Re[2]: Pittosporums
- To: "m*@ucdavis.edu"
- Subject: Re[2]: Pittosporums
- From: D* L*
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 10:36 -0600
On 12/27/00 David wrote:
"P. undulatum/Victorian Box is also another tender
species which can be killed back here in the SF Bay
Area in severe winters, but is such a fragrant bloomer
with lush dark green tropical appearing foliage that
it is often planted outside its climatic range here.
Our 1990 freeze killed many mature plants, but mine
survived 24F, but lost major branches back to the
trunk."
There are several P. undulatum trees in the Roof Garden here
in Oakland and all survived the 1990 freeze with just some twig damage.
These were then 30 years in the garden. They are lovely trees but are also
one of my major weed headaches. They seed themselves about prolifically in this
garden.
We froze and stayed well below freezing for several days in a row,
blowing out in the process (ultimately a blessing)the old hydraulic
irrigation system. When the valves blew water was thrown all over
and I came in that morning to a shocking wonderland of icecicles
everwhere,and plants completely encased in ice. What a sight! Of course
when it all melted many,many plants were mush, and we had no functional
irrigation system...
Deborah Lindsay
