Thanks, Jim. I have a 5 gallon that is about an inch wide. There a lot
of variations and some of the forms look like crabapples. Chickasaw and
Flatwoods Plum grow in our eco-region and I like them. Small understory
trees are really nice. I've grown fond of them and have planted many for
clients this year. I've planted 5 Ilex decidua (Possomhaw),
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/o.../Ilexdecidu24=
68.jpg,
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/o...lexdecidua.htm
this year for clients and one for myself. I've tried Blanco Crabapple
(Rosaceae Malus ioensis var. texana) but its for the hill country around
Austin, TX. It doesn't like our heavy clay.
I can see
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/o...angustifolia.=
htm
being confused with some of the haws.
Besides Redbay (Persea borbonia), Sassafras (Sassafras albidum),
Carolina Buckthorn (Rhamnus caroliniana), Rusty Blackhaw Viburnum
(Viburnum rufidulum), Possomhaw Viburnum (Viburnum nudum) and
Farkleberry (Vaccinium arboreum ), I have planted a Dahoon Holly (ilex
cassine), Texas Kidneywood (Eysenhardtia texana), Desert Willow
(Chilopsssis linearis), Coralberry (Symphoricarpos orbiculatus),
Barbados Cherry (Malpighia glabra), Retama (Parkinsonia aculeata), Texas
Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora), Texas Buckeye (Aesculus glabra
var. arguta) and Mexican Plum (Prunus mexicana). These can be found at
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/o...ndexcommon.htm
and
http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/o...indexcommon.h=
tm.
Great natives for our area. My landscape will change over the coming
years.
I drove from Panama City to Tallahassee one year while on vacation.
Tallahassee was very nice. I liked the slight rolling hills. The capitol
area was pretty.
J. Kolenovsky
http://www.celestialhabitats.com
Jim Lewis wrote:
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There may be 5-6 people in the nation who can make a legitimate
claim to be hawthorn experts. I'm not one of them, but I have
grown small ones in small pots. They are _extremely_ difficult
to transplant in a trunk size over an inch in width at the base.
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I've grown parsley haw -- or what I've identified as parsley haw,
because it and all the rest of the genus are so variable and
cross breed so easily that you can never be sure. We have
mayhaws down here, but they aren't identified as C. opaca, but,
rather C. aestivalis which is, in many instances, almost
indistinguishable from our native crabapple, except when in
fruit. There's a fellow just down the road from me (I live In
The Country!) who sells "mayhaw honey" but it is -- I think --
really from Malus angustifolia. ;-), which is the only
early-spring-flowering tree (aside from Chickasaw plums - P.
angustifolia (!)) - I saw when I wandered his 300 acres a few
years ago.
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Jim Lewis - - Tallahassee, FL - VEGETARIAN:
An Indian word meaning "lousy hunter."
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