Re: Off to the Garden/mock orange

Even I know his name -- Meriweather Lewis of the Lewis & Clark expedition. :-)
zem
zone 7
West TN
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
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Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange


That is terribly confusing to non-Idahoans, Judy. You are saying they use
the botanical name for the genus of Lilacs as a common name for a Mock
Orange?
And... if they named it after a guy named Lewis, then why isn't it called
Lewis? (or Lewisia to make it even stranger)? Was his name Syringa Lewis?

Kitty
neIN, Z5
----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 4:05 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange


Mock orange. Syringa, Idaho's state flower is Philadelphis lewisii, named
for the explorer who found it here. I noticed this morning that newly

opened

blooms on the single are more fragrant than the older blooms.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kitty" <kmrsy@comcast.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 2:50 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange


> Judy, are you talking about Lilacs (Syringa) or Mock Orange
(Philadelphus)?
> Kitty
> neIN, Z5
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Judy Browning" <judybrowning@lewiston.com>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange
>
>
> > I have 2. One I bought as a "native" syringa. They lied. It is a

lovely

> > double, but not what I wanted at the time so it got chopped, ripped

out

&
> > moved to the far SW corner of my property, full sun. It has never

grown

> tall
> > again, but is getting wider, blooms profusely & smells heavenly. The
other
> > is a local syringa, Philidelphus lewisii, single like the ones in the
> woods
> > and smells even better. Sucker from one in a friend's yard. It is on

the

> > east side full sun most of the day. Wish I could send you some of the
> > perfume. Want to try a cutting?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "pdickson" <pdickson@sbcglobal.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 3:19 AM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden/mock orange
> >
> >
> > > Kitty,
> > > What did you do to get it to bloom?  I have had one about 25 years

ago
> > that
> > > was wonderful... huge, smelled wonderful and bloomed every year. I
have
> > > tried now for 4-5 years to get one to bloom but never have had one
> bloom.
> > I
> > > moved it this last fall and it lived but still no blooms.
> > > I moved it into more sun so I thought that might help.
> > > Tricia
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center"
> > > <4042N15@nationalhearing.com>
> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 1:13 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Off to the Garden
> > >
> > >
> > > > We were supposed to get rain Fri-Sat-Sun, none so far except > > > > Thurs
> > > > overnight. I spent about 6 hrs in the garden yesterday and got a
few
> > > > things
> > > > done. While looking for spaces to tuck things in, lo and behold,
my
> > Mock
> > > > Orange was blooming! No fragrance, but at least it bloomed. > > > > It's
a

> > > > sprawling, leggy thing with little to its credit, so it may still
get
> > > > yanked
> > > > someday.  But after trying for 15 yrs to get a Philadelphus to
flower,
> I
> > > > did
> > > > derive some pleasure from this one blooming in its third year.
> > > >
> > > > Kitty
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <Hollikft@aol.com>
> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2005 10:19 AM
> > > > Subject: [CHAT] Off to the Garden
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> Thanks to Rich's rain dance..  we had a good amount of rain last
> night
> > > >> so
> > > >> weeding will be easier.  Hey anyone want some very invasive
> > BAMBOO!!!??
> > > > Have
> > > >> to go cut some down..  No I wasn't the one who  planted it.. the
> owners
> > > > before
> > > >> me did, and my guess is they knew nothing about  gardening.  ;(
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Holli
> > > >> Long Island, New York
> > > >>
> > >
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