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Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area)
Which varieties do well here? Jo |
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Jo wrote:
Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area) Which varieties do well here? Jo My SO says to go out the farmer's market. First building on the right coming in. They will be coming in shortly (seasonal)if not already. They are local growers gowning varieties that perform well here. Craig |
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We have them at Earthworks at the Farmer's Market in Raleigh. One gallon
pots are $5. Syringa 'Miss Kim' Tony "Jo" wrote in message ... Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area) Which varieties do well here? Jo |
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Craig Watts wrote:
Jo wrote: Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area) Which varieties do well here? Jo My SO says to go out the farmer's market. First building on the right coming in. They will be coming in shortly (seasonal)if not already. They are local growers gowning varieties that perform well here. Craig Thanks Craig and SO! Jo |
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Tony Cottle wrote:
We have them at Earthworks at the Farmer's Market in Raleigh. One gallon pots are $5. Syringa 'Miss Kim' Tony "Jo" wrote in message ... Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area) Which varieties do well here? Jo Thanks!I will be heading over shortly! Jo |
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Actually No where - they do very poorly here in the south.
Summers too hot and winters too warm Which is why you do not see them around in most of the garden stores. Tomatolord "Jo" wrote in message ... Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area) Which varieties do well here? Jo |
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I found they did too well....lol
Jo, I wish you had been looking a year ago. I had to pull them out of my yard and would have loved to have someone to give them to...sigh A friend had given me three different varieties (all common to the northeast US) from his grandmother's garden - white, deep lavendar and light lavendar (sorry, don't know the varieties). I remembered their propensity to form bushes so I paid more attention to trimming branches rather than what they were doing within the soil. Before I knew it, they had taken over my entire garden with runners and new shoots. They had sun from sunrise to around 1:30 pm each day and did very well for the few years I had them planted. So I'm not sure why Tomatolord told you that they do poorly. Hope you find some. My neighbors miss picking them and I sure miss their heavenly aroma. Mary wrote: Actually No where - they do very poorly here in the south. Summers too hot and winters too warm Which is why you do not see them around in most of the garden stores. Tomatolord "Jo" wrote in message ... Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area) Which varieties do well here? Jo |
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Lavendar? yes... Lilacs? not so yes.
"marymind" wrote in message ... I found they did too well....lol Jo, I wish you had been looking a year ago. I had to pull them out of my yard and would have loved to have someone to give them to...sigh A friend had given me three different varieties (all common to the northeast US) from his grandmother's garden - white, deep lavendar and light lavendar (sorry, don't know the varieties). I remembered their propensity to form bushes so I paid more attention to trimming branches rather than what they were doing within the soil. Before I knew it, they had taken over my entire garden with runners and new shoots. They had sun from sunrise to around 1:30 pm each day and did very well for the few years I had them planted. So I'm not sure why Tomatolord told you that they do poorly. Hope you find some. My neighbors miss picking them and I sure miss their heavenly aroma. Mary wrote: Actually No where - they do very poorly here in the south. Summers too hot and winters too warm Which is why you do not see them around in most of the garden stores. Tomatolord "Jo" wrote in message ... Where is a good place to purchase locally? (Raleigh Area) Which varieties do well here? Jo |
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That is a shame. I have seen them all over the place growing up tree's and
over my neghbors fence.They do take over, but we have forest behind us and we were hoping to fill in some of the gaps with it. Jo And EGregory replied: Sounds ilke Wisteria to me, growing up trees, etc. Sure does. Wisteria is a vine, lilac is a shrub. Please compare these photos, Jo: http://ken.coar.org/images/Wisteria.html http://jardin-mundani.info/leguminosae/wisteria.jpg http://www.velvetgreencreations.com/...ges/lilacs.jpg http://www.ext.nodak.edu/county/cass...b/lilacmsk.JPG The last link is a photo of the Lilac cultivar 'Miss Kim' which does very well here. I have a huge shrub in full bloom right now. Donna |
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E Gregory wrote:
Sounds ilke Wisteria to me, growing up trees, etc. Read this. Better yet, read it aloud. Funny! http://www.supernet.net/~jclark/fiction/wisteria.html Daniel B. Martin |
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Daniel B. Martin wrote:
E Gregory wrote: Sounds ilke Wisteria to me, growing up trees, etc. Read this. Better yet, read it aloud. Funny! http://www.supernet.net/~jclark/fiction/wisteria.html That IS funny. Thanks for the link! Wisteria isn't as bad as kudzu, though. :-) I recall someone saying, years ago: "The way to deal with kudzu is this: Hit it with a flamethrower, then salt the ground and set off a small nuclear bomb. That won't kill the kudzu, but it will slow it down enough to let you get away." :-) _______________________________________________ Ken Kuzenski AC4RD ken . kuzenski at duke .edu _______________________________________________ All disclaimers apply, see? www.duke.edu/~kuzen001 |
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I had heard this too so when I saw a vendor at the Farmers Market
selling them I asked him how they would do. He said the variety he sells will do well in our climate. He is close to middle of the market on the fish market side. $12.00 for a 1 gallon. I have bought a great deal of shrubs from him and they have all done well except for my camellias which seem to be coming back a little now. Probably my fault. Leaves turned yellow. He is a horticultural graduate from NC State and seems to know his plants well. |
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