Pittosporums

Thanks to Margaret and Glenn for the encouragement: though when did I
ever need in gardening terms to be told

>Go for it, Tim!

Most folks would say, 'Whoa back there, you eejit,' might be more
appropriate advice...

I don't grow P. crassifolium itself but I do grow a P. crassifolium x
P. tenuifolium cross, which seems to have most of the virtues of both
of its parents - and none of what *some* people (!G!) describe as P.
tenuifolium's vices - and the cross is rapidly making a really
handsome shrub.

At least it was. Now I have my fingers crossed - and for P.
eugenioides and P. revolutum, too - because since Christmas Eve we've
been having by our standards a real cold snap, certainly the coldest
since the same period at the end of 95, with temps down to -5C at
night and barely rising above freezing during the day. I've been
deliberately (as well as out of sheer idleness and lack of
organization) cutting down on the amount of winter protection I
provide, so it'll be interesting to see what does and doesn't survive.
'Interesting'?! Ah well, at the worst there'll be plenty of space(s)
in which to try new plants next season....

Tim Longville
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