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Sep 25Liked by Paul Wood

Me neither. I think you're completely correct about the brick Wall's effect.

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I saw another today, not as good, didn’t have a wall.

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Sep 26Liked by Paul Wood

A brief poem

It's all in the wall, the wall is all.

No matter how tall the tree,

Few flowers will fall free.

It's all in the wall, the wall is all.

-Michael

Tree Poet, by Appointment to His Majesty's Court (ret.)

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Sep 27Liked by Paul Wood

This was intended to be humorous, of course. 🙂

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Poet tree indeed. Who said it had gone to the wall?

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Sep 27Liked by Paul Wood

You have skills! And that was kind. You could easily have replied, "Don't quit your day job." 🙂. Have a good day!

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Sep 25Liked by Paul Wood

Beautiful. I’ve never seen one in flower.

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It’s a rare sight!

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Oct 18Liked by Paul Wood

The man’s name was Dr. H Marc Cathey. He was CEO of the American Horticultural Association and a past Director of the National Arboretum as well as many other positions and honors. He passed in 2008. He also helped develop the “hardiness zone” map of the US while at the USDA.

Hope this helps your research.

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Sounds like quite a guy - that’s an impressive resume!

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Oct 17Liked by Paul Wood

Come to the Southeast US and you will see them on flower all summer long

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Oct 17Liked by Paul Wood

My father had a friend at the US Botanical Garden in DC who was a published expert in crape myrtles and worked with many of the hybridizers on developing new cultivars in a wide variety of colors and cold hardiness. Most are named after American Indian tribes.

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That’s really interesting, I think most that have made it to the UK have rather dull Latin-y cultivar names, maybe those with tribal names are better suited to the SE US climate. I will keep looking of course!

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Wow, what a hot little tree! Thanks always for these lovely interruptions to all that bloody USA election posting. I smile and breathe when I see Street Tree pop up.

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