Re: Buchus:Adenandra 2 ssp.
- To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Buchus:Adenandra 2 ssp.
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- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 23:31:35 -0700 (PDT)
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>From: Michael Barclay <opga@wenet.net>
>Subject: Re: Buchus:Adenandra 2 ssp.
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> Dear Tom, Tim and Richard, 20 Sept 99
> Here in once sunny California we grew 2 spp. of Adenandra, one was
> uniflora and was gorgeous and bloomed all year in a warm protected
> environment. Can't remember the other spp. but it had pink flowers
> and was gardenia scented and a bit more tender.
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> Come to think of it I haven't seen either at the nursery I used
> to buy them from since the 1990 freeze so perhaps even the
> envelope pushers (Mike Smith) may have given up. According to
> Eliovson in several of her books all these genera are
> grown in frost free areas as common ornamentals. She thinks
> highly of them.
>
> I wouldn't mention BUCHUS in polite company. It sounds very
> much like the Yiddish word for your butt-Tuchus.
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> Cheers!
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> Michael Barclay
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