Re: Grevillea redux

Bill Grant wrote:
The University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum, which has the largest collection of Aussie plants outside Oz, has proved that grevilleas on their own roots thrive in our climate. Many Australian botanists who visit say the plants are larger and look just fine here.

It is often surprising how plants can do better in an adopted land than in their native haunts. Some years ago visiting nurserymen from South Africa were apparently amazed a the fine specimes of Proteas and other SA Proteaceae they saw in NZ- far finer it seems than back at home. Another local example would be the healthy and vigorous specimens of both the Monterey cypress (Cupressuns Macrocarpa)and Monterey pine(Pinus radiata here, doing it seems much better in NZ than in their native California.

One reason for this improvement may well be that they sometimes mange to leave behind most of their pests and diseases as a result of the move.

Moira


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