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  • From: Kelleher@gj.net
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: [nafex] Re: (Fwd) Sea Buckthorn,Blue Honeysuckle, Magnolia Vine (J. Van Hazi
  • Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 04:12:18 -0000

I have three of the blue Honeysuckle from "One Green World". The
plants are very healthy and attractive, about 4 years old and 3-ft by
2-ft. I can't recommend them though because the production is so
scanty. I would be hard pressed to pick more than 1 or maybe 2 cups
from the bushes...this is much less than the production I get off my
currents and gooseberries. The flavor is okay but not very
distinctive...not as good as a real blueberry. I remember some
discussion that they may produce better in colder climates. I'm in
zone 6 Colorado with hot dry summers. As for the magnolia vine I saw
some interesting wild collected native varieties in the Heronswood
catalogue http://www.heronswood.com/. They also have some wild
collected hardy kiwis. They are selling them as ornamentals but they
might be interesting for fruit/hybridization.



> In a Pomona Article 3 or 4 years ago ( I photocopied it from a NAFEX
> friend but failed to record the issue] by M.N. PLekhanova on
Genetic
> Resources of Sea Buckthorn, Blue Honeysuckle, Viburnum, Actinidia,
and
> Schizandra in the USSR and their Utilization , the author states
> that " sea buckthorn is propagated by green and lignified cuttings"
> and Blue Honeysuckle "mainly by green cuttings". Does anyone have
> advice on techniques or references in English toward this end ?
Also
> Oregon Exotics sells seeds for Schizadra chinensis [Magnolia Vine]
> also mentioned in that article. Any experience on growing them from
> seed?




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