Re: interesting sqample

How long to maturity?

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Kitty 
neIN, Zone5

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> 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 
> > 
> > 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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