Re: Arbutus unedo wrong information

Breathtakingly beautiful, Arbutus menziesii is very
difficult to cultivate in California gardens. I've
heard several hypotheses (and probably proven reasons)
for this: they're intolerant of summer irrigation;
they succumb to pathogens in the garden otherwise kept
in check in habitat; we choose the wrong cultivars for
our irrigated gardens. I don't know about its ease in
other regions and climates (e.g., the Pacific
Northwest part of its range or other med climates.)
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco, California

> I see in a book which I have been given, "California
> Gardener's 
> Giude"(!) that the native Arbutus, A. menziesii or
> madrone (B.C to San 
> Luis Obispo), is 'a wonderful source of food for
> birds and other 
> wildlife'  and is primarily a coastal tree so should
> tolerate seasode 
> conditions. It  grows to 60-80 feet!
> 
> Beverly
> in Perth, Western Australia
> 
>
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