Spring garden time

[RayAllen]

Its that time of the year already. I really want to put in a mountain laurel or 2 in my backyard. Some people here in SA are asking crazy prices for a tree that grows wild here. I have several native plants from Palms, cacti, agave, germander etc.... Anyone know of a place that sales Mt laurels in SA without a hefty price tag.

Ray

[C.Mydas]

One of my favs! Good luck!

[RayAllen]

Found a place that sales 10g for $49.99 which isnt to bad

[JimD]

I have a gigantic one along side my house just fixin to bloom.... I found this article and Ill have tons of seed pods after the bloom if you want to try it.
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/l...211624851.html

And here ya go..

[RayAllen]

Nice Jim, Man do they smell good. Cool link may have to give it a try to see if I can get them to grow.

[C.Mydas]

Wow..nice Jim. Mine is puny next to that.

Ray- they are very poisonous if I remember correctly so if you have dogs the front yard may be a better option. Have to agree with you on the smell..like grape candy.

[JimD]

Yeah, you should smell it when its in full bloom! Talk about grape cool-aid!!! lol

[blueboy]

i saw the largest mountain laurel i've ever seen in a pot on saturday, it was about 10-12' tall, multi trunked, and in what i believe was a 75G landscape pot! for $200! which is a great price for one so large, tiny ones are usually $25-30. and those things are S-L-O-W growers. they have a bunch of them at "green gate" nursery in seguin(which is, by the way, one of the best nurseries around, IME).

[RayAllen]

i saw the largest mountain laurel i've ever seen in a pot on saturday, it was about 10-12' tall, multi trunked, and in what i believe was a 75G landscape pot! for $200! which is a great price for one so large, tiny ones are usually $25-30. and those things are S-L-O-W growers. they have a bunch of them at "green gate" nursery in seguin(which is, by the way, one of the best nurseries around, IME).

Good to know, I will have to check it out!

[aprilmayjune]

Wow I might have to grab one myself. I bought a tiny one for $50 about a year ago, but when my dog runs out in the front yard that is his pee post so its not too healthy anymore. I will have to plant the next one away from the front door so he doesn't target it again.