Re: weather + kudos

Viburnum cassinoides - Appalachian Tea Tree or Withe Rod
Any -oides catches my attention and I was curious just what this V resembled. One book said Cassine-like; but what's Cassine? There's Cassia and Cassinia, and then I saw Cassine - a genus of 80 evergreen shrubs or trees. I wonder which Cassine your Viburnum resembles. Since they are zone 10, I suppose only Jim would know.

Kitty
neIN, Zone 5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 10:15 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] weather + kudos


Nothing here... same old story - rain north, south, and east of us,
but not a drop here. (Not that I want the storms St. Louis and
Chicago are having, but wet would be nice.) So I'm dragging the hose
around today. Heat index may be as high as 115. They say there may be
a cool down on Saturday, but don't give us more than a 40% chance of
rain in the "forecastible" future. (Around here, 40% generally = 0)
Have to pass along my most recent experience with Arborvillage
Nursery in Missouri. I'd ordered a number of shrubs in the spring.
They arrived in good shape, but the small V. cassinoides died less
than a week after planting. I called the nursery and explained the
situation. They said they would replace it, and I added a
'Winterthur' viburnum to the order. The two plants arrived promptly,
but no invoice, so I waited for my credit card statement.
Arborvillage did not charge me - not for shipping, not for the
replacement, not for the additional plant! Now that is customer
service. (I do order from them regularly, but still...)
The second cassinoides did well, but yesterday it was decapitated by
(probably) a rabbit.... sigh....  Guess I'll do a different native
viburnum for my fall order.

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jul 20, 2006, at 9:04 AM, Donna wrote:


I have been involved with 2 twisters and 1 microburst already in my
life... not looking forward to any more :(

I know the signs, know the sounds, so I am luckier than most....

Doubt any will hit here unless a new system comes thru... you and
Kitty
(and maybe others?) are the ones that front might cause damage too...


Still raining buckets here. Nope, no basement, lotsa windows in my
office, but I could high tail it to the warehouse in back- cinder
block
building.


Donna

----- Original Message ----
From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan <wmorgan972@ameritech.net>
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:32:28 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] weather


Keep an ear to the radio, Donna.  Some twisters give very little
notice.
Does your building have a nice basement for refuge or at least a few
interior rooms without glass?

Blessings,
Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net]
On Behalf
Of Donna
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 8:31 AM
To: gardenchat list
Subject: [CHAT] weather

raining here today.... wish I could share with those who need it,
we all
need it, but why buckets worth? Do we really need that light show
to go
with? Street infront of work is once again flooded. sigh.


Anyways, as I was driving into work, the sky is really scary....
reminds me
of a twister forming. Not established enough here, but those to the
south- southeast... watch it... stay safe...


Hopefully if it does form, it will touch down in some remote field.

Donna

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