Re: Petunias
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  • Subject: Re: Petunias
  • From: J* B* <j*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 14:45:25 -0500
Wow...isn't strange how things stick with you forever?  Certain smells
make me sick too, Wintergreen and Spearmint do that to me.


On 3/31/10, Daryl <dp2413@comcast.net> wrote:
> Do you have a state Market Bulletin? If not, check out Georgia's (quick,
> before they shut it down). There are usually ads for old-timey Petunias and
> other plants. http://www.agr.state.ga.us/mbads/
>
> I absolutely can't stand Petunia smell, but that's because when I was 5, my
> mother lost half her foot to a lawn mower accident, so deadheading her
> Petunias became my responsibility. The stink and the stickiness and the heat
> were something that I've never been able to overcome. I forgave 'Purple
> Wave' because it cleans itself, but it's still pretty stinko to me.
>
> d
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jesse Bell" <justjess01@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 2:49 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Petunias
>
>
> >
> > Can anybody recommend an old fashioned, heirloom petunia? And where to
> > find them or the seeds?  I love the smell of them, but they all seem
> > to be hybrids now and that takes away some of the scent.  I love the
> > LOOK of the "wave" petunias, and have grown them, but they can't beat
> > the original fragrance.
> >
> > --
> > Jesse R. Bell
> >
> >
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Jesse R. Bell

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