tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post5798645332977760624..comments2023-04-26T09:58:44.919-04:00Comments on How It Grows: Big Tree TourHow It Growshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06687132248846516168noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-23582902146522638782009-06-24T08:06:35.161-04:002009-06-24T08:06:35.161-04:00Sure. I think Martha Stokes has some impressive J...Sure. I think Martha Stokes has some impressive Jap. Maples. I have a wonderful Gordonia near my house you might be interested in, as well as Redbay, Bald cypress, Magnolia, Live Oak, Persimmon. My dad has a wonderful old Podocarpus, for exotic, you might be interested in. Let me know when you're thinkin of heading this way. My cell is on my website.John Princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532350716258890876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-43775007525023140352009-06-23T10:55:24.414-04:002009-06-23T10:55:24.414-04:00John,if you know of some larger Japanese maples yo...John,if you know of some larger Japanese maples you should contact Byron Carmean and you can establish a new state champ! Also, if know of other especially nice specimens of natives trees in Norfolk, I'd be interested in seeing them sometime.Phillip Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906520240227815872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-61016501868037262292009-06-23T08:37:55.409-04:002009-06-23T08:37:55.409-04:00Yes, there are interesting trees all around us Phi...Yes, there are interesting trees all around us Phillip. You ought to see some of the large (native)ones in Norfolk that most of you leaf-peepers never see. (affectionate reference) The Jap. Maple was not impressive, as I've seen many larger and more characteristic ones around here. I suspected you would figure out that Persea borbonia is a native to coastal N.C., not Virginia. Get your Latin right! Speaking of coastal N.C. natives: because southeast Tidewater's proximity to the coastal Carolinas, it behooves us to consider these natives when planting in wetlands around here. Political boundaries are not always best when selecting natives for a region, (and we are actually closer to these natives than those of central VA.) as southeast Tidewater is and always has been a coastal Carolinian culture. <br /> I do agree that the Jap. Maple has been given too much attention.John Princehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09532350716258890876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-4511682250909522342009-03-06T09:09:00.000-05:002009-03-06T09:09:00.000-05:00Oops, sorry, I wonder if "prowi" was the word veri...Oops, sorry, I wonder if "prowi" was the word verification? If this message ends in "destema," that's the culprit--Cosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-27747182379945138972009-03-05T22:02:00.000-05:002009-03-05T22:02:00.000-05:00What does prowi mean?What does prowi mean?Phillip Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906520240227815872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-23264738727918088942009-03-03T19:32:00.000-05:002009-03-03T19:32:00.000-05:00Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't make it, too. Those tree...Oh, I'm sorry I couldn't make it, too. Those trees are magnificent--you should say how many of you it took to hug each one. imagine seeing the world these trees grew up in (ok, I just ended a sentence in a preposition, sorry!)prowiCosmohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260783700118031314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-16118779513186869422009-03-02T22:26:00.000-05:002009-03-02T22:26:00.000-05:00Sorry you guys couldn't make it!Sorry you guys couldn't make it!Phillip Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00906520240227815872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-15625796640921417212009-03-01T23:06:00.000-05:002009-03-01T23:06:00.000-05:00What wonderful specimen we have here in our area! ...What wonderful specimen we have here in our area! Thanks for posting these. Certainly worth going and looking at them, wish I could have joined you yesterday.Janet, The Queen of Seafordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876204203323750245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8943318923406174528.post-59335797870471629132009-03-01T19:29:00.000-05:002009-03-01T19:29:00.000-05:00What a great idea, and I am sorry to have missed i...What a great idea, and I am sorry to have missed it. I only heard of it yesterday, but I was too ill to want to brave the rain, even for such magnificent trees (native or otherwise). Thank you for the link also.Leshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18281256160705697856noreply@blogger.com