RE: Birth announcement





Betty Moorman@ZEON
08/19/99 04:26 PM






SSaxton@Schwabe.com on 08/19/99 11:42:01 AM

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Subject:  RE: Birth announcement





Congratulations!  So I guess we send "pink" gifts as she's female? ;-P
/ Interesting you should mention that.  I had a discussion with some fellow
females as to gender in plants.  I think of all my flowers as girls, even
referring to them en masse as "my girls".  It's just so natural to think of
flowers as feminine.  However, one of the ladies who has seen my tuberose
in bud says it has to be a boy because the appearance is so phallic.  Well,
yes, it is but ... it's still a girl to me!  So, yes, pink gifts are in
order.
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!

> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>
> 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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