A bunch of interesting native Asclepias, nice alternative to the usual A.
tuberosa or A. currasavica seen in nurseries. Etc.

This weekend is the Bromeliad society sale, and Jerry's Jungle sale....his
work took him all over the world where he was able to add to his collection of
plants, mostly trading with other collectors from those countries. Now
retired, he has a private sale once or twice a year to sell off divisions, seedlings,
cuttings, etc. It's also a must for those interested in unusual tropicals.
He has at least an acre that he has planted with all these plants from all
over....so it's much like a botanical garden to walk through there.

Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast

In a message dated 4/13/2004 8:57:35 PM Central Standard Time,
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
Belated report for which I apologize, but the spring plant sale at
Florida Southern University was a fun day [Easter Sunday].

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Island Jim
Southwest Florida
Zone 10

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