Re: Phony tony
- To: g*@cruzio.com, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Phony tony
- From: K*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 16:58:51 EDT
In a message dated 4/15/99 3:29:26 PM EST, grant@cruzio.com writes:
<< Almost embarrassed to mention this after all the awful things I have said
about it previously - but a hedge of Photinia might be a possibility as I
have seen long, long hedges of it right at the water's edge in So.Calif.
Pruned once a year easily, the new red growth is quite attractive. I've seen
it for sale at Barni's big nursery in Rome so I know it is available. bill
grant, calif. >>
There is a long hedge of Photinia fraseri along Interstate 5 here in Stockton
that is particularly beautiful right now. Unpruned, it has made a billowy,
informal hedge from two to three meters in height. The creamy flowers
against the red foliage are particularly striking and attractive. There is
enough variety in the "straight run" of seedlings that the effect is far from
monotonous, resembling, in fact, a tapestry hedge of a single species, if
that were possible.
Kurt Mize
Stockton, California
USDA Zone 9
