RE: update on garden/bottle brush

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• To: <g*@hort.net>
• Subject: RE: [CHAT] update on garden/bottle brush
• From: &* &* <j*@prairieinet.net>
• Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 05:53:53 -0600
• In-reply-to: <199FB9D5-4D8B-11D8-A12A-000A95B94698@igc.org>

There is a hardy variety?!? And the name would be.....

About two years ago seen one of the non-hardy variety and thought it was
lovely.... Of course everything I can't grow here is always thought of
as lovely :(

Donna


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2004 4:01 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] update on garden/bottle brush
> 
> I think we're talking about two different bottlebrushes. I think
> Theresa is talking about Callistemon citrinus; Iowa's way too cold for
> it, Ceres.
> 
> On Thursday, January 22, 2004, at 11:32 PM, Theresa wrote:
> 
> > Mine doesn't have any runners at all. Hmmmm.  I actually never heard
> > this
> > before.
> >
> > Theresa
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]On
> > Behalf Of Cersgarden@aol.com
> > Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 3:23 PM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] update on garden
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 1/21/04 9:35:41 PM, tchessie@comcast.net writes:
> >
> > << Bottlebrush bushes stay a very nice size and grow gradually for
the
> > first
> >
> > couple years.  Then, in the third winter they grow like crazy. >>
> >
> > Theresa, I have always wanted one but feel my garden is not large
> > enough but
> > did plant one in a new landscaping we did a few yrs ago.  They send
out
> > runners as I understand.  Can you try taking runners for a new
plant?
> >     Ceres
> >
> >
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> Island Jim
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> Zone 10
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