RE: Tipped Fremontodendron update

Dear Doobieous,

When I worked for the parks in the hills here (east bay, San Francisco Bay
Area), we had an unfortunate gardener on our crew who hated
Fremontodendrons. We had many mature specimens on our properties that he
took a chain saw to when he could (he hated the skin irritating qualities
of the stems). They would almost immediately sprout from around the main
stems and from surrounding roots. Fire adaptation I presume.

Tim Kalman, in El Cerrito, California and soon to be in Corvallis, Oregon
(for good).


> [Original Message]
> From: Doobieous <doobieous@yahoo.com>
> To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Date: 1/30/2006 6:30:00 PM
> Subject: Tipped Fremontodendron update
>
> Back around the first of the month, I'd mentioned that
> I had a Fremontodendron that had tipped due to strong
> winds. I sort of left it to its own devices, intending
> to do something when looking at it the other day, I
> noticed something curious.
>
> It righted itself.
>
> The trunks are sitting relatively upright and it looks
> like it did before the tip.
>
> I wonder if they do this, or perhaps the winds that
> blow from the west helped to push it back the other
> way? (It had been leaning towards the west).
>
> _____________________________________
>
> Barry Garcia
> USDA: 9
> Sunset: 17
> Marina, CA
> Sittin' on  sand dunes.
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