Re: Phooey Phygelius
- To: "medit-plants" <m*@ucdavis.edu>
- Subject: Re: Phooey Phygelius
- From: "* B* <v*@iafrica.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 1999 08:22:45 +0200
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>Phooey or not, I'm still working on a lesson on Phygelius or Cape
>Fuchsia! While not completely drought tolerant, I think it will prove
>to be a good dry garden plant. Perhaps less of a thug in dryer
>conditions, and some of you mentioned it adapts well to dry shade,
>behaving itself when competing with established roots! This sounds like
>a good plant for those of us with these conditions.
>
Yes - less of a thug but I think you also have less flowering with it. I've
got it growing under a plum tree here, being watered about once every 4-5
days & even then it doesn't achieve the flowering glory possible in the wild
( streamside in the Hogsback ). Its a definite trade off of vigour for
floral display.
Regards
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph SA 021 7904253 Fax SA 021 7905139 E-mail valhalla@iafrica.com
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