Re: beautyberry

And, mine was from a local nursery that goes its own natives.

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


> [Original Message]
> From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 11/9/2006 8:32:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] beautyberry
>
> Mine's growing in clay (black gumbo) here.  It's alive, despite 21 months
of
> drought, but it has looked better.
>
> On 11/9/06, TeichFlora@aol.com <TeichFlora@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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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> Pam Evans
> Kemp TX
> zone 8A
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