Re: [Fwd: aliki question]
- To: d*@mail.telepac.pt, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: aliki question]
- From: J* D*
- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 12:32:43 -0700 (PDT)
Nicotiana glauca can be quite a bad weed, especially
in areas under grazing pressure.
Jason
--- Graham Payne <dpsgkp@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 03:55:26 -0400, you wrote:
>
> >The photo was taken by my daughter holidaying on
> the island of Spetses,
> >Greece. She said it's flowering now in many
> gardens as a shrub, but has
> >also escaped into ditches and empty lots where it
> seems to be
> >flourishing without water. The silvery leaves have
> a bloom on them that
> >rubs off on the fingers. She's collected seeds but
> is afraid it might
> >be invasive. Anyone recognise it?
> >Cali Doxiadis
> >Corfu, Greece
>
> I would suggest that it is Nicotiana glauca the TREE
> TOBACCO. This is a
> mostly glabrous branched shrub or small tree that
> quickly grows 3-9m high
> and wide. The bluish-green ovate to lance-shaped
> leaves are up to 15 cm
> long. The stems are topped with large loose panicles
> of yellow flowers about
> 4 cm long. These cover the entire plant for most of
> the summer and is
> flowering well in my garden now. The flowers are
> followed by small seed pods
> containing many seeds which will readily germinate.
> Here in the Algarve it
> has escaped and grows wild, but it is attractive. A
> good plant for the dry
> garden as it requires only occasional watering, but
> it does looks better
> with regular watering. It grows best in full sun.
> The leaves are toxic to
> animals. It is native to South America.
>
> Graham in a hot and sunny Algarve, Portugal.
> ---- Graham Payne ---- dpsgkp@mail.telepac.pt
> ----
>
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