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From: Richard <>
Subject: Re: [ALWALKER] CONFEDERATE ROSE SHRUB
Date: Tue, 07 Oct 2003 15:08:28 -0500
References: <20031007183615.62368.qmail@web80215.mail.yahoo.com>
In-Reply-To: <20031007183615.62368.qmail@web80215.mail.yahoo.com>


Just be sure it isn't Kudzu, easy to spell, impossible to control or
eradicate. Is that true Alabama?

OPAL COBB wrote:

>A COUPLE FROM ALABAMA BROUGHT ME A CUTTING LAST
>OCT.,JUST A CUTTING WITHOUT LEAVES AND ROOTS,I KEPT IT
>IN WATER ALL WINTER IN THE GARAGE,IT NEVER ROOTED,I
>FINALLY GAVE UP ON IT AND PUT IT IN THE GROUND,IT IS
>NOW OVER 5 FEET TALL,MANY BRANCHES,MANY LARGE BUDS ON
>THE VERY TOP,MY QUESTION IS 'HOW DID THIS SHRUB GET
>ITS NAME CONFEDERATE ROSE ???ONE RECORD I FIND SAYS IT
>IS A NATIVE OF CHINA,BUT HAS TAKEN A LIKING TO THE US
>SOUTHLAND.I REALIZE THIS IS NOT A FAMILY RELATED
>GENEALOGICAL QUESTION,BUT WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE DOWN
>SOUTH HAS ANY IDEA OF THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME
>"CONFEDERATE ROSE" IT SEEMS TO BLOOM RATHER LATE IN
>THE FALL. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS.opal in tx.
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Richard Brock




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