A Very Southern Recruitment=A Very Carnation Recruitment!

carnation · #1 08-09-2007, 07:02 PM

I can't pick a favorite Southern plant!

I hope she gets her favorite choices tomorrow!

alum · #2 08-09-2007, 07:51 PM

Great aliases. I am truly amazed at the creativity that our GCers use for the fake names.

Hopeful_Bubbles · #3 08-09-2007, 07:52 PM

Good luck to Seet Tea!

violetpretty · #4 08-09-2007, 08:30 PM

I like azaleas because they come in so many colors, crapemyrtles because they are stunning when they grow to be huge (they just won't grow in MD

), hydrangeas because you can change the color depending on the acidity or basicity of the soil, and magnolias just smell so good! If the sororities are all just as fabulous as the codes, then Miss Sweet Tea really can't go wrong. Good luck to her!

howtheSunrose · #5 08-09-2007, 10:10 PM

Yay SweetTea! I'm going to have to go for azaleas

trojangal · #6 08-09-2007, 10:13 PM

And what is the name of the fifth group? Can't wait to hear how Sweet Tea does!

honeychile · #7 08-09-2007, 10:35 PM

I just love the names!!! Sweet Tea is precious, but those lovely Southern flower bushes!! I love them all, but oh, how I would love to have a Crapemyrtle!!

Violetpretty, there are two types of crapemyrtles which will grow in the northern part of the South (which weather includes my part of the country), but I just can't think of the name. They are the dark pink variety, that I remember.

ETA: Both the Baton Rouge and Sacramento types of crape myrtle will grow in PA. They're both a deep red/fuschia shade.

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MSKKG · #8 08-09-2007, 11:59 PM

Love the code names and all their blooms! Just got back from Maine today,and I saw what I thought were some white hydrangeas there (is that possible?!?). They were very unusual. Of course, as a Mississippi girl, I'm partial to magnolias! Can't beat azaleas and crapemyrtles either. Good luck to Sweet Tea--hope she has an easier time deciding her favorite than I do!!!

PenguinTrax · #9 08-10-2007, 08:37 AM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

I just love the names!!! Sweet Tea is precious, but those lovely Southern flower bushes!! I love them all, but oh, how I would love to have a Crapemyrtle!!

Violetpretty, there are two types of crapemyrtles which will grow in the northern part of the South (which weather includes my part of the country), but I just can't think of the name. They are the dark pink variety, that I remember.

ETA: Both the Baton Rouge and Sacramento types of crape myrtle will grow in PA. They're both a deep red/fuschia shade.
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Here in Tally you'll see crape myrtles in red, fuschia, purple, pink, and white. We have none in our yard right now, but have a couple of Southern Magnolias, an Oriental Magnolia, at least one dogwood and a couple of of redbuds in addition to a miniature gardenia, miniature hydrangeas and a number of tea olives that are getting removed this fall and replaced with azaleas.

sueali · #10 08-10-2007, 10:55 AM

My dad has a crepemyrtle in his yard in Maryland, so I know there is a variety that grows there.

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Originally Posted by honeychile

I just love the names!!! Sweet Tea is precious, but those lovely Southern flower bushes!! I love them all, but oh, how I would love to have a Crapemyrtle!!

Violetpretty, there are two types of crapemyrtles which will grow in the northern part of the South (which weather includes my part of the country), but I just can't think of the name. They are the dark pink variety, that I remember.

ETA: Both the Baton Rouge and Sacramento types of crape myrtle will grow in PA. They're both a deep red/fuschia shade.

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