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Fouquieria · 05-07-2010, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Magda[_4_]

On Sun, 4 Jul 2010 17:56:13 +0100, in alt.binaries.pictures.gardens, "Bob Hobden"
arranged some electrons, so they looked like this:

...
...
... "joevan" wrote ...
...
... Very true and those are some great examples of beauty. Sometimes the
... wike pages don't have such good pictures. Thanks for the links. I
... still think of the trees we had in Virginia in the 40's and through
... the 60's.
...
... Are they not there now or have you moved? If so would they not grow where
... you are now?
... I have three potted 2 year old seedlings of Albizia julibrissin in my back
... garden (yard) and they come from a tree in France which we know has lived
... through winter temperatures down to -13°C and the even more beautiful
... variety "rosea" can take much lower temperatures.

I have seen mimosa in bloom in the South of France around Christmas. Resistent critters -
some winters can be very hard there.

... Our problem trying to grow it here is not the cold but our winter wet, they
... don't seem to be able to cope with winter temperatures that fluctuate
... between just below freezing and just above almost daily together with
... constant wet roots.

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It sounds much better in French, but then, everything does.

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I love Calliandras. I have five or six different species throughout the yard.
Once established they are drought tolerant and they bloom on-and-off all through the year.
My Yard:
Landscaping Pictures & Design Ideas: Steep-n-Rocky
-Ron-

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