I need to get my hands on some mistletoe in the next day or two. Anyone know where I can get some in Chicago? Or overnighted via internet ordering? I’ve been to Meijer, Target, KMart a number of florists in Springfield, IL, but no one has it. It can be plastic or real.
Thanks,
Happy
I’ve seen mistletoe in supermarkets. Comes in little plastic bags, stapled to a cardboard easel. The leaves are real, the berries are fake[real ones are poisonous] Check in the floral department, or near the checkout stands. Barring that, call a Christmas tree farm. They sell a lot of seasonal greens, and may have the REAL stuff, poisonous berries and all.
Check out the lots that sell real Christmas trees–they’ve usually got wreaths and garlands and holly, so I would assume they’ve got mistletoe.
Last time I bought some I got it at a nursery. But you might luck out at a flower shop.
Just tell her!
–Cliffy
I was going to start a thread about this plant so , if you don’t mind , I shall tag it on here.
I was going to ask if mistletoe is native to the US is was it introduced from Europe? Over here it grows mostly on oak trees . Does it do this in America or has it found a different host ?
There are two species of mistletoe native to the US.
http://www.usgs.gov/mistletoe/
Walgreen’s and Osco Drug seem to carry it every year.
Here we just go shoot it out the trees.