Rocky Mountain Gardening: Southern Living in the Rockies (or other perilous places), 1 by ineedacupoftea

ineedacupoftea wrote:
Hahahe!
You need this plant, it is quite available:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/24093/
I'm certainly not from the American South, but select those plants that I fancy.
Kmom, yes, everyone needs a 100' greenhouse. For whatever reason.

Quote you: "...these Southerners are a lot tougher than they let on..." Yes'm:
Remember the old pictures of those giant live oaks down south, branches laying on the ground, looking all gargantuan and luxuriant?
http://www.arcytech.org/java/population/oak_stories.html
There is a northern form of the southern live oak: Quercus virginiana fusiformis ("Escarpment Live Oak" or just Quercus fusiformis.)
http://www.championtrees.org/champions/oaktexaslive.htm
And here is a strapping young plant at Western Colorado Botanical. This one shows more droopy habit than the other five.
If anyone wants one of these, I have a few seedlings and some potentially viable acorns. Figure zone 5b with good treatment and zone 7b mistreated.
Kenton