Re: Coprosma robusta

Tim,

I didn't see this original query before answering Bill
Grant.  Could it be that the English material is grown
from cuttings rather than seed, and therefore the
material would not have both sexes?  The few Coprosma
species that are grown here generally do flower and
fruit even in quite heat starved locations along the
north coast, even up into southern Oregon.  Perhaps
they prefer a milder year round climate such as ours
and New Zealand's to actually flower and fruit.  Have
you tried growing them with reflected heat and
protection from winds?


--- tim.longville@BTinternet.com wrote:

> Outside NZ coprosmas do seem to flatter to deceive.
> 'Nice foliage, neat habit,' and leave it at that...
> None of mine have ever flowered or fruited, up on
> the NW coast of the UK. I've heard stories of them
> performing properly in hotter and (oddly, given
> their origins) drier parts of the UK - but I've
> never seen the evidence. Eg, UK nurseryman Graham
> Hutchins, who's based in Essex, positively
> specialises in them, with 30+ species and varieties.
> Those include 6 or more varieties of C. robusta, by
> the way, Bill, such as 'Cullen's Point,' 'Sally
> Blunt,' 'Steepdown,' 'Tim Blunt,' 'William,' and
> 'Woodside.' I assume these are NZ forms he has
> imported? And that the Blunts are NZ nursery-owners?
> Am I right, Moira? And what are we - or our climate
> and conditions! - doing wrong?
>    
>   Tim
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