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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hello - I have been searching for and planting a variety of
herbs - mostly intended to be used in brewing. I searched very hard for
Marsh Rosemary in any form and finially came up with a source for the
seeds. They arrived today and I am writing to share this information with
you all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I fount the seeds at this site: <A
href="http://www.thealpinegarden.com/seedlist.htm">http://www.thealpinegarden.com/seedlist.htm</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I ordered several type of ledum: ledum Palustre, ledum
hypoleucum, and ledum decumbens, and well as myrica tomentosa. I've
already found and planted myrica gale - at least one variety of it. It
apparently grows into a 30 x 10 foot wide bush - evergreen, with lots of waxy
berries that birds love.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I believe that the ledum palustre is the plant that is closed
to what was used in Europe for gruit ale.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>The alpine garden web site is in Siberia! - and I followed the
instructions on the web site, emailing my order to the very nice doctor up in
Siberia. She sent a very personal little letter with packages of
each of the seeds. If anyone is interested I'll let you know how the seeds
do. Of course my climate is seriously different than the one in siberiia
(Magadan, Russia) - I live in northern California, so I'm not certain how to
grow these starts. - </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I found a place in France and one in England that adveritised
some forms of ledum seeds for sale, but on further investigation they were not
available.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Paloma</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>