Re: Dodonea viscosa 'Purpurea' or 'Saratoga'

On Feb 18, 2008 10:45 PM, N Sterman <TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com> wrote:
> Hi Linda
>
> IN addition to the comments others have made on size, you might want to know
> that this is a vicious reseeder.  I have a client whose next door neighbors
> planted several Dodonea (don't know what variety though) along their common
> fence and we are forever picking seedlings out of the vegetable garden,
> shrub borders, etc.  I'd never plant it after this experience.

Around Monterey, they hardly spread. I've got a few seedlings in my
(dry) garden, and I've only seen them come up in public spaces here
and there, even where there are a lot of Dodonaea viscosa around. So,
I'd hardly call them vicious reseeders in my experience (although it
now sounds like the plants will be way too tall for the purpose
intended.)

I'm now intent on buying several of these to screen off our rather
annoying neighbors, and a 15 to 20 foot tall shrub like D. viscosa
'Purpurea' will make a fine screen.
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