Re: interesting sqample

Hi Marge,
    Since you have been successful with a cutting...how small/large is your
shrub? I asked the customer to bring me a few more cuttings so I can try a
shrub form. This plant has been evergreen for a few years, and Denver has
not had a deep cold spell for quite a while. I remember when I lived in
Southern Indiana, and a deep -36 went through the area. The english ivies
took a terrible hit and the vinca minor wasn't damaged at all.

Betsy
evergreen co 8:00am 20 degrees and sunny


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Talt" <mtalt@clubhouse-designs.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 12:39 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] 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
> mtalt@hort.net
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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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