Comments on: Twilight: New Wood

By: REA

REA — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 04:26:33 +0000

Talking about longevity in plants etc.,in 1973 I purchased a Redwood burl from a nursery, advertised as a “dish garden”. Instructed to place this burl in a shallow dish with some charcoal, I looked forward for some ferny fronds to poke their little heads out of the center. There was no expectation that this “dish garden” would do anything spectacular and would probably last maybe 6 months or so, with luck. However, after a few months of tender care, I noticed not only a few ferny points starting to come up out of the center of the burl but, upon turning it over, a few little white roots starting to poke out.Of course, being a gardener, I naturally went out, got a pot, filled it some nice leaf mold and VOILA…30 some odd years later I can hardly see the top of my beautiful Redwood (Sequoia gigantea), now standing at approximately 50 ft. and where I used to be able to hug the little dickens, well forget about THAT!! It’s my pride and joy and brings me such a sense of accomplishment as all tillers of the soil must feel when they can produce a tree, a plant or any growing thing, that the best of advisors had predicted could never be done. To them, I say,”OH YES WE CAN!”

By: Nancy Wright

Nancy Wright — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:27:57 +0000

I had no idea that some of our plants can live so long. Thank you for the info. Hopefully the 2010 Heronswood news will be as interesting . Keep up the good work.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:02:51 +0000

Thank you for clarifying the 75000year old Trembling Aspen…I knew there was such a plant but for the life of me could not remember what it was. I thought it was a Juniper although I know there are some really old ones that exist.

By: sharen

sharen — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:58:36 +0000

fascinating information on the Quaking Aspen. Had no idea these were not individuals and the age a grove can achieve.

By: Paul J

Paul J — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:55:58 +0000

I enjoyed this last posting, right to the point. Keep up the good work!

By: shelby cain

shelby cain — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:29:58 +0000

All the above so inspiring. Thank you a million times over.
shelby

By: Bill Rein

Bill Rein — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:35:45 +0000

You must be a friend of Roger Anderson in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin! Mr. Anderson most definitely is credited with having created bred) ‘Kopper Kettle’ by crossing herbaceous and tree peony parents. However, we select common names based on their common usage, and further, we strive to use names that come from respected sources. Most peony sources, including information found on the web, refer to the Intersectional Peony Hybrids as “Itoh Hybrids.” Sources who officially refer to these crosses as “Itoh Hybrids” include the American Peony Society, who registers Roger Anderson’s hybrids as such.

Bill Rein, Horticulturalist – Heronswood Nursery

By: Bill Seidl

Bill Seidl — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:32:47 +0000

‘Kopper Kettle” (KK) is an Anderson intersectional hybrid. It is not an Ito hybrid because nobody named “Ito” originated it. Shame on you for taking a specific term and making it into a generic one. “Intersectional” tells you that KK is a hybrid between two sections of the genus Paeonia.

By: George

George — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:15:04 +0000

Dear Gracie,

It’s a bit too early in our planning cycle for the Open Day weekends. We shall have three–one in mid spring, one in mid summer and one in late summer/early fall. Still working out dates. Please stay tuned to the Heronswood website.

Thanks,

George

By: Cynthia Smith

Cynthia Smith — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:12:04 +0000

So when are the open days in Doyelstown?

Gracie