Re: that time of year
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  • Subject: Re: that time of year
  • From: C* J* <a*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2022 11:21:27 -0700

You can buy saguaros at specialty nurseries. They ain't cheap! And if you really want to spend big bucks you can find big ones that got dug up because they were in the way of developments etc, there are companies that do that. I hear the big ones are in the 5 figures but most of them will survive. So they say, anyway.
The saddest thing I've seen here is the ones that got burnt during the fires in 2020.  I saw ones that had fallen over but still bloomed last year. So tough the plant didn't know it was dead yet.

Cyndi in AZ

On Mon, Jan 24, 2022 at 11:03 AM Catharine Carpenter <1*@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:
WOW! I am so impressed. Still am adjusting to desert life. Put bougainvillea against the back wall, and at my husband's insistence, a lime tree. Will see if they survive. Also transplanted cacti and succulents I have kept alive in pots for 15-20 years in IL.
In the spring I start on the front with more desert plants, including saguaros. (Tricky, because they are a protected species.)
Cathy
On 01/22/2022 5:17 PM Kitty Morrissy <1*@rewrite.hort.net> wrote:


Its that time of year again!  I always tell myself I wont order  that much but then , well, you know

What are you all looking at / for ?

My list:

Allium neriniflorum    
Aruncus dioicus ‘Zweiweltenkind’       
Aruncus x ‘Guinea-Fowl’
Caryopteris Beyond Midnight    
Centaurium scilloides  
Chelonopsis yagiharana 
Cimicifuga japonica 'Hillside Splashdance'     
Dracocephalum argunense ‘Fuji Blue’    
Echium amoenum 
Elsholtzia stauntonii  
Epilobium angustifolium
Glaucidium palmatum    
Hakonechloa macra ‘Nicolas’    
Heliopsis Bleeding hearts      
Iris sibirica 'Sky Mirror'     
Lathyrus aureus
Liatris spicata
Lobelia Starship™ Deep Rose    
Monarda bradburiana    
Omphalodes cappadocica 'Starry Eyes'   
Ostrowskia magnifica   
Paeonia caucasica #53  
Paradisea lusitanica   
Penstemon Dark Towers  
Phuopsis stylosa       
Roscoea purpurea       
Scopolia carniolica 'Zwanenburg'       
Sisyrinchium striatum  
Talinum calycinum      
Tellima grandiflora ‘Forest Frost’     
Tellima grandiflora ‘Purpurteppich’    
Verbascum chaixii ‘Sixteen Candles’    

Kitty  



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