[pbs] Gardening tastes - was Amaryllis
IntarsiaCo at aol.com
IntarsiaCo at aol.com
Sat Aug 14 19:39:57 EDT 2004
In a message dated 8/14/2004 3:05:22 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
jimmckenney at starpower.net writes:
>Alocasia, Calocasia, Xanthosoma......With the first hard freeze, it's all
over
Colocasia and Xanthosoma are edible, eat them before they freeze, replenish
from ethnic grocery store in the early spring along with ginger, turmeric and
amorphophallus for that tropicalissimo look with no wintering over necessary.
>It's my sincere conviction that gardeners are divided on the one hand into
>those who are essentially farmers practicing ....and on the other hand the
>sort of romantic ....who can discourse endlessly should the
>opportunity arise on axes and borrowed space and the proper culture of
>auriculas or the correct placement of pergolas
Polarized personalities may enjoy both constructs with little or no conflict.
Mark Mazer
Intarsia Ltd.
Gaylordsville, Connecticut 06755-0142
USDA Zone 5
Giant Schnauzer Rescue
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