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Subject:
Re: Albizia distachya
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:20
AM
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.
Now
I know what you're talking about.
Stay
right away from it. Becomes weedy in SA is one hell of an understatement.
Its one of our worst noxious weeds. A great water robber, very quick
growing, very prolific & the seeds appear very longlasting in the soil.
I don't find it attractive either. I can see no reason it wouldn't go the
same way in California.
Regards
Glenn Breayley. Ragnarok & Valhalla
Research.
POBox 26158, Hout Bay, 7872, Capetown, South Africa
Ph/Fax
SA 021 7904253 E-mail v*@iafrica.com
Wholesale
nurseryman & Tillandsia specialist wholesale & retail
grower.
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