RE: Re: Well, it's wet.....beautyberry......orchids

Orchids...now, I'll sound like Bonnie M....I can't grow them and think them
beautiful...and you have them!!!  If you think the soil is the problem and
you want the beauty berry badly, have you thought about filling a large
hole with special soil to see if the bush could survive that way?  Does
anyone in your area have one successfully growing?  If so, you might check
out the conditions.  A quest for a plant...

Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
Remember:  The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11


> [Original Message]
> From: <TeichFlora@aol.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 11/7/2006 5:36:18 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Re: Well, it's wet.....beautyberry......orchids
>
> Interesting, Bonnie.  Thanks for sharing about your garden.   Sounds
lovely 
> living between the mountains and a lake.  This part of Texas, 
unfortunately is 
> FLAT, FLAT, FLAT.  LOL  We do have lots of water  around though. 
Sometimes 
> too much.
>  
> Doubt the water is the cause.  I had planted the Beautyberry in the 
backyard 
> which I give lots of supplimental water to.  This is where I have  many
of my 
> moisture loving plants.  If anything it might have been too much  
> supplimental water perhaps.  Either that or the soil.  No idea.   Perhaps
one day I'll 
> try again.  Not sure, perhaps in the spring.....we'll  see.
>  
> Went to vote today and stopped at an orchid wholesale nursery  that I 
> recently learned about near here.  Unfortunately I heard it is  going out
of 
> business.  Oh my gosh...good thing they took cash only, or I  might have
truly gone 
> NUTS.  LOL   The man has been in business  for over 30 years.......and
wouldn't 
> you know, I just NOW find out about  it.  Geesh.  Probably a good 
> thing....although I do intend to go back  several more times before he
closes for good.  
> WOO HOO......happy  day.  
>  
> Noreen
> zone 9
> Texas Gulf Coast
>  
> In a message dated 11/7/2006 11:05:56 AM Central Standard Time,  
> gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:
>
> I am  wondering if you create a rain garden to keep moisture more constant
> and  plant there, if it would survive?
>
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