[Arid_gardener] Need source of Texas Mountain Laurel Seeds

[Linda Drew]

Try the Southwest Tree Seedling Program. They sell
southwestern plants as bareroot seedlings in 50-plant lots
for $35. Don't know if they have Texas Mtn Laurel but
may be able to give you some leads. Their website is:
   greenwoodnursery.com

Linda Drew
Master Gardener


>From: regallen@mail.utexas.edu
>To: arid_gardener@Ag.arizona.edu
>Subject: [Arid_gardener] Need source of Texas Mountain Laurel Seeds
>Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2002 11:44:26 -0600
>
>I would like to find a source, (commercial would be fine), for fairly large
>quantities of Texas Mountain Laurel seeds.
>
>My wife and myself own property on which we intend to build a home.   Our
>driveway will be nearly a quarter of a
>mile long and winding.   As part of my landscape plan, I intend to line
>both sides of the drive and border the entrance to the
>property with Texas Mountain Laurel.   It will form a dividing line between
>that land which I must disturb and a pristine
>Texas hill country environment.   I don't really have an exact count of the
>number of these shrubs I will ultimately need,
>but, it will run into the hundreds.   Given the cost of potted nursery
>shrubs, I have opted to propagate them myself.
>I have managed to gather about one hundred of the seeds and have had about
>a twenty-five percent germination success.
>Initially, I did not scarify the seeds, but, have since learned the error
>of my ways.   If this rate of germination is typical,
>I will obviously need around four times the number of seeds.   Another
>question that I have is; where can I acquire
>a biological pest control called Bacillus Thuringiensis?   Mountain laurel
>is plagued by webworms and this seems
>to be the recommended treatment.
>
>Thanks, Jim Allen
>Austin Texas
>regallen@mail.utexas.edu
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