Re: Grevillea redux
- Subject: Re: Grevillea redux
- From: D* <d*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 00:23:20 -0700 (PDT)
--- Tony and Moira Ryan <tomory@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> 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
>
Away from the immediate coast where constant sea winds
blow, they can grow quite tall, much taller and bigger
than they do in their actual habitat. It's typically
sea wind and pruning from salt air that seems to keep
them stunted and small around here (but really i'm far
more impressed by how beaten they can look than the
potential size they can grow).
The other thing about C. macrocarpa is without
something to prune the excess shoots, they tend to
grow a very short bole with a medusa's head of
branches. I don't often find it very attractive.
