Re: Albizia distachya
olivehill@wn.com.au writes:
>Barry, I see that this one has been around for a while but the albizia you
>ask about is native to my neck of the woods here in SW Western Australia.
>The taxonomists have been at work, hence my confusion.........it is now
>called Albizia [with one z] lophantha, syn.Paraserianthes
>lophantha....................don't you just love it?
>It is a small shrub like tree up to 8m with cream flowers in winter. Very
>fast growing, but short lived, like many wattles. Not as adapted to
>drought
>as many wattles, so may not have such high weed potential in dryer areas,
>but it has become weedy in S Africa.
>Re. propagation................scarify seed by heat or nicking or whatever
>is your favourite method.
Oh yes, i came across those alternate names for it in web searches.
Unfortunately no info on germination. BUT, i thought the scarification
thing would work, so I tried it and yes, I have a couple of seedlings
coming up. An odd thing about the seeds is the very strong fetid smell
they have. Not very pleasant. And, the largest wild A. lophantha/distachya
i have seen around is growing close to a building, which is where i think
it stays moist longer.
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