There are several fruiting pomegranates in my area in Southwestern Blount County (Smoke Rise). One down the street from me is loaded with large orange fruits every Fall. Seems to be a country shrub! There is also a large pomegranate along Hwy-31 just North of Decatur near where I work. I didn't notice whether it had fruits on it last Fall, but it is just past peak blooming with its red-orange flowers. I wonder whether there are male and female pomegranates, and many of the non-fruiting ones are males that people grew by planting seeds from a fruit they bought in a grocery store? I thought the ornamental varieties were selected for beautiful double flowers and/or different flower colors.

Thanks for the welcome yall.....I'll call around and find some wax myrtles. Thanks for the contacts. As for my bamboo, I grow the following: Vivax Grey Henon Henon (Black) MOSO Robert Young ALLGOLD Red Margin and a few others...... I also have a few banana trees, elephant ears, cantilillies, fig trees, etc... The question is, what DOESN'T my family grown in Plantersville.....Seriously, they have just about anything you could want. Paul....You're welcome to call ALLEN BEARDEN about getting your plants at wholesale. I'm sure he can accomdate you. They are just now wrapping up their shipping season and getting ready to throw a lot of plants away....Its amazing how much they throw away. PH #: 334-366-4004BTW, I have a Myspace page dedicated to Bamboo.....Here is the link: http://www.myspace.com/bamabamboo Thanks again for the warm welcome..... Cyrus

Yes, Nelson, that does help and I thank you. I had assumed it was a wildflower because I'd been seeing something very similar in a ditch near my place of work. But now it looks like maybe those are something that escaped a garden :) This little plant seems to be very happy in what is really no more than sand over rocks.

Tom, I grew up down in Lee Co., AL. The native red mulberry, M.rubra, is quite common there, and I've selected and grafted one M.rubra selection from Lee Co., which I'm now growing up here in KY, due to its heavy production of large, tasty fruits. Dr. A.J.Bullard, of Mt. Olive NC, the long-time chairman of the NAFEX Southern Mulberry Interest group ranked available(and some not all that readily available) mulberries in this manner, for the Southeast: M.nigra - generally agreed to be top-quality, but temperature fluctuations, humidity, and fungal leaf & twig problems preclude successfully growing & fruiting it in the Southeast. M.albaXrubra hybrids - Silk Hope, Sullivan, Illinois Everbearing, Wellington. (In my plantings, IE is the gold standard - large berries, good flavor, bears over a 4-6 week period; Wellington(selected in Geneva NY) is a piece of crap here; I've had no personal experience with Silk Hope or Sullivan, though I've seen good reviews for SH). M.rubra - (Carlton)English and (Janie)Watts M.alba - Shangri-La, Pakistan In his estimation, it's a toss-up between the top M.rubras and M.albas, with the rubras heavier on the acid component of flavor, and the albas not having quite enough acid. They are fast-growing trees. Most of mine have been purchased as bareroot graftlings, or I've transplanted M.alba seedlings and grafted named varieties onto them. I have purchased a couple of potted varieties from EL, but the bareroots have performed as well or better than the potted ones. For other potential sources, have a look at the nursery/supplier list at the NAFEX website. Here is a link that might be useful: NAFEX