Re: beautyberry

AH HA!!!!  LOL  That explains things....it was rooted and grew up  adapting 
to the soil and conditions. Perhaps that is the key.  I've always  heard to 
purchase plants that are grown in one's area, because they are already  adapted 
to the area.  Perhaps I'll try that too.  The native plants  that I've 
purchased have always originally come from a grower in the Pineywoods  area north of 
Houston.....very acidic, very sandy soils, and much cooler  climate.  
 
Thanks for letting me know about this. We have very clay soil with definite  
limestone...not as bad as Austin/San Antonio area, but the eastern edge of  
that. Beautyberry are supposed to be native to much of Texas not just the  far 
east.  So this gives me hope...perhaps if I get a cutting of one that  is 
growing further west, or from a grower in or around SA.  
Thanks Jim.
Noreen
zone 9
Texas Gulf Coast
 
In a message dated 11/8/2006 11:02:24 PM Central Standard Time,  
gardenchat-owner@hort.net writes:

Ms Fatma  spied the purple berries in the 
roadside scrub. We always carry pruning  [purloining] shears in our 
vehicles. So I stopped and we took several  cuttings. They rooted 
easily.

Never had the soil tested. It's sand  over limestone with several 
millennia of pine needles rotting on top of  it, which is why it's 
called Florida black  sand.

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