Re: Re: Re: blackberries/gardenias

Big. Anything that can survive down here gets large. My doublefile
viburnum is finally blooming after 4 years! I'm so excited I can hardly
make myself come in the house! Unfortunately the drizzle lasted 10
minutes, so I've got to finish watering...


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Kitty
Sent: 3/28/2004 12:31:26 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: blackberries/gardenias

> just how big are the yams down there?

> 

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com>

> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:18 PM

> Subject: [CHAT] Re: blackberries/gardenias

> 

> 

> > I hope blackberry vines are better behaved up North.  They run wild here

> too.

> > Well, I did break my oath to never purchase a non-xeriscape plant again.

> > Bought a dwarf gardenia today when I went to McDade's for lemon verbena

> > and lava sand.

> >

> > It's in a large pot so I can control the soil pH and will be on the

> > prowl for whiteflies. Found that sweet myrtle too that Jesse was looking

> > for. Didn't know they got 10' tall. So I made room for it out there

> > along the tree/shrub line. Just about using a shoe horn out there now. I

> > must be bonkers. Had to dig up a four o'clock tuber the size of a yam.

> > Wow. Monstrous thing. Just starting to drizzle now, so my timing was

> > lucky. Good thing too - really overdid it w/ my back this morning.

> >

> >

> >

> > Pam Evans

> > Kemp, TX

> > zone 8A

> > ----- Original Message -----

> > From: Andrea H

> > Sent: 3/27/2004 9:17:00 PM

> > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Buddleia davidii a noxious weed???

> >

> > > talk about noxious weeds! You're actually going to plant a blackberry

> vine

> > > on purpose? Would you like me to send you some? I spend most of my time

> > > battling them to keep them from overrunning everything. I suspect they

> are

> > > actually dewberries but the concept is the same. They are tasty, but oh

> my

> > > aching soul they drive me nuts!

> > >

> > > However, I am sorry to hear about the trellis and the rose. I've been

> > > fortunate not to loose anything to high winds yet, but tornado season

> hasn't

> > > quite arrived either. And then hurricane season starts of course!

> > >

> > >

> > > Andrea H

> > > Beaufort, SC

> > >

> > >

> > > ----- Original Message ----- 

> > > From: "Wendy Swope" <wendyswope@mindspring.com>

> > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>

> > > Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 9:47 AM

> > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Buddleia davidii a noxious weed???

> > >

> > >

> > > > Thanks, Bonnie!  The garden may not be, er, unified, but verdant it

> > > certainly is! <s>

> > > >

> > > > I lost my 10 foot rustic trellis in the front yard to the big

> windstorm

> > > > last week (was it only last week? we had 50 mph gusts, for those of

> you

> > > > who aren't in our neck of the woods!), but the "Alberic Barbier" rose

> > > > that was trained to it may still be salvagable. No roots pulled up. I

> am

> > > > thinking of putting up pea fence and retraining it horizontally into a

> > > > space that has been a grass path between beds, and maybe adding a

> > > > blackberry vine or two to intertwine with it. Another big project! The

> > > > first step will be cutting the rose free of the fallen trellis,

> followed

> > > > by stripping the sod path and putting down landscape barrier and mulch

> > > > where I'm planning to erect the pea fence.

> > > >

> > > >

> > > > Did you lose anything to the wind?

> > > >

> > > > Green Hugs,

> > > >

> > > > Wendy

> > > >

> > > > -----Original Message-----

> > > > From: Bonnie & Bill Morgan <>

> > > > Sent: Mar 23, 2004 11:31 PM

> > > > To: gardenchat@hort.net

> > > > Subject: RE: [CHAT] Buddleia davidii a noxious weed???

> > > >

> > > > Wendy, I happen to like your little corner of the neighborhood.  :>D

> When

> > > I

> > > > think of verdant, I think of your yard, filled with life.

> > > >

> > > > Blessings,

> > > > Bonnie (SW OH - zone 5)

> > > >

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