Re: interesting sqample

Well Kitty,
        The son-in-laws house is about 30 years old, so I assumed it had
been planted that long ago.

betsy
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Subject: Re: [CHAT] interesting sqample


> How long to maturity?
>
> --
> Kitty
> neIN, Zone5
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
>
> > 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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