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TT: Re: Live Oak
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On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, aesculus wrote:
> There is a Southern Magnolia that has shown cold hardiness to -25F,
> Bracken's
> Brown Beauty. There is a mass planting in Cinncinnati(sp) and has beaten
> the odds. So Yankees that want to take a chance,try it but please leave the
> skirt !
>
Craig/Athens,Ga.
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Thank You Craig 'Aesculus' in Georgia -
For backing me up on the Live Oak thing, on which I went somewhat
overboard. But hey, I'm entitled to a favorite tree, and Quercus
virginiana is probably that for now. What a beauty. OK, so it used
to be exotic Red Maples, Weeping Willows. Most of what I know about
trees I learned from TreeTown reports (shameless self-serving plug).
I can't be the only one who's grateful for your update on cold-hardy
Southern Magnolias (M. grandiflora). That is both exciting (hey Lisa
in NYC :), and complicated when species have their range synthetically
extended, even if by a mechanism as 'benign' as genotype selection. A
few years back I saw a spectacular one in a park in central California.
I am anxious to hear more about the plantings in Cincinatti, along with
the ecological implications. For those of us who still love non-natives,
we can always travel to visit them, again like your Live Oaks.
On an unrelated aside, Nat'l Public Radio reported last week that the
modern suburban lawn was precisely described in a landscaper's text back
in the 1880s by an author named 'Scott,' unaffiliated with the grass
seed company. Curious historians will want to locate this extremely
influential book.
Richard@Flora.Com
RT Ellsberry, TreeTown ListOp
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