RE: Spring Break

Yes, I think we need a picture of that....

Andrea H
Beaufort, SC 


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 3/30/2005 3:36:31 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Spring Break
>
> Taking spring break with Ms. Fatma is turning out to be a lot of work.
>
> Today, we took on a large, oft neglected section of the front yard. 
> Ripped out a bunch [seven 42-gallon trash bags] of jungle, re-potted a 
> few things, planted one of those ligustrum patio trees [one we raised 
> ourselves from a cutting, starting, maybe, 4 years ago], and got 
> another tropical fruit tree ready to plant. Have to admit, the tropical 
> fruit tree, raised by us from seed, is an unknown brand--the tag long 
> since gone. Got no idea what it is. Maybe once it's planted, it will 
> fruit, then I'll be able to figure out what it is or get it ID'd.
>
> There is another ligustrum tree in this area that has so grown through 
> the holes in its pot and into the ground, that to move it would be to 
> kill it. So the plan is to cut the pot [3-gallon plastic] off, build a 
> raised planter bed around the ligustrum, and fill in the bed and plant 
> plants [perhaps xmas cactus] around the base of the ligustrum. If you 
> can't beat them....
>
> This is going to be a nice area when it's finished, I think. Lots of 
> shade; in addition to the ligustrum trees and tropical fruit tree, 
> there is a giant bird of paradise, a Jamaican cherry, a silver dollar 
> eucalyptus, an orange jasmine, and a shrubby meyer lemon. Still-small 
> stuff includes a bismarckia palm and a dioon. Flowering shrubs include 
> Turk's caps, allamandas, hibiscus, bougainvillea. There are spots of 
> ferns and caladiums along some of the edges.
>
> The center piece is Ms Fatma's reading room--a hammock nestled between 
> the lemon and the jasmine.
>
> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
>
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