Re: lime loving plants


I'll check some Hill Country sites maybe??  Don't they have limestone bluffs and stuff down there?
Yeah - I know - I need to get out more....

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: TeichFlora@aol.com
Reply-To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date:  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 09:15:44 EST

>Marge, actually East Texas is much more acidic, being the piney woods area, 
>etc. than what Pam is talking about.  She'd be better off looking at lists of 
>plants that do well in Austin, Central Tx, which is well known for being almost 
>completely situated on limestone.  I'm more east of where Pam is, but still 
>not east enough to grow plants that grow in East Tx.
>Noreen
>zone 9
>Texas Gulf Coast
>
>In a message dated 2/10/2004 10:35:38 PM Central Standard Time, 
>gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>Well, Pam, considering that my soil is on the acid side, I'm no real
>authority on plants for alkaline soil, but a bit of a search lists
>the following (several of which do just fine in my garden as well), 
>plus I found a web site for native east Texas plants (or plants that
>do well in E. TX):  http://snipurl.com/4f90
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX/zone 8A



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