RE: Birth announcement
- To: "'perennials@mallorn.com'"
- Subject: RE: Birth announcement
- From: S* S*
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 1999 08:42:01 -0700
Congratulations! So I guess we send "pink" gifts as she's female? ;-P
Susan Saxton, zone 6b
For mine is a little old-fashioned garden where the flowers come
together to praise the Lord and teach all who look upon them to do
likewise.
Celia Thaxter
I AM in shape. ROUND is a shape!
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> From: moorman@teamzeon.com [m*@teamzeon.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 5:40 AM
> To: perennials@mallorn.com
> Subject: Birth announcement
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> Betty Moorman@ZEON
> 08/19/99 08:40 AM
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> I am pleased to announce the birth of one stalk of tuberose
> blossoms. Her
> name is Polly (as in Polianthes tuberosa) and she is
> beautiful. I've been
> hoping she may have some cousins to play with soon but no sign yet of
> stalks from the other bulbs in the pot. Those of you who
> have been on this
> list a while may remember that I polled the membership at the
> end of last
> year's growing season for advice on why they did not bloom
> last year. The
> consensus was that they did not get enough heat in the
> ground. So this
> year I started them in a clay pot indoors in early spring. When last
> frost was past I set them out in the warmest place accessible
> and watched
> them grow. No doubt this year's extreme heat has helped a
> lot. The stalk
> has been in bud for a long time (literally weeks) but just
> started opening
> around the end of last week.
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> My thanks to all who offered advice and encouragement. This
> meant a lot to
> me and I feel really triumphant that the mother bulb has
> presented us with
> at least one offspring.
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