still more yuccas
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: still more yuccas
- From: T* N*
- Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2000 14:39:51 +1000
Following on from my last bit about Yuccas I suggest that anyone interested
in obtaining Yuccas will find sources among specialist plant collectors,
especially those who deal in cacti and succulents. In Australia we had
Attila Kapitany and his Paradeiso nursery but that seems to be in a state
of stasis lately due to problems with his partners/ family. That leaves
Rudolf Schwarz at The Cactus Stop between Ballarat and Geelong. There's
some good stuff there and if you can't call in to buy Rudolf has an
excellent mail-order service through his Tarrington Exotics business; they
have a website too and an on-line catalogue that is frequently updated.
(I'd send it but I can't find it right now.)
Then there's what you can pick up while cruising around the little
nurseries in the countryside. I saw a lovely Yucca at Ian Huxley's own-root
old rose in Shicers Gully near Castlemaine in Victoria and managed to
persuade Ian to dig me one in readiness for the next time I passed through.
It is one of those varieties with very broad, bluntly pointed dark leaden
grey leaves. It is stemless, clump forming and very statuesque at about 1.5
m tall and wide. The leaves are also deeply pleated which adds to their
attractions.
Finally there are the annual Cactus and Succulent Society shows in most of
the capital cities and many regional centres too. Here you will find both
specialist dealers and trading tables - often with a fair slection of
Yuccas, and often in quite large sizes, especially as stem and trunk cuttings.
regards
Trevor Nottle
Garden Historian, Writer, Lecturer, Consultant
WALNUT HILL
5 Walker Street
Crafers
South Australia 5152
AUSTRALIA
Tel./ Fax. +61 +8 +8339 4210
e-mail <trevorn@torrens.tafe.sa.edu.au>
