http://kellydnorris.com/2009/10/candy-shop/ One human's journal about the passion for gardening. Sun, 04 Mar 2012 05:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://kellydnorris.com/2009/10/candy-shop/comment-page-1/#comment-132 kdnblog Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:10:07 +0000 http://kellydnorris.com/?p=432#comment-132 Maybe I should've said unabashedly common? It's lovely and flattering don't get me wrong, but I guess to validate my point...there are miles of it along roads from here to Minnesota, North Dakota, and Michigan, etc. It's VERY widely used in conservation and wildlife applications too. All rightly so, since it's hardy to Zone 2 and glows in late February when the sap starts to flow again. It's native here, north, west, and east and thrives in disturbed areas...a weedy native shrub. Just a regionalism thing....if I lived in southern Missouri I'd plant C. florida to my heart's content too! :) Not enough selection work done for hardiness so most commercial clones are marginally hardy here. Maybe I should’ve said unabashedly common? It’s lovely and flattering don’t get me wrong, but I guess to validate my point…there are miles of it along roads from here to Minnesota, North Dakota, and Michigan, etc. It’s VERY widely used in conservation and wildlife applications too. All rightly so, since it’s hardy to Zone 2 and glows in late February when the sap starts to flow again. It’s native here, north, west, and east and thrives in disturbed areas…a weedy native shrub. Just a regionalism thing….if I lived in southern Missouri I’d plant C. florida to my heart’s content too! Not enough selection work done for hardiness so most commercial clones are marginally hardy here.

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