Re: Phooey! Phygelius!
At 12:32 AM 4/9/99 GMT, you wrote:
>Tim wrote:
>
>>Re Jan's query. Well, maybe in a relatively dry and hot climate Ye
>>Cape Fuchsia may not cause trouble but here on the mild wet west coast
>>of the UK it is a monster. Ok, a beautiful monster. But a monster all
>>the same.
I have a pale yellow one that is only a bit of a nuisance. It is near a row
of redwoods and only has one 1-gallon dripper (run for 1 1/2 hours once a
week) to get it through the summer. It has been there close to 10 years,
never gets over 3 ft high, and has only spread to 4 ft across. True it
sends out a few root runners, but I just yank them out once or twice a
year. I consider it a very handy, low maintenance small shrub.
Katherine Pyyle
Berkeley, California
