Re:RE: Myrtus
- Subject: Re:RE: Myrtus
- From: "Lindsay, Deborah" D*@kaiseral.com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:48:00 -0600
It is on my list of possibilities too. I think it needs more time put into
training and shaping but its a great plant.
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Subject: RE: Myrtus
Author: "Jason D" <SMTP:jjuania@yahoo.com>
Date: 1/15/03 12:02 PM
How might Myrsine africana fare? I see it around a
lot, but don't recall seeing thrips on it.
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- "Lindsay, Deborah" <Deborah.Lindsay@kaiseral.com>
wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> Well darn...I need a low, evergreen, preferably low
> maintenance hedge plant
> which is susceptible to neither Phytophthora nor
> Thrips, and looks good 365
> days
> a year (I know...but I can dream can't I?). The
> above named pests are my
> biggest
> headaches here.
>
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> Subject: Re: Myrtus
> Author: "John MacGregor" <SMTP:jonivy@earthlink.net>
> Date: 1/15/03 12:08 AM
>
> on 1/14/03 2:54 PM, Lindsay, Deborah at
> Deborah.Lindsay@kaiseral.com wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking of using Mytus communis 'Compacta' as
> a hedge in the
> sunniest,
> > warmest part of the roof garden. I have a couple
> of concerns though that
> > some of
> > you might be able to help me with:
> >
> > 1) Is Myrtus susceptible to Phytophthera, which is
> taking down the current
> > 42 yr old hedge of Trachelospermum jasminoides
> (Star Jasmine)?
> > 2) If it is in full sun and happy, how susceptible
> might it be to thrips?
> > (which are a problem on M. communis here in
> part-sun).
> >
> > Deborah Lindsay
> > Oakland, Ca.
>
> Deborah,
>
> I don't have any experience with phytophthora on
> Myrtus communis
> 'Compacta', but the answer to your second question
> is: Yes, M. communits
> 'Compacta' is just as susceptible to greenhouse
> thrips as the nominate
> species is. And just as difficult to cure--perhaps
> more so--since the
> leaves are so small and dense. It is very difficult
> to get spray onto the
> undersides of the leaves, which is where the thrips
> are.
> And the sprays that are even partially effective are
> pretty toxic.
>
> John MacGregor
> South Pasadena, CA 91030
> USDA zone 9 Sunset zones 21/23
>
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