AZH : Messages : 650-679 of 1987

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650	Hi! I would appreciate any suggestions you may have for tropical-looking = perennials appropriate for zones 5 & 6. I'd especially like to know = which ones...	Doug Jones djones8005	Jan 14, 2003 12:59 pm
651	Hello colleagues: I ask for help: Does anybody know if Aucuba japonica (Spotted laurel) is toxic? Some animals get ill and we think that they could eat some...	Eulalia Bohigas eulaliabohigas	Jan 14, 2003 3:57 pm
652	Aucuba is listed in Toxic Plants of North Carolina: http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/poison/poison.htm This list includes non-native ornamentals....	Katherine Mitchell kat2mitch	Jan 14, 2003 6:13 pm
653	Have you considered hardy bananas? Musa basjoo is reportedly hardy to Zone 5 with protection. There are several sources online. Haven't tried it personally,...	Katherine Mitchell kat2mitch	Jan 14, 2003 6:43 pm
654	Hi toxin is present in every part of the plant, all reported intoxications have involved the fruit. moderate digestive upset with vomiting and fever may be...	cmcclenin@... carolmccl2002	Jan 14, 2003 8:44 pm
655	I have used the Japanese bananas next to our Japanese macaque exhibit at our mountain top zoo (we are on the border of zone 6 and 7). With our mountain top...	Laurie Spangler LSpangler@...	Jan 15, 2003 1:30 pm
656	Tropical looking perennials. I don't have my list anymore (or proper spellings at home), so off the top of my head... Baptisia australis Kirengoshoma palmata ...	Mark and Katie Booth mbooth@...	Jan 15, 2003 3:11 pm
657	Some of the tropical looking plants that I can think of are Hostas, Oriental lilies, Hibiscus moscheutos, Hollyhocks, Arum italicum, Tradescantia (I saw a...	Sarada Krishnan sarada80020	Jan 15, 2003 3:42 pm
658	Hi Hort People, I was wondering if anyone has anything on Requirements you set for your horticulture interns. Also does anyone have a combined...	Doug Jones djones8005	Jan 23, 2003 7:11 pm
659	We are starting to build an African exhibit and were wondering if anyone knew the name of the palm trees growing in Africa in Zimbabwe? thanks...	carolmccl2002	Jan 29, 2003 9:54 pm
660	Hyphaene coriacea http://www.pacsoa.org.au/palms/Hyphaene/coriacea2.html Tom Jaszewski The Mirage Hotel 702-595-7012 ... From: carolmccl2002...	Tom Jaszewski tomjasz	Jan 29, 2003 11:53 pm
661	For a current list of palm titles available for sale, contact: Dennis Johnson, Ph.D. Palm Tree Resources Worldwide 3726 Middlebrook Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45208...	Mark Fleming mrfazh	Jan 30, 2003 2:41 pm
662	We are currently looking into the feasibility of setting up a composting program at the Indy Zoo and and I would like to hear from any zoos that are doing so...	Horticulture Staff hortstaf@...	Feb 4, 2003 6:43 pm
663	Nina, I will pass your request on to our Compost Coordinator who will back in the office on Thursday. We have a well-established program here. David David Selk...	David Selk david.selk@...	Feb 4, 2003 6:46 pm
664	Nina, check wtih Purdue. It's a really big zoo in West Lafayette. Jody Tishmack was a speaker at the IAA (Indiana Arborist Association) annual meeting. She is...	Katie Booth kjbb11	Feb 4, 2003 9:25 pm
665	Brookfield Zoo in Brookfield ILL (Chicago) is also doing their own composting. Check with Diane Dunlap at didunlap@... ...	Nye, Christine cnyeshedd	Feb 4, 2003 9:44 pm
666	Nina, I have some experience with composting. We have done it successfully with our herbivore's manure by "windrow" composting. If you would like to...	Chuck Fillah fillahc@...	Feb 5, 2003 11:57 am
667	This is just a first reminder that the deadline for submitting articles for the AZH newsletter is March 1. Articles can be sent via e-mail to Olivia or myself...	The Whiteways zoodoodoo	Feb 7, 2003 5:08 am
668	... This is just a first reminder that the deadline for submitting articles for the AZH newsletter is March 1. Articles can be sent via e-mail to Olivia or...	David Selk david.selk@...	Feb 7, 2003 11:32 pm
669	Hi, My name is Stephanie Armstrong. I am currently completing a research project looking at the nutrition and foraging behaviour of plains zebra at Dublin Zoo,...	zebra_phd	Feb 25, 2003 1:36 pm
670	Hi Ron, I used this message to get back on the AZH listserve. I have checked the home page and thought that I would be able to submit questions but they never...	Lucinda Grover lgrover@...	Feb 25, 2003 4:57 pm
671	Lucinda, I had good results with Fipronil. Please see http://tropicaldesigns.com/ipm-german.htm Regards, Jeff Jeff Shimonski Director of Horticulture Parrot...	Jeff Shimonski info@...	Feb 25, 2003 5:21 pm
672		David Cooke bucketandspa...	Feb 26, 2003 9:53 am
673	Hello all, I am inquiring as to who plans on holding an IPCD event this year? Ours is set for May 10th. Also, I would like to know who is carrying out any...	zooplntr@... okczoo2003	Feb 27, 2003 3:06 pm
674	El Paso Zoo is going to have that on May 10 also, Cheryl...	clgaring@... ginko54	Feb 28, 2003 3:07 am
675	At the Butterfly Pavilion, we are having our event the weekend of May 30th. As far as conservation work goes, we do not have a direct program but we do...	Sarada Krishnan sarada80020	Feb 28, 2003 5:13 pm
676	Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will have our Plant Conservation Day on June 7th this year....	Dana Schubert dschubertcmzoo	Feb 28, 2003 5:45 pm
677	The St. Louis Children's Hospital will be discussing butterfly conservation and plant conservation with the young patients as we rear butterfly larvae and...	Gary Wangler elly63110	Feb 28, 2003 7:25 pm
678	Hello! I would like some ideas for some tropical groundcovers and shrubby plants in the 3'-5' range that you have grown successfully in an indoor exhibit. I am...	Doug Jones djones8005	Feb 28, 2003 9:28 pm
679	A new world tropical plant that I find is an excellent groundcover is the genus Pitcairnia (Bromeliaceae). Although we grow them outside here in Miami, you...	Jeff Shimonski info@...	Feb 28, 2003 9:33 pm

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