You all missed a *great* trip to Copper Bald, Forrest Service Road 711 and the Blue Ridge Parkway on Wednesday. Rob Eisenberg,Tim Towner and I left here at...
Ed Collins
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Jul 2, 2004 3:43 am
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Thanks, Ed. I really appreciate hearing about your trip and seeing the photos. Actually whenever someone sends a photo I'm delighted to see such beauty. ...
Lisa Naugle
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Jul 2, 2004 5:58 am
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At 9:27 PM -0700 on 7/1/04, Lisa Naugle wrote ... Don't know about Southern California, other than that R. occidentale grows pretty far south. Maybe there are...
I've continued to pursue the question of the Huangs off-list. Dave Holm, who arranged for the plant sale at the convention, pointed me to Jim Gears at ...
At 10:13 PM -0400 on 7/2/04, Barry Sperling wrote ... About a year ago Gordon was running the garden department of Lowes in Lewes DE. Once upon a time he lived...
Thanks, Rich! I'll try to schedule a trip to these sites :) --Lisa ... -- ===================================== Dr. Lisa Naugle University of California,...
Lisa Naugle
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Jul 3, 2004 4:41 am
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Also thanks to Mike and Bob for their references. I really appreciate all the information on this list ;) --Lisa ... -- ===================================== ...
Lisa Naugle
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Since I have been having poor success getting my NAZ cuttings to break buds in the spring I am going to try propagating from seed. I have had some success...
John, It should be perfectly alright to wait until Sept. 1 to harvest your seed pods in Greenwood. I do not know what species and hybrids you have seed pods ...
Following up on the short mention of Huangs in Galle ( p. 302 ): the book mentions that the Huangs came to Dr. George F. Drake of Western Washington University...
Barry, I think the key will be getting Dr. George Drake to respond. I've written to him several times, the last time in November of 2000, with no success. I...
Please include me on that list. Deloris Smith Zone 7 ... From: "Lisa Naugle" <lnaugle@...> To: <azaleas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004...
DELORIS SMITH
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Jul 4, 2004 5:03 pm
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I asked Larry Martin, a friend of Pete Vines, about the Huangs and he called Pete in Florida. Pete said that he knows of no other printed source of data on...
Barry, Consider evaluating your mislabeled Huang for a translocation error. Would moving a digit one way or another make a difference? Bill Miller Bethesda,...
Barry, I went back to the clubphoto image. I guess it is a 4 (first byte), and a semidouble, but I can't tell much about size or color.... so I make it ...
I purchased a R. atlanticum (White label reads source Delaware)from the 2003 Azalea Convention. The plant bloomed fully (extremely well for such a young plant)...
I too purchased the seedling r. atlanticum, from Delaware, at the 2003 convention plant sale. It bloomed simultaneously with my r. viscosum, with identical...
It is normal for Viscosum to be blooming now, mine started on June 28th and is pretty much full bloom. I have attached a photo for you to compare. Carlton ... ...
Carlton LeMond
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Jul 6, 2004 2:14 am
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John Perkins & Bob Kelly, I am sorry for the label situation on the plants you bought at the 2003 convention. Most of the native azaleas were purchased from...
Joe Schild
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Jul 6, 2004 3:28 am
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To all, Following is a reply I wrote to John. The offer to replace the mislabeled viscosum stands for all who bought these plants at the convention. I messed...
Vivian Abney
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Jul 6, 2004 10:32 am
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Vivian Although if I am every in your area I will stop by, I have never had a R. viscosum or any deciduous azalea bloom at such a young in our yard. In...
Vivian, I, for one, am perfectly happy with my r. viscosum! As I am with several 'Gregory Balds', calendulaceums, and flammeums along with several others...
At 6:26 AM -0500 on 7/6/04, Bob Kelly wrote ... Hear! Hear! I, for another, am extremely happy with the many deciduous azaleas I have gotten over the past 6...
John, I'm glad to hear the azaleas did well for you. I'm also glad to hear they prospered in your location. What is your zone? I would think New Hampshire ...
Vivian Abney
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Jul 6, 2004 9:13 pm
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Vivian We had a very cold January this year. Day after day of lows between - 5 and -15 for almost 30 straight days with little or no snow cover. Winter of...
I agree Bob. There was a simple mistake in labeling the small plants when it is most difficult to identify them by leaves or other keys. Vivian does indeed...
Joe Schild
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Jul 7, 2004 12:41 am
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Hello to all Azalea Lovers worldwide. Who are the "new or old guns" hybridizing deciduous azaleas??/ Maybe an article in the Azalean has been written before I...