Northeast Gardening: So what are you growing new in 2008?, 1 by DonnieBrook

DonnieBrook wrote:
It may be hard to tell what this is, but this is one of my "sticks" that I'm so excited about. It was just a small branching limb of a gumbo limbo tree. I stripped off all the leaves and put it in the ground. If you look closely you will see the green leaves on the tip of each point. I just put in the soaker hose behind it, so all of my sticks can be watered while we're away if the rains don't come. Gumbo limbos grow very quickly, so I wanted to document its size now for comparison in the fall.