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Re: Abutilons

Hi Bobbi,

I've just joined this e-mail forum and couldn't have timed it better!. 
The first message I received was about abutilons which I really love.  I
also have a plumeria which I've have for about 3 years and I _think_
it's going to bloom for the first time (at least I hope it is).

Where in CT are you located?

Bonnie in Newington, CT, USA


Bobbi Novicky wrote:
> 
> Hi Liz and all.....Liz, I always read your letters with pleasure and
> after looking at yours pics, don't believe you have room for even one
> more plant!!
> 
> I too, love Aubitilons.  So graceful.  I just now pruned 4 A. Thompsonii
> to take in for the winter.  I'll keep one and give three lucky friends
> one each.  I train them as standards.  Is that what you do for most
> also?  (i.e. one tall stem, then allowing them to branch out)  I had a
> "A. megapotamicum" last year in a basket, but lost it over the winter.
> The veriegated leaves took my fancy, so I'll have to replace it this
> year.  I haven't come across A. Insigne yet, but if I do, I'll be sure
> to tell you.  My next purchase will be an A. Linda Vista Peach.
> Beautiful peachy color.
> 
> A new plant you might be interested in is a Codiaeum (croton).  It's
> called C. Victoria Gold Bell.  It has a little hanging bell at the end
> of each long veriegated leaf.  I don't know how it's going to make out
> this winter, but it sure is pretty now.
> 
> I LOVE your plan for a greenhouse!!!  Just my kind!!  But I can't afford
> that one either, so I think I'll settle for a lean to type to be put in
> this fall.
> 
> Nice talking to you.......
> Bobbi in sunny but cool Ct., USA........and in case anybody followed my
> dissertation this spring about my plumeria......nope, no blooms this
> year either......beautiful plants tho'......next year I'm going to place
> them on white marble bases to try to increase the intensity of our sun.
> Boy, I hate to have to wait another whole year!!!!!
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