free plants - need name

From: "Marge Talt" mtalt at hort.net> on 2002.08.23 at 04:28:40(9271) Would someone who was at IAS extravaganza weekend in Raleigh be so kind as to tell me what the name of the "free" plants being given away at the door at the banquet is? I wrote it down somewhere and put it in such a safe place it cannot be found. Thanks in advance! Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland mtalt@hort.net +More Editor: Gardening in Shade ----------------------------------------------- Current Article: Planting Basics http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/shade_gardening ------------------------------------------------ Complete Index of Articles by Category and Date http://mtalt.hort.net/article-index.html ------------------------------------------------ All Suite101.com garden topics : http://www.suite101.com/topics.cfm/635

From: "Alan Galloway" alan_galloway at bellsouth.net> on 2002.08.23 at 12:03:29(9272) > Would someone who was at IAS extravaganza weekend in Raleigh be so > kind as to tell me what the name of the "free" plants being given > away at the door at the banquet is? I wrote it down somewhere and > put it in such a safe place it cannot be found. > Marge, The following were gift plants that were available at my place on Friday evening: +More Globba sp. (from China, hardy in USDA zone 7) Rohdea japonica Clivia miniata Peltandra virginica Alocasia macrorhizus variegata Jatropha (can't remember the species ) Globba schomburkii (these were in plastic bags) and several odds and ends Alan

From: "Marge Talt" mtalt at hort.net> on 2002.08.24 at 04:41:04(9278) Globba! That's it! Thank you Alan. Mine were in plastic bags - guess they were left over from your place, as they were distributed at the banquet. So, I assume what I have is Globba schomburgkii, which from a Google search, appears to be a type of non-hardy ginger...flowers look interesting. +More Found one site that said they start to go dormant when temps. stay under 65F and should be brought in to about that temperature - not less - and watered sparingly for winter while they are dormant. Is this what you'd recommend? Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland mtalt@hort.net Editor: Gardening in Shade ----------------------------------------------- Current Article: Planting Basics http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/shade_gardening ------------------------------------------------ Complete Index of Articles by Category and Date http://mtalt.hort.net/article-index.html ------------------------------------------------ All Suite101.com garden topics : http://www.suite101.com/topics.cfm/635 ---------- > From: Alan Galloway > > Marge, > The following were gift plants that were available at my place on Friday > evening: > > Globba sp. (from China, hardy in USDA zone 7) > Rohdea japonica > Clivia miniata > Peltandra virginica > Alocasia macrorhizus variegata > Jatropha (can't remember the species ) > Globba schomburkii (these were in plastic bags) > and several odds and ends > > Alan > >

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