Tony, Thanks for the plug on NARGS--and Sally. Bobby >Jane: > > Sally Walker is the amazing lady who runs Southwest Native Seed. Her >daughter who lives in Raleigh was here last week and said everything was >fine with her mom. She also said that Sally is planning to attend the >NARGS National meeting next May 5-8 to be held here in Raleigh. For those >that have ordered by mail, this will be a great chance to meet her and many >other wonderful gardeners. The talks will have a strong emphasis on bulbs. >Since I've mentioned the meeting, our list of speakers at the meeting include: > >Jim Archibald, Archibald Seed (Wales) - "Plant Hunting in Turkey and Gone >to Seed" >Tony Avent, Plant Delights Nursery (NC) - "Humidity and Humility - Rock >Gardening in the South" >Roy Dicks, Writer/Reviewer (NC) - "The Garden Wit and Wisdom of Beverly >Nichols" >Pamela Harper, Garden Writer (VA) - "Gone But Not Forgotten" >Todd Lasseigne, JC Raulston Arboretum (NC) - "Woody Plants for the Rock >Garden" >Brian Matthew, Garden Writer (UK) - "A-Z of Bulbs and Associated Matters" >Carl Schoenfeld, Yucca Do Nursery (TX) - "New Hardy Plant Introductions >from South of the Border" >Bobby Ward, Garden Writer (NC) - "Contemporary Plant Hunters and Their >Plant Introductions" >Emily Wilson, Garden Writer (NC) - "Elizabeth Lawrence - A Life" > > >Tony Avent >Plant Delights Nursery @ >Juniper Level Botanic Garden >9241 Sauls Road >Raleigh, NC 27603 USA >Minimum Winter Temps 0-5 F >Maximum Summer Temps 95-105F >USDA Hardiness Zone 7b >email tony@plantdelights.com >website http://www.plantdel.com/ >phone 919 772-4794 >fax 919 772-4752 >"I consider every plant hardy until I have killed it myself...at least >three times" - Avent >_______________________________________________ >pbs mailing list >pbs@lists.ibiblio.org >http://www.pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php ____________ Bobby J. Ward 930 Wimbleton Drive Raleigh, North Carolina 27609-4356 USA Telephone: 919-781-3291 Fax number: 919-783-0654 email biblio@nc.rr.com USDA horticultural Zone 7