Re: Psoralea pinnata
- Subject: Re: Psoralea pinnata
- From: J*@cabq.gov
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 07:48:17 -0700
Yes, a fragrance of grape soda or bubblegum.
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Jon M. Stewart
Associate Curator
Rio Grande Botanic Garden
2601 Central Ave NW
Albuquerque, NM 87104
505/848-7148, fax: 848-7192
http://www.cabq.gov/biopark
Jason D
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ucdavis.edu Subject: Re: Psoralea pinnata
02/09/04 04:51 PM
Please respond to
jjuania
Hi all,
This plant does beautifully in San Francisco without a
whole lot of extra water, does not reseed as far as
I've seen, and the sapphire flowers can have a
wonderful fragrance.
Jason Dewees
--- Tony and Moira Ryan <tomory@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Irene Kuffel wrote:
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I made an impulse buy of a psoralea pinnata this
> weekend, and now, in
> > researching its care on the web, I see that it
> shows up in a few weed
> > compendiums, though without any information as to
> exactly how it is
> > invasive. (Wouldn't it be nice if nurseries and
> plant sales provided
> > online access, so one could google _before_
> buying. :-)))
> >
> > It's native to S. Africa, and does seem to be
> cultivated in Australia
> > and NZ, so perhaps some of you in the So.
> hemisphere can advise? Is
> > it only invasive in wet lands? I'm nowhere close
> to streams, and plan
> > on putting it in a fairly dry area - will it
> flourish on low water?
>
> Irene
> Regarding NZ experience with Psoralea, Though I
> haven't grown it myself
> because the suburb I live in is slightly too frosty
> for its liking, my
> son in Wellington has had one for some time. You may
> he interested to
> konw it was a seedling from his Mother-in-Law's
> garden not far way. She
> had a heavy natural seeding in her garden one year
> and gave many away.
>
> Judging by what your other correspondents have said
> it does appear to be
> be happiest in moist soil, but in Nicks garden has
> grown vigorously
> though his soil is only a little better than beach
> sand and subject to a
> good deal of drying wind. He has noticed though that
> it appears to be
> very greedy of water and sucks so much out of the
> soil nothing else will
> grow in its root zone. The garden it came from is
> certainly more
> sheltered and has I think heavier soil as it is
> further back from the
> sea, but it certainly would not be really moist as
> it is well up on the
> side of a hill. What triggered the germination I
> don't know, but it was
> in an inner city garden and was certainly not caused
> by either fire or
> ingestion by any animal, unless possibly some sort
> of bird (but that
> surely would have been more likely to get rid of it
> elsewhere after time
> for digestion!).
>
> Nick's plant has grown leggy as Glen mentions, but
> forms quite a neat
> parasol-like canopy at its chosen height. It
> certainly is beautiful when
> in flower.
>
> Moira
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan,
> Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ. Pictures of our
> garden at:-
>
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
> NEW PICTURES ADDED 4/Feb/2004
>
