Re: Kennedia nigricans?

I had one in a pot, and after I finally saw the flower, I set it in 
an out of the way spot where it got watered by the automatic drip 
system, until I could figure out a place to plant it in the yard. 
Well, it rooted through the pot holes into the ground and proceeded 
to grow quite rapidly up through a peach tree near it, which I didn't 
notice, until a couple of years later when all these clusters of 
black and gold pea-like flowers appeared all throughout the peach 
tree branches! It was quite a sight. I dug it out and gave it to a 
friend who has more room to grow it in. This is in Pasadena, 
California. One of the winters it got cold enough a few nights to 
freeze water in a pet dish outside, although it didn't get much 
colder than about 29 deg. F. Based on that, I think it would do quite 
well in your area. I don't know how much water it requires since it 
was watered by drip all year round.


>Anyone got any experience with Kennedia nigricans?
>--
>**********
>'''''''''''''''''''''''
>Nan Sterman
>San Diego County California
>Sunset zone 24, USDA hardiness zone 10b or 11

-- 
--Lee Poulsen
Pasadena area, California, USDA Zone 9-10
wlp@radar-sci.jpl.nasa.gov
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index