RE: Crinodendron - & Melianthus

Tim,
 
South-westerly gales can be pretty ferocious down here too - mainly autumn and spring - but perhaps not as fierce as further north.
 
As regards my query to you re Melianthus, I'm glad to see that it thrives with you. I've put in M major and would hope that it would flower given room to do so. Am I right in thinking that it has a tendency to spread by root invasion and needs curtailing in serious manner when it gets established?
 
In terms of the woodland garden that you ask about, I have planted Arbutus sp, Corylopsis pauciflora, Desfontainia spinoza, Enkianthus cernuus, Itea virginica, Lomatia tinctoria, Mitraria coccinea, Sorbaria angustifolia, Jasminum revolutum, Halesia diptera and Oxydendrum arboreum beneath the existing hardwood canopy. I'll be a year or two until the effect, or not!, becomes apparent.
 
Regards
 
Tristram
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu]On Behalf Of Tim Longville
Sent: 29 December 2002 13:34
To: medit-plants
Subject: Re: Crinodendron - & Melianthus

Tristram -
 
Re Crinodendron and wind: see Dave's comments, which I suspect would be pretty spot on as far as your particular conditions are concerned. Einion and I are that much further north, with more, colder, earlier and later winds, perhaps? Certainly I find that a rare spring north easterly gale causes serious damage to new foliage - and even a strong south-westerly leaves it looking tatty for a considerable time.
 
Re Melianthus. Fine here on the Cumbrian coast, both M. major and the less frequently seen (not as showy but still worth growing) M. villosus and M. comosus. That is, fine as foliage plants. In my tiny flat garden overcrowded with evergreens, they don't get enough sun to flower - but, to pinch your line, you can't have everything...
 
I'm envious of the mild and rhodo-friendly hectare. What else of the 'damp woodland' range of plants are you growing?
 
Tim
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