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» Georgene A. Bramlage - Well done!

Well done, Bob!

This article was a pleasure to read

WE were supposed to visit Lismore Castle when in Ireland in 2003, but there was a glitch in the schedule so we never made it into the gardens.

Aren't the woody plantings in Ireland, like rhododendrons, wonderful?

Georgene AKA Cercis

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» Robert Dailey - Well done!

In response to Well done! posted by Cercis:

Thanks, Georgene. Those woody plants are magnificent. I was also astounded at the amount of fushia growing wild along the roadways and paths throughout the south of Ireland.
Additionally, honeysuckle, palms, yuccas and especially ROSES and CLEMATIS. I saw clematis and rose blooms as large as a person's head.
I have planted St. John's wort, but it only grew to about a foot. In Ireland, I saw some six-feet high, and covered with blooms two-three inches wide.
The list was endless.
Thanks again. b

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» Georgene A. Bramlage - Well done!

In response to Well done! posted by bobcajun:

Hey Bob!

I have a Hypericum (species ?) (shrubby St. John's Wort) planted about 30 years back which is 6-feet-tall +/-. It flowers in August to September; but the flowers are only abut 1/2-to-3/4" in diameter. The leaves have a slightly yellow varigation along the border.

I don't know the species (and have never been able to figure it out) because garden club friends gave three very small cuttings of them to me when we first moved into this house. The one that is thrving is the only one, of the three, that survived.

At this point, I feel the only way I can get positive identification is to take pieces over to the Arnold Arboretum (Boston, MA).

If you have or can get your hands on a copy of Dirr, Manual of Woody Landscape Plants you'll find he has a lot to say about Hypericum including the ones introduced by Roy Lancaster to England (and by extension Ireland)!

Happy Planting,

Georgene (AKA Cercis)

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