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["Donna &/or Kieran" <holycow@cookeville.com>]

I am pleased that Hans reports Lycium will grow even on heavy clay.  Now if 
I can only get some plants to actually grow.  I don't think Americans know 
more about "goji" than Europeans, I only know about them because a friend 
did Chinese herbs and gave us some.  Then I bought the book HERBAL 
EMISSARIES by Stephen Foster and some Chinese guy, and they give LOTS of 
info on growing and use.
       "Goji" is a name newly arrived here, some company is pushing them 
and I suppose that will end in driving up the price.  I buy them in oriental 
groceries, they are used in herbal teas but are also considered a tonic 
food, so I just eat a handful on days I happen to think of it.  They are 
sweet and tart and chewy.
   The bush has been described by one landscaper's book as "so ugly that it 
should only be used to hide something uglier".      Donna