Tim I Have a large collection of rhododendrons in my garden and tried growing Franklinias just too loose them after a year or two. Someone sent me the the following suggestion: Water the ground with dilute chicken manure before and after planting Franklinia. Apparently the chicken manure kills the soil borne fungus detrimental to them. I am going to try it just as soon as I can find the tree. Laura Niagara on the Lake On Mon., Oct. 3, 2022, 6:56 p.m. Tim Eck via pbs, < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > A correction and a further question. > 1. The American chestnut tree is not alive in people's yards in the USA - > that is 99% of the time a Chinese (mollissima) chestnut, bred for thousands > of years to be an orchard tree. We don't need to question whether we > should save the habitat and screw the species by substituting mollissima > in the forest because it won't reach high enough to compete. Occasionally > it might be Japanese (crenata) and extremely rarely henryi or seguinei or > some hybrid in yards. > 2. Most friends and acquaintances who tried to grow Franklinia described it > as a shrub that dies unexpectedly for no apparent reason, but one person > who had the most magnificent specimen I had ever seen told me you have to > keep it away from Rhododendron sp. because they harbor a virus that kills > Franklinia. > If anyone can corroborate or deny that, I would be grateful. (I lost all > mine unexpectedly for no apparent reason.) > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 6:23 PM Marc Rosenblum via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > > On 10/3/2022 1:31 PM, Tim Eck via pbs wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 2:27 PM Aad van Beek <avbeek1@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> No clue what it has to do with "Wild collecting". But in greater > scheme > > of > > >> things. Dinosaurs got extinct but the world is still spinning. Guess > if > > we > > >> don't hybridize the American chestnut with Asian Chestnut or insert > some > > >> genes it could get extinct from blight. But that would not stop the > > world > > >> from spinning either. > > >> > > >> Aad > > > > > > Both the American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and the Ben Franklin Tree > > (Franklinia alatamaha) are functionally extinct in the wild. Both are > > thriving, and much enjoyed, in home gardens. > > > > Dissemination and cultivation are endangered species' best protection > > against extinction! > > > > Reintroduction to a plant's native habitat [where practicable] is also > > conducive to preservation. > > > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > pbs mailing list > > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > > PBS Forum latest: > > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > PBS Forum latest: > https://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbsforum/index.php/… > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> PBS Forum https://…