Hi, Since San Juan Island WA is further north than where we live in southwestern OR I am surprised that you can grow fuschias outside year round. The only ones I have seen here are in pots that you need to bring inside in the winter. When we lived in southern CA many years ago we had lots of beautiful fuschias in our yard. I love them. There are so many varieties. I sure wish we could plant them here. We have lots of roses and they are beautiful except when the deer eat them. ;-( Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Hawley" <sjhawley@interisland.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:49 AM Subject: RE: [Irish-American] Irish plants > Hi, > A plant we saw everywhere in Tipperary was fuschia. The story I was told is > that wherever you saw a fuschia bush, it was likely the site of an old house > that had fallen down. We saw plenty of fuschia bushes. Other plants that > you really don't want that seemed to be prevalent were thistles and sedge - > the sheep avoided those. We already have enough of these in the Pacific NW. > (I live on SJ Island and would be interested to know what other plants you > come up with.) I bought a booklet of Irish flowers and will try to find it > to see what else it lists. > > Sandra > San Juan Island, WA > > -----Original Message----- > From: wood.pat@comcast.net [mailto:wood.pat@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:37 AM > To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Irish-American] Irish plants > > Hi > > Need your help. What plants / flowers ... beyond the Shamrock ... do you > think > of when you think of Ireland? Would really appreciate your thoughts. > > We need to re-plant a good part of our backyard after a new sewer line had > to be installed. Our climate around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is > similar to that of the Emerald Isle. It is a temperatie climate, and is > very very green due to lots of rain. So, we thought that it would be kind of > nice to look for plantings that we'd likely see in Ireland. > > This yard requires both shade-seeking and sun tolerant plants.... trees, > bushes > and flowers. > > All ideas most welcome! Thanks. > Pat Wood > Fircrest, WA > > > -- > Pat Wood > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > >

I haven't tried to grow fuschias here. There were just a lot of them everywhere we went in Tipperary. I haven't had much time to concentrate on gardening yet. We saw rhodondren's growing wild along the riverbanks in Ireland as well. -----Original Message----- From: Elaine [mailto:elaine@cyberhouse.org] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 3:30 PM To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Irish-American] Irish plants Hi, Since San Juan Island WA is further north than where we live in southwestern OR I am surprised that you can grow fuschias outside year round. The only ones I have seen here are in pots that you need to bring inside in the winter. When we lived in southern CA many years ago we had lots of beautiful fuschias in our yard. I love them. There are so many varieties. I sure wish we could plant them here. We have lots of roses and they are beautiful except when the deer eat them. ;-( Elaine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandra Hawley" <sjhawley@interisland.net> To: <IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:49 AM Subject: RE: [Irish-American] Irish plants > Hi, > A plant we saw everywhere in Tipperary was fuschia. The story I was told is > that wherever you saw a fuschia bush, it was likely the site of an old house > that had fallen down. We saw plenty of fuschia bushes. Other plants that > you really don't want that seemed to be prevalent were thistles and sedge - > the sheep avoided those. We already have enough of these in the Pacific NW. > (I live on SJ Island and would be interested to know what other plants you > come up with.) I bought a booklet of Irish flowers and will try to find it > to see what else it lists. > > Sandra > San Juan Island, WA > > -----Original Message----- > From: wood.pat@comcast.net [mailto:wood.pat@comcast.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 8:37 AM > To: IRISH-AMERICAN-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Irish-American] Irish plants > > Hi > > Need your help. What plants / flowers ... beyond the Shamrock ... do you > think > of when you think of Ireland? Would really appreciate your thoughts. > > We need to re-plant a good part of our backyard after a new sewer line had > to be installed. Our climate around Puget Sound in the Pacific Northwest is > similar to that of the Emerald Isle. It is a temperatie climate, and is > very very green due to lots of rain. So, we thought that it would be kind of > nice to look for plantings that we'd likely see in Ireland. > > This yard requires both shade-seeking and sun tolerant plants.... trees, > bushes > and flowers. > > All ideas most welcome! Thanks. > Pat Wood > Fircrest, WA > > > -- > Pat Wood > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== > The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service > http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ > Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc. > > ==== IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List ==== The IRISH-AMERICAN Mailing List Website and Lookup Service http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ Use this to unsub, change your subscription, links, etc.