Re: Alberta Spruce & Ilex Meserveae "San Gabriel"

Glad they provided the supplier's name.  That should help.  Let us know what
you find out.

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 10:14 PM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] Alberta Spruce & Ilex Meserveae "San Gabriel"


> Hmmm....  Kitty the tags reads as follows:
>
> LOWES
> Holly - San Gabriel
> Ilex Meserveae
> 231005
>
> Under the barcode and price it reads:
>
> Grown by Clinton Nurseries Westbrook CT 06498
>
> I think I'll have to give them a call at Clinton Nurseries to see which
one
> I have.  That will help me get it place correctly and know how to care for
> it too.
>
> Thanks, Kitty!
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
Behalf
> Of kmrsy@netzero.net
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 11:16 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Alberta Spruce & Ilex Meserveae "San Gabriel"
>
> Bonnie,
> I knew there just had to be something wrong with your Ilex. Ilex x
> meserveae, Blue Holly, cultivars just don't get that big (according to
> UConn, most plants reach a mature height of 8'). I can't find a listing
> for Ilex x meserveae 'San Gabriel', but there is a Ilex aquifolium 'San
> Gabriel', an English Holly. If you really have a Blue Holly, the
> cultivar name is wrong. If you really have 'San Gabriel', then you have
> an English Holly that does indeed get taller, 20-30 feet.
>
>
> Kitty
>
> -- "Bonnie & Bill Morgan" <wmorgan972@ameritech.net> wrote:
> Bill and I needed to pick up a new door knob for one of the interior doors
> that had quit working and a couple of switch plate covers at Lowes.  Of
> course we had to do some "window shopping" as well and came across 18"
> Alberta Spruce with red Mylar pot covers and red bows on the lead branch.
> They were 75% off which came out to $1.84.  Then I saw in a bench above
them
> quart sized pots of Ilex Meserveae 'San Gabriel' for $1.24 decorated with
> artificial red berries.  Because there were only a few and I like spruces
> and I really wanted some holly too, I went ahead and picked them up rather
> than research them first.
>
> When I googled them, it said that the Alberta spruce grow to 30-40' tall
and
> the holly to 25' tall.  Anyone have any experience with either plant to
know
> their habits in zone 5?  It will make a BIG difference as to where they
get
> planted in the spring.
>
> Thanks for your help & information!
>
> Blessings,
> Bonnie
>
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