Re: shrubs for damp clay/laurel & yaupon

you'll have to let me know how that goes. I've not tried holly cuttings.

Andrea H
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> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 2/20/2005 8:10:18 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] shrubs for damp clay/laurel & yaupon
>
> I don't normally praise Wal-Mart parking lots, but the one near here  
> has yaupon hollies planted throughout. Many times I've contemplated  
> going down there at night with a shovel. Instead I settled for a couple  
> of cuttings [slips]; they've been in one of the cutting boxes for a  
> couple of months now. Still green, but no sign of growth yet.
>
>
> On Sunday, February 20, 2005, at 07:22 AM, A A HODGES wrote:
>
> > Yes Zem, it's one of my favorites too. Grows pretty much anywhere, sun,
> > shade, sand, clay. Here I do have an issue with cottony cushion scale,  
> > but
> > a blast with the hose usually takes care of it. And I know what you  
> > mean by
> > the yaupon meatballs. But I am a sucker for Weeping Yaupon. I had one  
> > that
> > died (from moving it around too much) but left it as the birds like to  
> > lite
> > in it, and planted another at its base. When it gets tall enough I'll  
> > take
> > away the dead one. Jim's right on that. The form is just beautiful,
> > especially when overzealous pruners don't get a hold of it!
> >
> > Andrea H
> > hodgesaa@earthlink.net
> > EarthLink Revolves Around You.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 2/19/2005 7:48:27 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] shrubs for damp clay
> >>
> >> I love that Otto Luyken laurel.  It has a wonderful fragrance, too.  I
> > got
> >> one a few years ago when I snatched out the Yaupon holly 'meatballs'
> > around
> >> my foundation.  So far it has been totally maintenance free making it  
> >> a
> >> great shrub for me.
> >> zem
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "A A HODGES" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2005 7:34 AM
> >> Subject: RE: [CHAT] shrubs for damp clay
> >>
> >>
> >>> Pam, I had that problem here and have found that Dwarf Yaupon Holly  
> >>> can
> >>> take it, as can almost any holly, but my preferred shrub for  
> >>> foundation
> >>> planting is Otto Luyken Laurel (Prunus Laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken')   
> >>> It
> >>> stays small, evergreen, very dark leaves, and blooms twice a year  
> >>> with
> >>> white spikes in spring and fall. Used to be hard to find but now  
> >>> Lowes
> > and
> >>> Home Depot carry it here.
> >>>
> >>> A
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Andrea H
> >>> hodgesaa@earthlink.net
> >>> EarthLink Revolves Around You.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> [Original Message]
> >>>> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>
> >>>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>> Date: 2/19/2005 8:27:49 AM
> >>>> Subject: [CHAT] shrubs for damp clay
> >>>>
> >>>> I know there are plants that like wet feet (bog plants) - but are  
> >>>> there
> >>>> shrubs that can take damp clay? Asking for a friend at work whose  
> >>>> house
> >>>> stands in the lowest area of the property and the clay around the
> >>>> foundation stays damp most of the time. Anything he plants will  
> >>>> have to
> >>>> max out at 4-5 feet. TIA y'all!
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Pam Evans
> >>>> Kemp, TX
> >>>> zone 8A
> >>>>
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