Re: Dodonea viscosa 'Purpurea' or 'Saratoga'
- Subject: Re: Dodonea viscosa 'Purpurea' or 'Saratoga'
- From: &* G* <p*@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:52:24 -0800
On 2/18/08, mtnstar@ocsnet.net <mtnstar@ocsnet.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Has anyone ever seen this variety of a mature Dodonea in the landscape. If
> so can you tell me the maxiumum heigth and width you have ever seen it grow.
> I have never seen one taller than 10 feet and no wider than 6 feet. I am
> recommending three of these to be planted by someone and they are concerned
> it will get too tall.
There are a few specimens of the variety Purpurea around town (Marina,
7 miles north of Monterey in California) that have been turned into
small trees, and they're all about 20 feet high, I'd guess (they are
well over the height of a . Our neighbors have several planted along
their fence that they tried to restrict as hedges, but they've easily
grown taller than they can keep them cut back, and are now as high as
the roof of my house. They seem to have given up hedging them as well.
Barry Garcia
