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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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 Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 5:37:45 PM
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I soooo want to enclose my herb garden with forsythia so I can have just one spot in my yard with privacy. But, I need like 25 plants and just can't afford that many.
Would anybody be willing to mail me 25 cuttings? I can send you postage. Not one single person in this area has any even though it is hardy enough for our zone.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
Port Orange
Florida
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Posted - Aug 02 2008 : 6:07:04 PM
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Lisa, I have a ton! I would be glad to send you some. However, I have never taken cuttings. Do I cut a certain way/angle/place or just dig up?
Let me know and I can put a package together for you.
Angie
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2 |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 11:07:00 AM
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Ooooh, thank you so much Angie! I so love forsythia. It's pretty much the first color in spring and a nice long row of it will look so cheery from my kitchen window.
No need to dig anything up. The best cuttings would be from the tips of the bushes. I think cutting about 3-4 inches from the tip would be just right. You want to cut at an angle right above a bud or branch.
If you just put them into a ziploc bag with a bit of water in it, it should hold them til they get here. I can send you $10 which covers the flat rate box at the post office.
Farmgirl Sister #35
"If you can not do great things, do small things in a great way." Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)
my blog: http://lisamariesbasketry.blogspot.com/
My Website:
http://www.freewebs.com/lisamariesbasketry/index.htm |
Edited by - lisamarie508 on Aug 03 2008 11:08:40 AM |
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britchickny
True Blue Farmgirl
1048 Posts
Angie
Port Orange
Florida
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Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 11:31:41 AM
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Oh, no problem! You don't need to send any $$$, I am happy to share with you. Just e-mail me your addy and I will send these out to you next weekend.
Angie 
"Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance" JUDE 1:2
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4740 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Aug 03 2008 : 4:19:39 PM
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One word of caution about forsythia is it's very invasive. I do volunteer work at the Morton Arboretum and in the spring we cut a ton of it out of the woods. It had completely taken over the area next to it. It was a lot of work to clear it all out of the other shrubs. Good luck on whatever you plan to do with it.
Dawn in IL |
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Garden Gate: Does anybody have forsythia? |
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Does anybody have forsythia?
