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Author Topic: Gaultheria procumbens  (Read 317 times)
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James McGee
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« on: November 21, 2011, 08:49:09 PM »
This may be useful only to those in the United States.  When I was at Home Depot today I saw Wintergreen plants for sale like poinsettias.  They looked like the plant in the following link.

http://www.podzamkem.com/zahradnictvi/eshop/0/0/5/383-Gaultheria-procumbens

The only difference was the pot was wrapped in red plastic.  Something to add to your Christmas list?  A great decoration that you can then plant in the garden.  Unfortunately, I'll be planting mine in a pot full of composed leaves because I know it won't like my limey soil.

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« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2011, 10:25:20 PM »

They are at the Home Depot here, too.   But not G. procumbens.  The tag said it is a different Gaultheria sp. - I'll check tomorrow.  I crushed a leaf and it smelled only faintly of wintergreen.  Not even close to the much stronger fragrance of procumbens.

I must say, they are excellently grown, and a nice change from the usual Christmas plant decor.  There are blooming hellebores, too.  But I want those Lewisias that the Home Depots in the east U.S. get!
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2011, 07:49:39 AM »
Aw geez...now I have to go check the Home Depot near here for a look-see and a possible addition to my growing pile of plants in my 'nursery' area for overwintering as it's only 21f here right now! Brrrrr  Shocked
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2011, 01:55:53 PM »
Here at least two species of Gaultheria are for sale before Xmas, particularly G. mucronata loaded with red, pink or white berries and another one with nice leaves and flowers.
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« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2011, 03:37:06 PM »
There is a new cultivar of Gaultheria procumbens on the market. It is a bushy plant that fruits copiously. I forget the cultivar name, but it is something like 'very berry'. I'm sure it'll be a good Christmas plant but I don't guess I'll be planting it in my woods. Maybe the 'garden' but not the woods.

Anybody have any views on the wisdom of planting cultivars of native plants in supposedly 'natural' areas? Think carefully - there are hidden issues here!
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2011, 05:32:02 PM »
Please post answers to Lis Allison's excellent question at the following topic.

http://nargs.org/smf/index.php?topic=832.0

Thanks
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