Some species are more variable than others. The variation are not necessarily visible. When someone backcrosses a hybrid, it is only rarely to the same plant...
There are some benefits to sibling crosses if both plants have some of the desired traits. Another type of cross is "line breeding" which is basically the...
... http://www.austratec.com.au/Tetraploidy%20Conversion.htm Mike Creel, SC USDA Zone 8a Nature is my Greenhouse Join the Azalea Society of America ...
Thanks Mike DMSO is dangerous because it can carry whatever thru cell walls. It has been used for arthritis, but not openly. Colchicine is one of the most ...
Larry, you are right about the dangers of handling Colchicine+ DMSO without proper personal protection, such as heavy butyl rubber gloves, eye protection and...
Wondered if anyone has ever seen the native azalea called "Miss Tangerine". I saw it last year at a nursery near Canton, GA. I have contacted them and they...
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Deloris, The only reference that I can find on the Internet for Miss Tangerine has to do with a Korean beauty contest. The name is not listed in the ...
Thank you so much Bill. I will contact them and see who the supplier is and try to trace it back. The plant is growing in the nursery so my hope is high that...
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Well you were right Bill. I called the nursery (Autumn Hill) and they gave me the source. I called them Harps Farms and they said they are not growing it and...
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Happy to hear that 'Miss Tangerine' is really 'Tipsy Tangerine', an Aromi hybrid. We have a description of it online at http://www.azaleas.org/aromidec.html,...
I was out of safforn. I didn't think it should be used. My genera were confused..Most Crocus bloom in the winter and early spring. Saffron (Crocus sativa)...
Dear Group, My apologies to all about the notes trying to find Miss Tangerine. I thought I was responding directly to Bill. A thousand apologies. I don't want...
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God Bless you Bob! I love this one...It is so beautiful. I am especially fond of the orange blossoms but it also has the red color too before it opens...it...
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Delores, A lot of beeps often suggests that it is a fax number. They may have given you the wrong number. I couldn't find a reference to Tallelega Nursery,...
I thought is all quite interesting and perfectly valid azalea-wise. Mike Creel, SC ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired...
Well by all indications our winter low in Salem, NH will have been -1F which is about 10 degree warmer than usual. Moreover, there were no more than 5 days...
My comparison of Canis aquatica minor and the Model S (driven from the right side) and Model T (left) was meant to say all black. Henry Ford was also the...
Today was a sunny low wind day in the high 30's so Sally and I went to the former Ben Moseley Estate near Newburyport, MA to see the deciduous azaleas. We knew...
Hi John! ... Spring will start in the DC area this Thursday and I'm looking forward to it (a warm rain is forecast that day)! After that the grass will green...
South Carolina weather in the midlands was good for yard work today, around 31 this morning and about 60 this afternoon. I drilled and reorganized my pots and...
Here in the SE corner of PA, just outside Wilmington, all of the late winter bloomers in my yard (various cultivars of witch hazel; and crocus) have bloomed...
Jim: Is Cornus mas, the Cornelian Cherry, grown commonly in your area. You never see it here in South Carolina. I rooted a piece two years ago and still have...
Mike--no need to root cornus mas. It self seeds like crazy, and the seedlings grow quickly. I can't yank them out quick enough. It makes a nice small tree...
Jim & Mike, About 15 years ago, I rooted cuttings from two Common Witch-Hazle, Hamamelis virginiana, I found in the N. Chick. Creek Gorge near me. Both are...
Well the spring azalea bloom is well on its way here in the Gulf South. I would approximate that the early bloomers are at about 20% in bloom. In New Orleans...
Martha and I just strolled thru the yard, originally to admire the camellia japonicas. We were surprised to see an early r. canescens beginning to unfurl its...
I grow several good forms of native South Carolina witch hazel, all a little different, but we are supposed to have just one species. None of them hold leaves...
Has anyone heard recently from our azalea group member in Brazil - Gerson borges? I haven't heard from since a mailing to him several weeks ago. Mike Creel, SC...
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