Re[2]:Deppia splendens 'Cristobal'

I think it can at least be a largish shrub assuming it doesn't get
frozen...I
brought mine in along with the my other tender sub-tropicals when the night
temps went under 40F. No freeze as yet but cold fierce winds. 

Speaking of which I an in mourning for a nice specimen Pittosporum undulatum
which blew over in the Kaiser Center 
Roof Garden. It was one of a pair which framed a 30ft long curved bench wall
on
the west side of the garden. I'm thinking of replacing it with Magnolia
'Little
Gem',a dwarf variety of M. grandiflora,
which would not produce so many babies, and wouldn't litter the benches and
paving in that area with sticky seeds...P. undulatum seedlings are one of my
major weed headaches in that garden. The 
1960 planting plan I have specified Magnolia for that area but for some
reason
Pittosporum was substituted. Pure speculation but the Pitt hadn't been used
much
yet here whereas Magnolias had so the Pitt was perhaps more exotic...or
perhaps
it was decided that a Magnolia would get too big. 'Little Gem' sounds like
it
would work size-wise
and the form seems Magnolia grandiflora-like (unlike 'St. Mary's'which I
don't
care for) but has anyone seen a specimen of some age? I have only seen young
ones. The dilemma of course is that the benches would no longer be framed by
the
same type of tree, and the Magnolia is a slow grower so the gaping hole left
by
the fallen tree would take longer to fill...any comments anyone??

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Subject:    Re:Deppia splendens 'Cristobal'
Author: "david feix" <SMTP:davidfeix@yahoo.com>
Date:       12/27/02 11:11 PM

Deborah,
I have heard conflicting reports on absolute
hardiness, but I would be inclined to play it safe and
keep it from freezing.  Most of the plants I have seen
at both local botanic gardens have been in some shade,
regular garden watering, wind protection, and seem to
benefit from fertile soil/regular fertilizing for
heaviest bloom.  I have noticed that the form SMG is
growing Deppea splendens 'Cristobal' has particularly
nice foliage and habit. Their website also mentions
that it can probably take full sun in coastal northern
California.  I was under the mistaken impression that
I was already growing this plant, until it bloomed
finally and turned out to be a Pseuderanthemum
floribundum, also from the same native habitat as
Deppea, and I should have been able to tell from the
much larger foliage!  My new plant is still in full
bloom, and quite showy, although the flowers do tend
to be somewhat hidden by the foliage.

I wonder if this really does have the potential to
become a small tree?





--- "Lindsay, Deborah" <Deborah.Lindsay@kaiseral.com>
wrote:
> David,
>
> I have a plant from Strybing which is just finishing
> its bloom cycle now.
> Definitely late fall-early winter bloomer.
> I believe the correct spelling to be Deppea.
>
> New questions: hardiness in our area? Wind
> tolerance? nutrient preferences?
>
> Best,
>
> Deborah
>


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