Re: Viburnums experiences please.
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- Subject: Re: Viburnums experiences please.
- From: M* T*
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 18:21:23 -0500
Well, what a relief. I was about ready to pick up the telephone and
call, fearing you had broken a leg or gotten sick....glad to see you
are still alive!
Marge
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Christopher P. Lindsey <lindsey@mallorn.com>
> To: woodyplants@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: Viburnums experiences please.
> Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 3:30 PM
>
> > Which are your favorites and why?
>
> All depends on what i want. For an area where a coarse plant would
work
> and both spring and fall-blooming is appreciated, I really like
> V. x rhytidophylloides 'Willowwood'. 'Alleghany' is nice too, but
is
> less of a clumper and not as floriferous in fall (at least in my
experience).
>
> I also really like V. carlesii 'Compactum' for its fragrance, fall
color,
> and manageable size:
>
> http://www.mallorn.com/pom/Apr98/
>
> There are some others, but I honestly can't remember their names --
will
> have to doublecheck tonight (for some reason V. ichangense sticks
out,
> as does a variegated form of V. lantana).
>
> But what I really wanted to do was let you know about a new online
> resource. This is the product of many years of work between Dr.
Gary
> Kling (who's also on this list), myself, Mark Zampardo at the
College
> of Lake County, and a couple of other people. It has over 800
woody
> plant species and cultivars with nearly 8000 color photographs and
> text descriptions:
>
> http://wp.nres.uiuc.edu/
>
> You need to have Javascript enabled on your browser to navigate
through
> the site, and the images look better if you click on them.
>
> I've been hesitating to announce this because I wanted to put some
serious
> time into the interface beforehand. So think of yourselves as Beta
> testers, and don't share the URL with non-listmembers just yet,
please. :)
>
> Chris
>
>
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