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Re: Arbutus hardiness

At 8:18 PM +0000 4-12-97, Mark Speakman wrote:
>Just adding my "hear ye, hear ye" to this. Arbutus unedo, claimed as a
>native tree in Kerry was in full berry luscious and bright red, and looking
>magnificent on a visit to Killarney in November (S-W Ireland where they
>claim to have semi-tropical conditions) , but the plant is fairly miserable
>here in Galway, only a hundred miles further north. It really doesn't like
>the cold. Would love to know what arbutus marina's other parent is, as
>unedo wasn't growing  to more than moderate sized shrub in K.
>Mark
 Arbutus unedo is a great charchol producing tree.
It may have spread from England to Turkey at one stage.
but the Celts burnt it for charcol & iron refining.
There are a few isolated patches in Island and Great Britain I am told.
Many people believe it is native to Greece.
I have a 15 year old one growing in my garden.
 The flowers are the prettiest part of the tree
otherwise it is not very exciting.

Michael Bailes,  The Fragrant Garden Portsmouth Road Erina. N.S.W. 2250
Australia. (OZ)
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Everyone has enough to do in weeding his own garden.
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