From The hills of Southwestern Virginia elevation 2000 feet. My pears were a disapointment for me this year in that my best two trees had a very low set. I also had a lot of damage from CM which I've never had before. I didn't spray, but didn't see the damage until the fruit started getting ripe. Hamese- my earliest pear was new this year. Just a few to taste. They were medium sized, quite aromatic for an asian pear, but rather mealy. I may have left them on too long. Chojuro- Smaller than usual this year and there was a low fruit set. They had good strong flavor as usual. Hosui- Some sized up better than usual maybe because of low fruit set. I think the hot weather actually improved the flavor as they were as sweet and tasty as the chojuro but larger. There was a good bit of watercoring which I hadn't seen before, but it didn't detract at all from the taste. Twentieth Century (Nijiseiki)-pretty much a failure--the few that set cracked like dried mud. Shinseiki- these were very good this year. Flavor like TC but much larger and no cracking. Korean Giant- Great flavor and large-unfortunately a lot of CM damage, so I couldn't store them even if I had enough to do so. Shinko-Nearly tasteless. This must be good somewhere but apparently not here. Ya Li- Pretty, pear shaped pears but not particulary sweet and little flavor. These may have not fully ripened. Only a handful to try. Yongi-Just a couple of fruits. A lot like chojuro but quite small. May not be representative since the graft is small. Moonglow- These fooled me; they were ready early because of the heat so I got to many of them too late. Most ended up canned. OK flavor; the skin is thick and tough here. Maxine- first time to get any fruit (just One) It was relatively small and somewhat rounded. Very good fresh eating. Unknown Euro- grafted this a couple of years ago from an aquaintance who had this in her front yard when she moved into her house several years ago. It was probably planted by the first homeowner (she's the third), and no one here knows what it is. Her neighbors told her it's the best pear in the county. Looks a lot like a barlett but is picked ripe from the tree like an asian and has a slight crunch. Perhaps a euro-asian hybrid? The flavor is mild, like a europen, and very good.

Strike anything from your list not from China or the humid side (i.e., Brazil and Argentina) of South America. All those Tasmania/NZ plants will die sooner or later. You realize most of NZ & Tasmania have summers as cool or cooler/wetter than SE England? The record high, ever, for most of that biome is 32C, which is Charleston's average high. I wouldn't rule out a Australian mainland conifer surviving there: you might try a Wollemia although it could eventually die of root rot. One remaining clone sounds like a genetic bottleneck to me. Calocedrus probably doesn't do well south of Washington DC. It comes from the very dry summer Seirra Nevada and it's slightly remarkable it does as well in SE PA & NJ as it does, but I've seen some great ones. The NCSU arb. does list one (http://www.ncsu.edu/jcraulstonarboretum/horticulture/current_plantings/current_plantings_details.php?serialnumber=0002094), but I don't remember seeing any there, and four feet of growth after 10 years isn't a good sign. OTOH, the coast Redwood DOES grow well in NC, and would be an option for you, assuming you have the space. You can find plenty of discussions in past threads of firs that might grow down there, Abies firma is probably the only sure bet for coastal SC. You don't mention Pseudotsuga wilsoniana, although, having no fragrance, it's perhaps a bit boring compared to douglas fir, which definitely isn't an option. You see a few in SE PA, but they don't look too happy. I know of a wealthy guy from Colorado who's been trying to grow them on his Main Line estate, he can't get them established.

Hi Dehnera, Send me a pic of your trillium and I can likely identify it, if not, a friend of mine with LA NHP can. The following link contains images and descriptions of trillium species from the great state of Georgia where I once lived. Click on the thumbnails to view the selected species' description page. James Here is a link that might be useful: Endangered & Threatened Plants to the Southeastern United States

Thane I have noticed that my T. grandiflorum do come up with their leaf sheath bent, but only for a very short time, they seem to pull out straight pretty quickly. I have never noticed T. ovatum that close to check,--- interesting. The grands are older and have a much thicker stalk and bigger leaves, the the natives I have are smaller, so maybe they are very fast at coming up straight, or are curved underground only. Will have to remember to check next year. My two patches are very close and I have seedlings now that are probably crosses with many different sizes of flower petals. I have a native patch that I got from a different source and they have very thin narrow petals. Judy