Re: ((was) Anyone growing these trees in USDA zones 9/10?
William Glover wrote:
> One handsome African tree that does very well here and fruits abundantly,
> as long as there are both male and female trees since it is dioecious, is
> Harpephyllum caffrum, the South African 'Kaffir Plum'. Is this grown at
> all in California and other Medit climates?
>
> William Glover
> Nevis, West Indies
Grows very well here in Perth; a couple of days ago I was just admiring a
large tree on the Nedlands river foreshore. One of those which can easily
become too large for most gardens, like Ficus hillii and Camphor Laurel
(Cinnamomum camphora); all of them are however popular in parklands
hereabouts.
Beverly
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Perth, Western Australia
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