Re: ((was) Anyone growing these trees in USDA zones 9/10?


What does Ficus hillii look like?
-Jason

--- Julius & Beverly Elischer <elischer@iinet.net.au>
wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> --
> Julius and Beverly Elischer
> Perth, Western Australia
> Ph. +61 8 9386 5244
> 


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