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BOTANICALS: White alder
These trees are useful in problem areas such as spots that are nutrient-deficient or have poor drainage.
General: White alders (Alnus rhombifolia) are appealing for their distinctive white bark, upright shape and contrasting, deep green foliage that covers slightly weeping branches. These fast-growing trees are used as shade trees, windbreaks and background trees as well as trees to control for erosion along waterways. Alders are found where the soil is deep and constantly moist. They tolerate temperatures as low as minus-10 degrees, but they also thrive in temperate zones.
Size: 25 to 40 feet high, 40 feet wide
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White Rocket Wine Company Releases Second Vintage of Award-Winning Silver Palm Cabernet Sauvignon
White Rocket Wine Company has introduced the follow-up to its wildly successful first vintage of Silver Palm Cabernet Sauvignon, a sumptuous blend primarily of Napa Valley and Sonoma County grapes designed exclusively for service on-premise. Silver Palm’s debut Cabernet Sauvignon, from the outstanding 2005 vintage, was launched in July, 2008 and became an instant critical and commercial success, earning a slew of accolades, including a Gold Medal at the prestigious San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition. And the 2006 vintage is on the same track winning Gold Medals at both the Taster’s Guild International Wine Competition in April 2009 and The International Eastern Wine Competition May 2009.
The grapes for Silver Palm Cabernet Sauvignon are grown exclusively in California’s North Coast American Viticultural Area (AVA), which encompasses Napa and Sonoma valleys. Profoundly influenced by cool coastal air and fog from the Pacific Ocean, the North Coast AVA boasts a wealth of temperate microclimates ideal for
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Corning Cable Systems Introduces LANscape® Pretium® Evolved-Density, Growth-Enabled Solutions for Data Center Applications
Corning Cable Systems LLC, part of Corning Incorporated’s (NYSE:GLW) Telecommunications segment, introduces its LANscape ® Pretium ® Evolved-Density, Growth-Enabled (EDGE) Solutions, high-density preterminated optical cabling solutions for the data center environment.
Pretium EDGE Solutions allow for up to 35 percent faster deployment; enable up to 25 percent faster moves, adds and changes (MACs); and offer up to 100 percent more density than traditional preterminated solutions.
Enabled by Corning ® ClearCurve ® multimode fiber , Pretium EDGE Solutions feature preterminated and tested multi-fiber assemblies, or trunks, with a minimum bend radius as small as five times the outer diameter of the cable, compared to 10 times in traditional trunks. Pretium EDGE Solutions trunks are an average of 30 percent smaller than traditional trunks.
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EQ Labs, Inc. Expands and Opens Florida Office
EQ Labs, Inc. (Pink Sheets:EQLB) (the "Company"), headquartered in Las Vegas, NV, announced the opening of a new office in Palm Harbor, FL. EQ Labs, Inc.'s relationship with Florida extends back over two years, when EQ Smart Energy Drink was the energy drink sponsor of the WFCMMA Cage Wars. At that time, the Clear Cut Group, Inc. served as distributors for the Company and aggressively promoted the product throughoutFlorida in addition to contiguous states. Given the product's success there, the Company decided to open an office in Palm Harbor that will serve as its East Coast office with responsibilities for recruiting and supervising sales and support personnel; establishing and oversight of additional satellite offices; participation in trade shows and other promotional events. "The Company’s goal is to expand its presence in the eastern half of the U.S.," stated Lonnie Snow, who will manage the Palm Harbor office and its East Coast operations. "Given the fact we are in the same time zone (here in Florida
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Galveston police baffled by 30 burnt palm trees
Galveston officials are investigating the torching of 30 palm trees in the last two months.
"What we've got on our hands, a serial tree arsonist, I've never seen before," said Galveston Fire Marshal Gilbert Robinson. "I've talked to colleagues of mine, and that's the first they've heard of setting palm trees on fire."
Robinson said the calls reporting burning trees have recently increased in frequency.
Sago palms are a valuable addition to Japanese-style landscapes, tropical gardens, courtyards and containers for porch and patio.
General: Sago palms (Cycas revoluta) are a geologically ancient genus, dating to the times of dinosaurs -- the Jurassic Period. Young sago palms are single-trunked, but with age, they can branch out into multiple trunks. Their feathery pinnate fronds are blush-green when immature; they eventually crown the fibrous brown trunk with four-foot fronds that become a rich dark-green color. Under ideal conditions, a single plant can have more than 100 stiff, decorative leaves. Remove dead or damaged fronds as needed. Propagate from seed or detached offsets. Few diseases or insects seriously affect the sago palm.
Size: The clumping plant can grow 4 to 6 feet tall.
Cultivation: Plant any time of the year in mild climate areas or in spring after the last frost, from 1-, 5- or 15-gallon or specimen-size containers, and use them singly or in groups of three. Construct a watering basin three times the diameter of the original container, and mulch with 2 inches of humus or compost. Sago palms tolerate high temperatures, drought, wind and cold weather down to freezing. They require full sun or partial shade in deep, well-drained soil with a pH of 6.5 to 7.0.
-- Source: "California Gardener's Guide" by Bruce and Sharon Asakawa (Cool Springs Press, $24.99)
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