Re: how to plant Leucadendron

Thank you for forwarding.  I am familiar with David's point of view about
not amending, but I don't agree.  My experience is that a plant grown by the
wholesaler in a very light mix, as Leucodendron surely must be, will not be
able to make the transition to a heavy clay without a little help.  I have
demonstrated this to my own satisfaction with Salvia clevelandii, trying it
both ways.  Cathy

> From: emhoffs <emhoffs@ucla.edu>
> Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:24:21 -0800
> To: Catherine Ratner <catherineratner@earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: how to plant Leucadendron
> 
> Would you mind if I forwarded this message to the Mediterranean Plant
> Group.  Thank you very much for your reply.
> 
> Ellen Hoffs
> 
> At 05:28 PM 1/27/03 -0800, you wrote:
>> Amend with plenty of gypsum mixed with any kind of compost, and work that
>> into the native soil.  Use two thirds of the native soil to one third of
>> your mixture, and be sure to leave the sides and bottom of the planting hole
>> rough to encourage the roots to go beyond the confines of the hole.  Cathy
>> 
>>> From: emhoffs <emhoffs@ucla.edu>
>>> Reply-To: emhoffs@ucla.edu
>>> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 10:55:44 -0800
>>> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>>> Subject: how to plant Leucadendron
>>> 
>>> My daughter is planting 20 Leucadendron.  She has done extensive research
>>> about how to plant them in her clay soil, however everyone seems to have a
>>> different answer.  Several people have told her to increase drainage by
>>> planting in decomposed granite (DG) and native soil; others suggest that
>>> she not amend; while some say to treat the plants like any other and amend
>>> with pumice and planting mix.  She was favoring the DG method until she was
>>> told that the DG would turn to cement in a year or two.
>>> 
>>> Please help.  My daugher lives near in Southern California in Highland
>> Park.
>>> 
>>> Ellen Hoffs
>>> Santa Monica, CA
>>> 
>
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