Re: Oleander

Godi - how sad.  I would have cried my own self.  I've got some hardy
hibiscus I can take cuttings from once they come up in Spring if you like!

On 2/22/06, MICHAEL HABIB <godihabib@verizon.net> wrote:
>
> Daryl and Bonnie,
> Thanks for your sympathy.
> I'll just leave everything in there and see what, if any will survive.
> There's nothing that can't be replaced. Several hibiscus, some with
> twisted
> trunks that I kept for my neighbor. Lots of Geraniums, fuchsias,
> heliotropes, a large gardenia (I have another in the garage), persian
> shield, mandevilla, a plumeria, brugmansia (I have several that Marge
> sent,
> rooting inside). The only plant that has the leaves intact is the
> abutilon,
> had I known, I might have left it outside. We rarely go down to 17. :  (
> Godi zone 7
> Mt. Vernon, VA
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Daryl" <pulis@mindspring.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Oleander
>
>
> > ohh, ouch! I lost a lot of stuff in the greenhouse one night  in
> December
> > when the temps went down much lower than they were supposed to, so I
> > hadn't
> > turned the heater on.  You have my sympathies.
> >
> > What did you lose? Maybe I can make divisions?
> >
> > d
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "MICHAEL HABIB" <godihabib@verizon.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 2:03 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Oleander
> >
> >
> >> Noreen,
> >> Oleander is not an overused plant in our neck of the wood. Since it's
> not
> >> hardy here, I keep it in the garage and it does fine. I love the salmon
> >> colored blossoms in the summer. It blooms and blooms.
> >> I'm glad that I had transplanted it  to a large container, one that
> >> doesn't fit through the green house door, otherwise I would have lost
> it
> >> as I did all the plants in the greenhouse. On the coldest night this
> >> winter, 17 degrees, the heater didn't kick in. I could have cried.
> >> Godi zone 7
> >> Mt. Vernon, VA
> >
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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