Re: Snaps was Re: [gardeners] Voting Soon?
Rosemary Carlson (gardeners@globalgarden.com)
Thu, 09 Apr 1998 23:23:04
Liz: What zone are you in? I would kill (well, almost) for a camelia!
Rosemary
At 08:12 PM 4/9/98 +0000, you wrote:
>Rosemary Carlson <gardeners@globalgarden.com> wrote:
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>> You mean my local nurseries are *right* about something???? Surely
>> you jest...
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>> Rosemary
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>That's okay, one of the nurseries here was selling some rhodies for
>$50 - $75 a plant that will die in our east of the Cascades winter.
>Speaking of which, now I remember what I've been wanting to tell yall
>-- there's a lady one block over from me who has a 6 year old
>*camelia* growing on the north side of her house. I kid you not!
>That sucker is blooming right now! I saw it last week and didn't
>believe my eyes so I took her a basket of forsythia stems and chatted
>her up about that camelia. She doesn't do anything but throw some
>straw around the base for winter protection. I almost cried when I
>saw it -- Grandma had one just like it.
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