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Re: [SG] catalogs for l999

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> Kristl,
> Maybe you would mention your catalog.  Gardens North supplies seeds for those of us with zone 4 gardens.  I have not had a catalog for a year or two and was thinking of you for this winter's planning.
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> My recollection is that this catalog provides excellent zone information and  personal growing experiences.
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> I have many of your plants as reminders.  There is a biennial rudbeckia from you that has gone native here flowering in the late summer with millions of small black eyed susans.  Did you have a truck parked in the Montreal Botanic this August?  You were parked next to us and that made me think I should have your listings.

Claire:
Thank you very much for mentioning my catalogue. I am in the throes
of pre-catalogue pressure at the moment, but hope to have the 1999
version (with over 1400 rare perennial and woody species) ready in
about 2 weeks and set to mail out by the end of November. Anyone
wishing a copy could e-mail me personally. This year a special Chinese
collection, with lots of rare Clematis, among others.

The Rudbeckia you refer to is Rudbeckia triloba (the three-lobed
Coneflower) an absolutely wonderful, brilliant and extremely
long-flowering  alternative to the very overused (and inferior)
"Goldstrum" cultivars.

I certainly did have a truck at the Montreal Botanic Gardens this
August- and in fact I was there almost every second weekend all spring
and summer. This garden is my favorite personal haunt and primary
escape from the pressures of my own business.  200km from home, but
well worth even the long day trips I sometimes make just to be there
for a few hours. These gardens are like a lover to me; where I always
find pleasure, and as soon as I leave, I am already thinking of when I
can return. Considered by many to be the second greatest botanic
garden in the world (next to Kew). I would urge anyone who is within
driving distance, to visit. In the 3 years I have regularly visited
this garden, I have yet to see it all. Although I spent much of this
season in the arboretum and with the woody collections, the shade
gardens are wonderful and full of treasures. Many species of Primula
are growing happily both there and in the extensive alpine garden.

Kristl
Gardens North Seeds
N. Gower, Ontario Z4
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