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Re: Eucryphia

There used to be two, I think at the Blake Estate at the front door.  I
haven't been to see them lately but they were not fabulous.  A friend tried
to grow one here in Berkeley and it did not thrive.
Judy Houck, Berkeley Calif.

At 11:03 PM 4/15/97 -0700, William Bade wrote:
>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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