Re: MEDIT-PLANTS digest 1524;got the plant but not the info
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: MEDIT-PLANTS digest 1524;got the plant but not the info
- From: m* l*
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 22:39:12 PDT
Berzelia lanuginosa: Genus of small evergreen shrubs native to South Africa.
These pretty shrubs require greenhouse conditions and a mixture of peat,
loam and sand with thorough drainage and moderately
firm potting.
Cassia obtusa: beats me, but the old edition of the R.H.S. dictionary
lists C. corymbosa as native to tropical America, hardy in Scilly,
and requiring cool greenhouse conditions where you are.
Furcraea longaeva: Native to Mexico, again hardy in Scilly, also a
greenhouse plant in your locale. Requires teatment similar to Agave,
a number of which can withstand a great amount of frost if kept dry
in winter (in my experience).
Hibbertia aspera: not listed as such, but several species of Hibbertia are
mentioned as grown outdoors in Cornwall and Scilly.
Not much help, is it?
Raphiolepis x Delacourii: at last, something that might well survive
outdoors. A cross of R. indica and R. umbellata raised at Cannes about
1896. Grows well in fertile loam or peaty soil and should have
a sunny position. "injured in exposed sites in the winter of 1939-40"
All references from the 1956 R.H.S. Dictionary of Gardening. You may
already know as much as I have provided. If so, my apologies. The only one
of these with which I have personal experience is Raphiolepis
(not Delacourii) which is used around here as a parking lot and industrial
landscape plant due to its toughness and resistance to
heat and general abuse.
Yours most respectfully,
Michael Larmer
Sacramento, California
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