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["Stephen Sadler" <Docshiva@Docshiva.org>]

It doesn't meet your geographical specs, but you still might want to check
out One Green World.  They have more cultivars of C. Mas than anyplace I've
seen.  At least checking the selection on the website might give you some
ideas.

Stephen Sadler, Ph.D.
USDA 9, AHS heat zone 8, 
Sacramento CA - Mediterranean climate

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Subject: [NAFEX] Cornus Mas

I have two cornus mas, but I think they are too far apart to pollinate. 
  I've decided that rather than move the smaller one, I will buy a new 
one this fall.  (My soil is rocky, and if the roots have established 
much, it will be very hard to move the tree.)  I will put it near the 
one that is doing better.  There's more sun on that side.

Any advice on good cultivars, and/or good people to buy from?  I prefer 
to buy from east of the rockies, partly because the shipping is less 
stressful for the plants, and partly because I'm afraid of sudden oak 
death.  (Although I suppose we will all be seeing that all too soon.)  
Also, it's always easier to buy from the same climate or north, rather 
than from the south.  A southern plant may have broken dormancy in the 
spring before I can get it in the ground, and may not have hardened off 
in the fall.

I am in eastern Massachusetts, zone 6.

Thanks,
Ginda Fisher

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