Apologies for this off-topic note, but the Texas Post Oak post tweaked my pre-caffeine morning brain :) We are starting a small botanic garden here in coastal Catalunya, and searching for Mediterranean climate Quercus species to trial in our changing climate. They are incredibly difficult to source in Europe! If there are any PBS members who could help us out with a handful of fresh, viable (float tested), clean, bug-free acorns, could you contact me privately? I don't want to continue an off-topic thread in the forum here, but I would love to hear from you directly: < erik.vanlennep@circlesquared.org>. Looking for oak spp from areas with Mediterranean type climates; any evergreen oaks, including Quercus virginiana, which not Mediterranean *per se,* seems to thrive under those conditions. I can cover postage costs to Spain. Thanks, and again, sorry for going off-topic. Erik van Lennep http://www.circlesquared.org/ youth and elders short video <http://vimeo.com/62177578/> http://www.linkedin.com/in/erikvanlennep/ <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> *Innovation Studio* "we teach sustainability, creativity, effective communication and personal management skills to aspiring entrepreneurs and leaders". ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ *“You never change things by fighting the existing reality.To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.”* *― Richard Buckminster Fuller* _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/