Re: interesting sqample

Happy Birthday Betsy!

Well, adult ivies are cool.  I remember the first time I ever saw one
- in the UK - had no idea what on earth it was.  Now I have my own
way up in trees:-)

I managed to strike a cutting of a branch once and have a small adult
ivy shrub which seems to be hanging in there tho' it has not bloomed.
 They are as hardy as the cultivar they came from - will be evergreen
unless it's too cold where you are and they defoliate.  Flower
clusters are quite neat, really.  I've seen pix of some that were
really striking but never that kind in person.  The leaf form is what
throws you as it changes totally when the plants mature.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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> From: Betsy Kelson <bkelson@ix.netcom.com>
> 
> HI Everyone!!
>     I've been lurking for way too long. 1857 messages that go back
to when
> time began.
>     Tomorrow is my birthday and a customer at the garden center
brought me a
> treat. An adult form of Hedera helix that was growing at his
son-in-laws
> house. Very cool. I had no idea what I was looking at when he
brought it
> into the shop. Lustrous green leaves with a little variegation,
reputed to
> be evergreen by the customer. The sample had an inflorence of about
5
> clusters of dead flowers that bloomed white. I found a great
picture in
> Dirr's picture book of trees and shrubs and a drawing of both forms
in the
> monster Dirr book.
> 
> Had to share because I have never seen one...only heard about it in
lectures
> in college..
> 
> Betsy
> Evergreen, CO

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