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RE: Pretty Flowers... YES

Rod,

Yes, I may have the same difficulty with getting Banksia coccinea to flower
but I have not given up, yet.

You said "Another I like is Banksia leptophylla a very understated
yellow ball of a flower in a small shrub that looks nothing like a
Banksia."

I don't know this one. Are the leaves narrow? I did try B. lanata which, I
am told, is related.

Are you familiar with another great plant that does something similar -
Regelia velutina? I heard you have difficulty with getting it to flower in
Perh but a few hundred km south of there it is magnificent in Spring with
its crimson flowers. In the same way while I can get this plant to grow
well here - up to nearly 5 meters now I have not seen a flower yet! If it
weren't for its beautiful foliage I might have topped it alkready!

Maybe these plants need to get some extra water when you try to grow them
in areas that are a bit outside their range. They both will take drought
and heat. Maybe they need a longer cool season.

Andrew Wilson
awilson@fda.net
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