RE: Surry Gardens, weather, corn plant

Chris,
I've never seen a Dracaena in bloom and that's not at all what I would have
expected. Pretty nifty.

Kitty


> [Original Message]
> From: Chris <chris@widom-assoc.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/9/2003 8:45:05 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] Surry Gardens, weather, corn plant
>
> Dear Marge and Theresa, 
>
> Thank you for your comments in regards to my article!  I hope that it is
> well received.  A lot of the content is dedicated to descriptions of
> plants that could be used with daylilies and I'm thinking that daylily
> people may find it too tedious! I added a paragraph about Zone 3 plants,
> so that should appease those from points north. Oh, well, you can't
> please everyone!  The editor of the newsletter approached me after
> reading it, so at least she was interested!  As Marge and others know,
> writing is a lot of work!
>
> As I looked out the window I could see that some of our snow cover is
> melting.  I can see some grass today!  The flower beds seem to hold the
> snow longer and they've got at least 6" still on them!  There's no way I
> can start any clean up yet.  Parts of the yard are flooded.  I've got
> 15' ponds!  It's interesting to note though where water is puddleing and
> where it is high and dry.
>
> I have a Corn Plant, Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana', that's about 8'
> -10' high.  It's been filling the house with the most delicious
> fragrance!  The bloom stalk is about 18" long and so heavy that it broke
> off one of the minor trunks!  I'm going to post some pics if you'd like
> to look.  Those of you in FLA get to enjoy this fragrance outdoors, but
> for us it's a bit of spring in the air!
>
> Photos: http://photos.yahoo.com/chrispnpt
>
>
> Chris
> Long Island, NY
> Zone 7
>
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