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Re: Eucryphia

To Dave Encisco, John Atkinson
I seem to have lost Dave's message, so am sending this out via John's
There were Eucryphias at the Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif.
Botanical Garden in the South American section at one time, but I haven't
been to see them in the last few years. They were not the full and
glorious ones we saw in the gardens of Ireland, because they were in dryer
conditions, I guess. UC Botanical Garden has species collected from the
wild. 
Elly Bade

On Wed, 16 Apr 1997, John Atkinson wrote:

> At 10:09 15/04/97 -0700, Dave Encisco wrote:
> >I apologize (again) if I've crept a little out of the Mediterranean
> >flora boundaries. I believe the Eucryphia tree to be a native of Chile
> >and Tasmania and hardy in my zone 9. I have not seen any Eucryphia
> >growing in San Francisco Bay Area and I've only found a scant bit of
> >information on the tree (only two are listed in my catalogs).
> 
> There are two Australian Eucryphias.  The best known is E lanata, 
> the leatherwood, which grows in Tasmania, has showy white flowers 
> which produce (with the help of bees) the famous (at least in 
> Tasmania) and delicious leatherwood honey.  I am assured (by Gai 
> Kloc among others) that it prefers full sun.   Also moist rich soil.
> Max height 8 m, according to one book.  I doubt if its roots are 
> invasive.  I've got one, it's fine and healthy but only a foot or 
> 18 in high after two years, so you can probably say it's 
> slow-growing.
> 
> The other, whose specific name I haven't at hand, grows in 
> Victoria and (southern) NSW, and is a rainforest understory 
> tree/shrub, preferring shade.  Don't know if it's in cultivation
> to any extent.
> 
> I don't know anything about the S American Eucryphias, other than 
> that they exist.
> 
> John
> 
>
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