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From: Lester Kallus lkallus at earthlink.net> on 2000.12.24 at 21:34:20(5793) Once every few months I slip a non-aroid question into this group. It's time again. A surprise cold snap associated with a bigger surprising horrific work +More schedule caused me to just let a few plants die in my garden. The variegated tapioca - Manihot esculenta variegata - is one of my favorite non-aroids and it rolled over dead with the cold snap. I brought the tuber in but it will undoubtedly do nothing. (I've tried this one before but the tubers don't seem to send anything up regardless of how long I wait.) I'll be in the northeastern part of Miami visiting family in January. I may head down to Fairchild during that trip. Does anyone in this group know of a garden center or nursery near any of those parts of Miami that might carry Manihot? Ideally I'd like to find a small one that would easily fit into a carry-on bag. Even though this might be pushing my luck, how about small passion flowers aside from the easily available alato-caerulea? Thanks, Les

From: "Julius Boos" ju-bo at email.msn.com> on 2000.12.25 at 05:49:51(5794) Dear Les, Contact me when it is warm enough to ship and I will send you some fresh cut branches of the Var. cassava/manihot/tapioca, this is how it is propagated. "Found' it just last week in a Nursery on Southern Blvd. here in W.P.B. Happy Holidays! Sincerely, Julius +More >>Once every few months I slip a non-aroid question into this group. It's time again. A surprise cold snap associated with a bigger surprising horrific work schedule caused me to just let a few plants die in my garden. The variegated tapioca - Manihot esculenta variegata - is one of my favorite non-aroids and it rolled over dead with the cold snap. I brought the tuber in but it will undoubtedly do nothing. (I've tried this one before but the tubers don't seem to send anything up regardless of how long I wait.) I'll be in the northeastern part of Miami visiting family in January. I may head down to Fairchild during that trip. Does anyone in this group know of a garden center or nursery near any of those parts of Miami that might carry Manihot? Ideally I'd like to find a small one that would easily fit into a carry-on bag. Even though this might be pushing my luck, how about small passion flowers aside from the easily available alato-caerulea? Thanks, Les<<

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