[Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer

Sat Nov 22 19:40:07 EST 2008

Mary -
they grow very well in Rockville, MD.
/Robert

Ellner wrote:
> Elle
> 
> Bet that is the Southern climates that 'do' that to the wisteria.  My parents had a lovely old vine, with the sweetest smelling flowers that would bloom just towards the end of summer up here on the frozen tundra!   (I am not sure 'how' that wisteria ever got started, but it was NOT going to give up the ghost & go away.........covered the trellis on the west side of the house)  This  subject has brought back all sorts of fond memories!  Thank You!          Pix of the trumpeter vine were beautiful-----wish they'd grow up here! Have to see if they have a Zone 4!!
> 
> Mary
> Toy Blew
> 
> ......while we don't have Paul's lake effect snow today, we do have flurries today.......me
> 
> 
> 
> At 10:38 PM 11/21/2008, you wrote:
>> I thinkI'd pass on the wisteria....it takes down large trees...it's beautiful, but very destructive.
>>
>> It pops up everywhere, also...
>>
>> elle
>>
>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.
>>
>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)
>>
>>
>> --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Thena Carville <thenacarville at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Thena Carville <thenacarville at bellsouth.net>
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer
>>> To: "'The Rhodes 22 Email List'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 10:33 AM
>>> Brad,
>>> I second Elle's recommendation...once established, they
>>> will cover the
>>> container but you will have to keep the access area
>>> "clipped back" after a
>>> while...strong, resistant plants that do have a great
>>> appearance and
>>> tolerate the head we generate down here...not sure about
>>> planting them in
>>> pots on the top, though...and not really sure how quickly
>>> they grow but know
>>> it is fast...wisteria is another fast growing plant but
>>> that one will
>>> "wander" and you will have it popping up all over
>>> the place after a couple
>>> of years...if you keep that one under control, you will
>>> probably have people
>>> driving by just to see your containers after a while...over
>>> the years it
>>> will eventually become a "tree" the vine will
>>> become so thick...
>>> Thena
>>> Oh yeah, they both attract bees as well....
>>>  
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org
>>> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of
>>> elle
>>> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 7:04 AM
>>> To: The Rhodes 22 Email List
>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer
>>>
>>> Brad,
>>>
>>> thanks for the pict comment.....
>>>
>>> That is a trumpet vine...which will grow just about
>>> anywhere & do just what
>>> you want.  It's pretty to look at, and also draws
>>> hummingbirds. 
>>>
>>> There is also a variety of honeysuckle with mulit-colored
>>> flowers rather the
>>> ordinary yellow with which we are all familiar....that
>>> would also do the
>>> trick & hummingbirds also like it. Also a fast &
>>> prolific grower.
>>>
>>> Both plants will do well in hot, dry environments....as
>>> they are essentially
>>> weeds.....although you'd best plant them in the ground
>>> & run some string or
>>> wire for the vines to follow up........they will need some
>>> moisture; they'll
>>> cook in pots in the roof unless they get watered or rained
>>> upon....Once they
>>> get a hold on the roof you'll be seeing them in your
>>> office......(my plants
>>> are survival of the fittest....if theycan't manage
>>> without me, they're outta
>>> here...)
>>>
>>> If you plant several of these early......Feb or so if
>>> you're in the
>>> temperate area..they'll be well on the way to covering
>>> the side by summer.
>>>
>>> let me know how it works.
>>>
>>> elle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can
>>> adjust our sails.
>>>
>>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"  
>>> (Lady in Red)
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Brad Haslett
>>> <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> From: Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] A look back at summer
>>>> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List"
>>> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>>>> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 5:45 AM
>>>> Elle,
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the inspiration, you just gave me an idea. 
>>> What
>>>> is that
>>>> growing over the side of that, fence is it?  It looks
>>> much
>>>> like our
>>>> corporate headquarters on the coast, which looks
>>>> suspiciously like a
>>>> storage container (20 foot model).  Cooling it in the
>>>> summer can be
>>>> tough. I could put plant containers on the roof and
>>> let the
>>>> vegetation
>>>> hang over the sides to make it easier to cool and
>>> soften
>>>> the
>>>> industrial appearance (we worry about aesthetics at
>>> our
>>>> construction
>>>> company a great deal).
>>>>
>>>> Neat photos, all of them.
>>>>
>>>> Brad
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:15 PM, elle
>>>> <watermusic38 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>> OK..you are now free to go back to politics..
>>>>>
>>>>> ;^)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> elle
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> We can't change the angle of the wind....but
>>> we
>>>> can adjust our sails.
>>>>> 1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06 
>>> "WaterMusic"
>>>>   (Lady in Red)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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