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- From: "Dan Clost" <dan.clost@sympatico.ca>
- To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [gwl-g] Re: Josee
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:38:25 -0500
Betty makes a good point re Josee being not new.
We've had sold it for several years and had the feeling that it had been around for awhile.
We've experienced similar "new" introductions, that weren't. Perhaps folks need to say "New at __________Nurseries"
Then there's another pov. I remember an episode of This Old House, almost 20 years ago, in which they were talking about the new rodos that were hardy for New England. The PJM group is now fairly common in our Cdn Hardiness zone 5 and we still have folks talking about them being "new". So new to the trade? new to the nursery? new to the customer? new to the garden writer?
Re the continual bloom vs second blush vs sporadic blooming. I wonder how these differing experiences depend upon what part of the continent the plant is growing. ( And yes I know the sentence structure is awkward and no I don't want some one to tell me it is growing on the land part not the water part.)
Dan
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Josee is not new, though some nurseries are touting it as such. I acquired
one approximately ten years ago. It's a beautiful, 6-foot high shrub whose
initial flush of blossoms is appealing. I wouldn't say that it has an
actual second "flush", more like sporadic blooming from July through as late
as September. Further, whereas the spring bloom is quite significant in
some years, the rather smallish blossoms are disappointing as compared to,
say Miss Kim. And the scent, though alluring when your nose is in the
blossoms, is rather faint five feet away. The sporadic blossoms have an
exceedingly faint scent. As to the number of second blossoms, let's just
say that I have never had enough at any one time for even a small bouquet
for the kitchen table.
All in all, IMHO, it's a pretty shrub in the landscape, is enjoyable in the
spring and then makes the perfect vertical to wind your clematis through.
Betty
(in Naperville, IL where the darling little Galanthus broke bud this
morning)
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Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 12:30:12 -0600
From: "Doreen Howard" <gardendiva@charter.net>
Subject: [gwl-g] Two ?--Orchids & Everbloomimg Lilac
To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
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Has anyone grown Josee, the newish lilac that is supposed to bloom several
times a season? If so, does it? And, is the fragrance really there?
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