Re: Bulls horn acacia

Just curious, do the thorns darken with age?
Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 4:12 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Bulls horn acacia


> Right, Marge. Thorns in the extreme. Kinda strange to grow a plant for
> its thorns, isn't it?
>
> On Tuesday, April 6, 2004, at 11:51 PM, Marge Talt wrote:
>
> > Lordy, Jim, but that's an awesome baby.  Looks like it could do some
> > damage even at a young age...an adult must be something else!  I am
> > assuming those most interesting 'horns' are actually thorns of some
> > type?
> >
> > Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
> > mtalt@hort.net
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> >> From: james singer <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>
> >> Here's a link to a picture of my newly acquired bulls-horn acacia
> >> [Acacia sphaerocephala]. It shows the horns a bit more distinctly
> > than
> >> the photo at the other site did. They look like they ought to be
> > part
> >> of some Chinese ivory carving.
> >>
> >> http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/38737/
> >>
> >> One of the architects at work told me that when he landscaped one
> > of
> >> the estates on St. Armand's Key a couple of years ago, he went to
> > great
> >> lengths to save a full grown bulls-horn--pruned it out, limbed it
> > up,
> >> planted an understory to call attention to it, and so on. He said
> > the
> >> last time he went back to the house, he learned the owner had had
> > her
> >> maintenance folks cut it down and haul it away.
> >>
> >> Oh well, not a plant for everyone, I guess.
> >>
> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> Zone 10
> >>
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