Re: Re: Re: Re: gardenia buds!

Fran - if you have Sothern facing micro-climate you might can do it. I
have an amaryllis Jesse sent me that comes back every year because I
planted it on the South side of my white house and right near the dryer
vent.

Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: F M Ferrari
Sent: 5/10/2004 6:11:55 AM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: Re: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!

> Thanks Pam! I know there are always arguements about heat zones, cold
> zones, twilight zones but even at my house, the front and back yards are
> somewhat different! When I finally heard about microclimates, the light
> in my head went off and made more sense to me. As an empirical kinda
> person, I like to experiment all the time. This year I'm experimenting
> with the heucheraa. No wonder my attempts at gardening will never end up
> in a "finished" bed! Fran
> 
> 
> <gardenqueen@academicplanet.com> wrote:Your heat zone is 8, I've got the
> big map here in my cubicle. Yes, working on a Saturday folks - bites.
> 
> 
> Pam Evans
> Kemp, TX
> zone 8A
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: F M Ferrari
> Sent: 5/7/2004 6:59:10 AM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> 
> > Yeah, 7A to be exact. Then I forget my heat zone. Then those winds
> > sweeping down the plains adds to the evaporation - good reason to mulch,
> > mulch, mulch!!! People around here say it's humid but I really don't
> > find it as humid as "back east" or when I lived in Houston or been in
> > New Orleans or Washington DC in August! Fran, OKC
> > 
> > 
> > wrote:Is OKC zone 7?
> > Pam Evans
> > Kemp, TX
> > zone 8A
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: F M Ferrari
> > Sent: 5/5/2004 2:35:48 AM
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > 
> > > Gardenia! Yes a wonderful smell! The other day when I got my facial, she
> > > used gardenia essential oil in my facial massage. I think I must get
> > > one! I wonder how they do in Oklahoma? Fran
> > > 
> > > 
> > > pdickson 
> > wrote:Pam,
> > > When I was in Houston last week my sister had 4 big plants and they were all
> > > starting to bloom... in a couple of days I bet they were covered. I love
> > > gardenias the very most of any scent. We have one that grows in the indoor
> > > pool at the YMCA... I help them with the plants so I get to take a bloom and
> > > put it in my pocket when they are blooming. The smell transports me to a
> > > wonderful place!
> > > Tricia
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: 
> > > To: 
> > > Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 9:44 PM
> > > Subject: [CHAT] gardenia buds!
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > #65279;Well the gardenia has buds on it now! It's a small one (Radicans)
> > > in
> > > > a
> > > > pot, but it has at least ten or twelve buds on it! I'm so excited.
> > > Mother
> > > > had
> > > > one as a houseplant that she started from a cutting in Richmond (where my
> > > > brother
> > > > &I were born) and by the time I was a teenager it totally filled the big
> > > > double
> > > > window in the front of the house. When it was blooming the whole
> > > downstairs
> > > > smelled
> > > > like Heaven. I've wanted one ever since. Splurged on one this March. I
> > > watch
> > > > those
> > > > buds fatten every every day now and it's the first thing I check besides
> > > Sugar
> > > > when
> > > > I get home. This will give my homemade potpourri a whole new dimension, I
> > > > can't
> > > > wait!!
> > > >
> > > > Pam Evans
> > > > Kemp, TX
> > > > zone 8A
> > > >
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