Re: Auracaria
- To: B*@monterey.edu, k*@get2net.dk
- Subject: Re: Auracaria
- From: s*@victoria.tc.ca (Gary Shearman)
- Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 10:08:36 -0800
I doubt you'd have much success with A. heterophylla in Denmark, it
certainly isn't hardy here in Victoria, B.C. Canada (Zone 8). A. araucana,
on the other hand, is a fairly common site on our streets and does well.
It is quite commonly available in our nurseries.
At 5:05 PM 1/7/99, Barry Garcia wrote:
>Well, the "Norfolk Pine"(A. heterophylla) is such a common plant in
>nurseries here in Monterey, California.
>IM assuming they havent caught on in Denmark? But also A. araucana is
>rare to find in nurseries, ive only seen a full grown specimen, and a
>young specimen at the Naval Post-Graduate School in monterey (they have
>a beautiful succulent and cacti garden of sonoran desert plants).
>
>As for A. heterophylla, there are two tall specimens right near the
>coast in Pacific Grove (ten miles south on the coast, from my city)
>Very beautiful and doing well. The weather here doesnt get much below
>28 degrees (normally!)
