Sean:
I know you asked for possibilities in Mediterranean Basin gardens but just fyi, I saw it planted in the ground at an old nursery in Pasadena (or slightly east) some years ago. I kept looking at it because it looked so familiar yet not. The nursery owner had to tell me what it was. They were old trees (at least 20-30 yo) and quite handsome. Obviously growing with NO care except a little bit of pruning.
My question is, why is it not in the US trade?
Joe
Joe Seals
Landscape Designer, Horticultural Consultant
Pismo Beach, California
Home/Office: 805-295-6039
--- On Wed, 2/25/09, Sean A. O'Hara <sean@gimcw.org> wrote:
From: Sean A. O'Hara <sean@gimcw.org>
Subject: anyone growing Pistacia terebinthus?
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 1:35 AM
Pamela -
I can recall seeing what I believe was Pistacia terebinthus growing native
near l'Abbaye de Fontfroide close to Narbonne as well as on the cliffs around
St. Guilhem le Désert north of Montpellier. I noticed it because we were
traveling in October and the leaves were coloring nicely - yellows, reds,
purple tints. I recall thinking it would be worth trialing in gardens. I
wonder if anyone ever grows it around the Mediterranean (it is native to Spain
also) or if it is considered to wild to bother with?
Seán O.
Seán A. O'Hara
sean(at)gimcw.org
www.hortulusaptus.com
> Thank you everyone for your 'takes' on Schinus terebinthifolius. I was
> interested in David's point about the warm wet summers. We have very dry
> summers here, sometimes we have no rains for 5 months. There is a walled
> street edge to part of our
property and we planted Ficus nitida some 3 years
> ago which have been very successful together with Schinus molle and
> Ceratonia siqulia. I would have liked to have planted something more
> indigenous but ...like Arbutus they are so slow. It will be for privacy as
> well.
>
> So, I took a risk, bought it and planted it. The small tree itself is a
> good shape (one long trunk and a well pruned group of branches on the top.
> The leaves do have a strong smell a bit like our Pistacio lentiscus.
>
> 'Invasive' is not a word used too much here except perhaps for plants like
> Carpobrotus edulis which goes mad and which I have been rather guiltily
> pulling out until I read Caroline Harbouri's article mentioning how it
> suppresses other vegetation and the subsequent eradication project of that
> plant from Pebble Beach in
California.
>
> I will let you know in 3 years if we been invaded!
>
> Pamela
>
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