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Re: Evening/Night Plants - white barked trees

At 07:27 AM 8/4/98 +1000, you wrote:
>Thanks to all who have helped me with madwort.  I'm planning a night garden,
>including plants like Moonflower, Queen of the Night etc., and thought a few
>plants to ward off lunatics might be in order!
>I'll certainly look out for those books Michael and Bobby,
>Cheers,
>Mary

Just to add my two cents -

In a large garden, or when a tree is being chosen for such a garden, there
are a few species of Eucalyptus with wonderful pale to ghostly white bark.
This creates a truely startling effect on a moonlit night, where the trunk
and branching pattern glow among the dark background of the leafy background.
E. pauciflora goes under the name of 'Ghost Gum' because of its white bark,
and it is an adaptable species, taking a variety of soil moistures (even
lawns) and tends not to litter as much as other species.  Perhaps there are
other Gums that our Aussie subscribers can tell us about that are similar
to this tree.

Balm of Gilead (Populus balsamifera) has a cultivar - 'Mojave Hybrid' -
which is almost white bark and is 'cottonless'.  It is a handsome white
barked tree but does sucker profusely.  A stand in the landscape is
quite a spectacular sight.  Be sure and give it room to roam and keep it
aways from underground pipes or drainage channels.



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