RE: Winter gardens

Get to feeling better Theresa!  Hopefully the beer will help you sleep
peacefully.

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On Behalf
Of Theresa
Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 11:37 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Winter gardens

Yeah- a cold doesn't count.  I missed the earlier shot bc I was on 
antibiotics then.  They don't really care about a head cold,and the flu 
going around this year is NASTY.  So- went and got my shot.  Arm feels a 
bit better today, must be healing bc it is starting to get ichy.

Theresa
P.S.  I hope this makes sense because I had a new microbrew beer with 
dinner and only after feeling rather fuzzy did I look at the alcohol 
content- what beer has 11% alcohol I ask you?  Good thing I'm in for the 
night.


Donna wrote:

>I thought you had to be healthy to get a flu shot?
>hum... hope your cold gets better!
>
>Donna
>
>
>--- Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>  
>
>>And my bulbs are coming up!  Yeah- spring is
>>coming!! (I know that isn't 
>>true for many of you yet, but I wanted to give you
>>all hope).
>>
>>Theresa
>>Sitting at home all day with a head cold and a sore
>>arm from getting a 
>>flu shot yesterday.
>>
>>Cathy Carpenter wrote:
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>>>Gosh, every season has something to see. The
>>>      
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>>Japanese garden has  
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>>>spectacular azaleas and rhododendrons in the
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>>spring, and there are  
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>>>the spring ephemerals in the woodland areas. Summer
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>>has the  
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>>>spectacular tropical waterlilies in the outdoor
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>>ponds. Fall has the  
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>>>Japanese Festival over Labor Day, and the leaf
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>>color. Pay a visit to  
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>>>their website. It's not the greatest, but could
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>>give you an idea of  
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>>>what goes on month to month. Also would probably
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>>mention when the  
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>>>various local plant societies have their sales
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>>there. I have been to  
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>>>the orchid one and the daylily one (both purely by
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>>chance) and both  
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>>>were excellent. Would be up for a rendezvous as
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>>well.
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>>>Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>
>>>On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:11 PM, Donna wrote:
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>>> 
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>>>>I actually have never been there.... maybe this
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>>summer. If someone  
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>>>>else is
>>>>planning on going there, maybe we can schedule a
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>>group date?
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>>>>What time of the year would you say has the most
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>>to see and offer?
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>>>>Donna
>>>>
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>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>[o*@hort.net] On
>>    
>>
>>>>>Behalf Of Cathy Carpenter
>>>>>Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 3:04 PM
>>>>>To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>>Subject: Re: [CHAT] Winter gardens
>>>>>
>>>>>Missouri Botanical Garden is an excellent choice,
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>and not a bad drive
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>>>>>from where you live, especially if you get an
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>>early start. Even in
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>>>>>the dead of winter, you have the Linnaean House,
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>>>>>
>>the oldest
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>>>>>continually operating greenhouse in the US, with
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>>>>>
>>its Camellia
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>>>>>collection, which should be in bloom. Also, there
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>>>>>
>>is the Climatron, a
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>>>>>geodesic dome filled with tropical plants, and
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>>>>>
>>the temperate house,
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>>>>>filled with plants from the world's temperate
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>>>>>
>>regions. The Kemper
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>>>>>Center for Home Gardening has a building devoted
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>>>>>
>>to house plants and
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>>>>>a nice cacti display. (Of course, if you go
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>>>>>
>>during the outdoor
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>>>>>growing season, they have 8 acres devoted to
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>>residential landscaping
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>>>>>- including a modest garden railroad. Depending
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>>on the weather, you
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>>>>>could even roam outdoors - there is beauty there
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>>in every season. If
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>>>>>you plan a visit  in Spring, Summer, or Fall,
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>>consider driving
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>>>>>further west and take advantage of the Arboretum
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>>>>>
>>(now, I think,
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>>>>>called the Nature Center). It is located in Gray
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>>>>>
>>Summit, MO, west of
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>>>>>St Louis, off I-44. Has a wonderful garden
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>>featuring native plants in
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>>>>>the home landscape, and plenty of native prairie,
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>>woodland and
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>>>>>wetland space to explore.
>>>>>
>>>>>Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>>>>>
>>>>>On Jan 4, 2006, at 8:41 AM, pdickson wrote:
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>>>>>          
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>>>>>>Andrea,
>>>>>>When I lived in Missouri I would go to St. Louis
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>>to the Missouri
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>>>>>>Botanical Gardens.  I remember they had a
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>>conservatory that was
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>>>>>>filled with Camellias. It was a beautiful place
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>>to walk in the
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>>>>>>winter too.  Here is a list of what is in Bloom
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>>in February. http://
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>>>>>>www.mobot.org/MOBOT/bloom/2004/2004-02-20d.html
>>>>>>Oklahoma City has an indoor Conservatory
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>>downtown.  It is
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>>>>>>interesting but mostly tropicals.  I love to go
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>>there in the winter
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>>>>>>but it is much too hot and humid in the summer. 
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>>I think you can
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>>>>>>look both of these up online. Myriad Botanical
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>>Gardens in OKC in
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>>>>>>the official name.
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>>http://www.myriadgardens.com/index.html
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>>>>>>I love to go to a good nursery in the winter to
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>>see winter color.
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>>>>>>Tricia
>>>>>>zone 6b
>>>>>>western Ok
>>>>>>       
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>>>>>>            
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>>>>>>>--- Andrea Hodges wrote:
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>>>>>>>>Speaking of which, does anyone know (and I'm
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>>>>>>>>
>>sure
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>>>>>>>>someone does) are the
>>>>>>>>botanical gardens or arboretums in Chicago or
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>>>>>>>>
>>St
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>>>>>>>>Louis something you can
>>>>>>>>visit in the winter, or is it strictly a
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>>>>>>>>
>>summer
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>>>>>>>>thing? I am DYING to go
>>>>>>>>to a real arboretum.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Who can make it to one of those? Or another?
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>>>>>>>>
>>any
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>>>>>>>>suggestions? I can only ride so far still, but
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>>>>>>>>
>>I
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>>>>>>>>definitely need a winter trip!
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Jesse, how far am I from you?
>>>>>>>>A
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