Re: shopping

I've heard those Burkwoods are wonderfully fragrant.  I don't think
they hold up to heat and drought as well as arrowoods and blackhaws do
though.  Lord knows we can't do lilacs here, as I recall they are
somewhat overwhelming.  Been many years since I've been North.


On 5/7/05, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center
<4042N15@nationalhearing.com> wrote:
> My Burkwood vibe is in full bloom and, to me, is the most fragrant vibe I
> know and love.  V. carleisii is nothing next to it.  However, with the
> screaming fragrance of all these lilacs, I have to actually stick my nose in
> the burkwood to decipher its perfume.  Seriously, I was watching tv last
> night with windows open and the lilacs were overpowering.
> 
> Kitty.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Pam Evans" <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, May 07, 2005 7:52 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] shopping
> 
> > They're a real deep blue, pretty, like dark sapphires.  I'm always
> > delighted when the birds leave me a few to admire.  Small one started
> > blooming yesterday, big one should very soon.  Blasted Winterthur
> > viburnum and the blackhaw still haven't bloomed yet.   Can't imagine
> > why.  They're gorgeous and healthy otherwise.  The blackhaw has grown
> > about 18" since March.
> >
> > On 5/6/05, Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
> > > Good thought...I think I know a place that does have V. dentatum...I
> > > was trying for variety, so shied away from another viburnum, but can't
> > > get too picky (obviously!). Blue berries sound interesting...
> > > Cathy
> > > On Friday, May 6, 2005, at 12:37 PM, Pam Evans wrote:
> > >
> > > > Arrowood viburnums (V. dentatum I think) are native and do very nicely
> > > > in our heat.  I've got a regular one and a dwarf version ('Blue
> > > > Muffin' or something like that).  They reliably bloom and fruit every
> > > > year too.  Pretty blue berries for my birdies.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 5/6/05, Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> wrote:
> > > >> I made "the rounds" yesterday, mostly looking for native shrubs for
> > > >> the
> > > >> mixed shrub border I'm creating. Not much success - around here, most
> > > >> places carry the usual mix of spirea and non native viburnum.
> Couldn't
> > > >> even find a Hamamelis vernalis!
> > > >> Did pick up a Viburnum trilobum, 2 Hydrangea quercifolia 'Alice', a
> > > >> Fothergilla  gardenii, an Itea virginica, and a Clethra alnifolia
> > > >> 'Hummingbird' (for another location).  Found a Baptisia sphaerocarpa
> > > >> 'Screaming Yellow', that I've wanted for awhile (occasionally our
> > > >> nurseries surprise me), and got some of those new "Kong" coleus to
> put
> > > >> in containers in the shade. Saw some other interesting perennials,
> but
> > > >> ran out of space in the car, so had to leave them for another time.
> > > >> Cathy
> > > >> On Thursday, May 5, 2005, at 05:16 PM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National
> > > >> Hearing Center wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>> The weather seems to have broken [but, yes Bonnie, we will wait
> until
> > > >>> the
> > > >>> 10th to plant ;+)] so I shopped for annuals today for the Display
> > > >>> Gardens.
> > > >>> Rather than chew up all of my day off tomorrow, I made the biggest
> > > >>> stop
> > > >>> today.  12 flats of Coleus, Sweet Alyssum, Begonia semp,  Bacopa
> > > >>> (Sutera),
> > > >>> Verbena, and Portulaca, as well as pots of  Persian Shield, Dracaena
> > > >>> spikes,
> > > >>> Parsley, Salvia, Purple Ftn Grass, and Sempervivum.  Tomorrow I'll
> > > >>> try
> > > >>> a few
> > > >>> other places for what this place didn't have - Tidalwave Petunias,
> > > >>> Fiber
> > > >>> Optic Grass, Cleome, China Aster, Scaevola 'Zig Zag', Fuchsia
> > > >>> 'Firecracker',
> > > >>> Thunbergia, PM Millet.  Everything else I did by mailorder.
> > > >>> And boy, were they busy! Everyone had the same idea of getting a
> jump
> > > >>> start
> > > >>> on the weekend.  And geez, it was hot!  Clear skies and lots of sun.
> > > >>> This
> > > >>> see-saw weather is a pain.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Kitty
> > > >>>
> > >
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> > > > Kemp TX
> > > > zone 8A
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Kemp TX
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