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RE: [GWL]: Pronunciation & website question

Good morning,

Sandie brought up an interesting topic. Being a self taught gardener I
always wondered if I was pronouncing those long names correctly. Heuchera is
one of the ones I've heard several different ways.

Two years ago I did a lecture in Tennessee where Darryl Apps (formally of
Longwood Gardens) and Diana Grenfel (a garden writer from England) were also
lecturing. I admitted that I was nervous about my pronunciations and Diana
was very kind. She told me that many people say things differently and she
pronounced Heuchera the same way I did. (HEW-ke-ra) When I asked how to say
Clematis, Darryl recited a poem. All I remember is the last line but is was
"but I would be reMISS if I did not call it ClemaTIS."

This past weekend I lectured in Atlanta and fell in love with Sasanqua
camellia's that were in bloom. Does anybody grow them in similar conditions
as we have here on Long Island? I'm in a cold pocket along the spine of the
island, zone 6b with quite a bit of spring freeze and thaw and freeze and
thaw...

One more thing (yes, once the cork is pulled out it's hard to put it back
in), for a year I wrote the Q & A column of a website. I've heard nothing
from them since the early summer when the editor left the company. They
haven't replied to any e-mails and the site hasn't been updated in months.
The strange thing is the link to my home e-mail is still active and I'm
still getting questions. At this point I'm still answering them, especially
ones that don't require serious research. How long would you continue to
answer this mail? Of course I haven't seen a paycheck since June.

Melanie Vassallo, So. Huntington NY (presently cleaning out my hat rack
where all new hats are scheduled to arrive Jan 1st)

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