Re: Myrica californica

To my eye, it's one of our most elegant native coastal
shrubs. (Inland, where it's much drier and hotter, it
gets thrips.)

-Jason Dewees


--- Einionygarddwr@aol.com wrote:
> Many thanks to David, Ernie & Jason for the
> information. The seeds came from 
> Ventnor Botanic Garden on the south-east coast of
> the Isle of Wight, where I 
> presume they grow it outside. They're a couple of
> hundred miles further south 
> than here, but otherwise in a very similar climatic
> situation. As I have 
> several plants of this, I shall keep one under glass
> next winter as an 
> insurance policy. Indeed, unless they've grown a
> great deal between now & 
> winter I'll probably keep all of them under glass. I
> think it might be best 
> if it's put on some fair amount of growth and some
> well-hardened wood before 
> I experiment.
> 
> I can quite understand that it might be regarded as
> rather common in its 
> native habitat, but I can assure you that it's a
> pretty uncommon plant in UK 
> gardens. Unless I've been keeping my eyes shut these
> last decades, but 
> somehow I don't think so!
> 
> Einion Hughes,
> Rhyl,
> Wales,
> UK
> Zone 8, but currently feeling like zone 5 - where
> did summer go?           
> 


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