Posted by Elmo on October 30, 2007, 10:05 pm
HettieŽ said (on or about) 10/30/2007 19:28:
>
>
> Jim wrote:
>> http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t/h/theplanter/Confederate-Rose.html
>>
>> about 3 years ago a friend gave us a dead looking stick and told us if
>> we planted the stick in the ground and watered it once a day for two
>> weeks we'd get a Confederate Rose bush.
>> I decided to play along thinking there would be some great future
>> laughs concerning how I was tricked into planting a dead looking stick.
>> http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t/h/theplanter/Confederate-Rose.html
>>
>> well, the friend was not playing a joke. now I get to enjoy taking
>> cuttings from this bush and telling other friends how if you plant
>> this dead looking stick in the ground you'll get a Confederate Rose
>> bush.
>> been kind of neat watching this bush being propagated into the yards
>> of friends.
>
> That "rose" has palmate leaves which I have never seen on a rose before.
> Usually they are compound. The blooms and buds sure look like roses.
>
Looks like okra leaves. Hibiscus?
> Does anyone know its botanical name or another common name for it? I
> doubt it would be cold hardy in my zone. I would like to see if there
> is anything like it on helpmefind.com.
>
> The only other rose I saw with very unusual leaves was what some thought
> might be an alba; instead of the usual five of 7 leaflets on one stem,
> it had several more pairs than that.
>
> I have just learned that roses may root from "sticks" if you put them in
> the ground when they are dormant. So when you say "stick", I assume
> that there are no leaves and that it was dormant when you put it in the
> ground. It must root easily; sometimes it helps to use rooting powder,
> but I guess them thar Confederate roses root like Forsythia.
>
>
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More people vote for their favorite singers on
American Idol type shows than for their elected
officials.
Posted by Jack on October 31, 2007, 10:35 am
> Hettie® said (on or about) 10/30/2007 19:28:
> > Jim wrote:
> >>http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t/h/theplanter/Confederate-Rose.html
> >> about 3 years ago a friend gave us a dead looking stick and told us if
> >> we planted the stick in the ground and watered it once a day for two
> >> weeks we'd get a Confederate Rose bush.
> >> I decided to play along thinking there would be some great future
> >> laughs concerning how I was tricked into planting a dead looking stick.
> >>http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t/h/theplanter/Confederate-Rose.html
> >> well, the friend was not playing a joke. now I get to enjoy taking
> >> cuttings from this bush and telling other friends how if you plant
> >> this dead looking stick in the ground you'll get a Confederate Rose
> >> bush.
> >> been kind of neat watching this bush being propagated into the yards
> >> of friends.
> > That "rose" has palmate leaves which I have never seen on a rose before.
> > Usually they are compound. The blooms and buds sure look like roses.
> Looks like okra leaves. Hibiscus?
> > Does anyone know its botanical name or another common name for it? I
> > doubt it would be cold hardy in my zone. I would like to see if there
> > is anything like it on helpmefind.com.
> > The only other rose I saw with very unusual leaves was what some thought
> > might be an alba; instead of the usual five of 7 leaflets on one stem,
> > it had several more pairs than that.
> > I have just learned that roses may root from "sticks" if you put them in
> > the ground when they are dormant. So when you say "stick", I assume
> > that there are no leaves and that it was dormant when you put it in the
> > ground. It must root easily; sometimes it helps to use rooting powder,
> > but I guess them thar Confederate roses root like Forsythia.
> --
> More people vote for their favorite singers on
> American Idol type shows than for their elected
> officials.
I'm sure I;ve seen this in Red growing on roadside in Mid Tennessee.
>
> Jim wrote:
>> http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t/h/theplanter/Confederate-Rose.html
>>
>> about 3 years ago a friend gave us a dead looking stick and told us if
>> we planted the stick in the ground and watered it once a day for two
>> weeks we'd get a Confederate Rose bush.
>> I decided to play along thinking there would be some great future
>> laughs concerning how I was tricked into planting a dead looking stick.
>> http://personalpages.bellsouth.net/t/h/theplanter/Confederate-Rose.html
>>
>> well, the friend was not playing a joke. now I get to enjoy taking
>> cuttings from this bush and telling other friends how if you plant
>> this dead looking stick in the ground you'll get a Confederate Rose
>> bush.
>> been kind of neat watching this bush being propagated into the yards
>> of friends.
>
> That "rose" has palmate leaves which I have never seen on a rose before.
> Usually they are compound. The blooms and buds sure look like roses.
>