Re: Wanting winter interest plants

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• Subject: Re: Wanting winter interest plants
• From: "* M* E* <d*@whidbey.com>
• Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 04:51:56 -0800
• References: <199712011529.JAA05999@lorien.mallorn.com> <34835AA7.19D8@ns.sympatico.ca> <3483973E.FD7@olympus.net>

Hi Diana,
I would be very interested in this Robina - and I would love an excuse
to
come get it as I live on Whidbey Island and you should be just a ferry
away -
Is it still available and how much?

Dominique

Diana L. Politika wrote:

> Margaret E. Millard wrote:
> >
> > Christopher P. Lindsey wrote:
> >  sounds like most people have already identified it as Corylus
> avellana
> > > 'Contorta', or Harry Lauder's Walking Stick.
> > >
> > > If you're interested in other contorted plants, there's also Fagus
> sylvatica
> > > 'Tortuosa', an incredible European beech cultivar believed to have
> been
> > > mutated by a radioactive meteor many centuries ago.  They're found
>
> > > in a line through Denmark, Champagne, and Le Cosquer in Brittany.
> > >
> > > Another possibility are the Salix matsuduna cultivars: 'Snake' and
>
> > > 'Tortuosa'.  Both are essentially the same, but 'Snake' is more
> canker
> > > resistant and has more contortions.  It is extremely fast-growing.
>
> > >
> > > Chris
> >
> > Chris, thanks for that info...I will indeed looking for more
> > "contorts"as the garden evolves.
>
> I've got another winter suggestion. This one that has finally lost
> its'
> leaves so I can see the structure.
> Robinia psuedoacacia 'Twisty Baby'.  It's a locust that only grows 6-8
>
> feet tall and the  stems are pronounced zig-zags.  I've got 2 left and
>
> don't mind a bit.
> The leaves were very rolled all season and it generated alot of
> interest.  A nice plant, but one I haven't seen anywhere else.  I
> can't
> even find it in a book.  I beleive it is a new plant, and it is
> patented.
>
> The Greenhouse Nursery
> 81 S. Bagley Creek Road & Hwy 101
> Port Angeles, WA  98362
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