Re: Oldenburgia grandis
- Subject: Re: Oldenburgia grandis
- From: J* D*
- Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2002 22:00:42 -0700 (PDT)
sorry - i've never heard of or seen oldhamia grandis.
-Jason dewees
san francisco
--- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Charl,
>
> I saw the same picture, and it continues to intrigue
> me as a possible plant for California, but no one is
> growing this commerically here that I know of. I
> was
> hoping someone else would perhaps reply and have
> some
> info for you. I do seem to recall having seen a
> container specimen brought in by either Don Mahoney
> of
> Strybing Arboretum, or Martin Grantham when he was
> working at UC Berkeley Botanic Garden, for one of
> the
> past San Francisco Landscape Garden Show's New Plant
> Exhibit, which is sponsored by the California
> Horticultural Society every year. I don't think
> there
> are any specimens planted outside in either garden,
> but perhaps Jason Deweese in San Francisco can
> confirm
> whether that is true or not. It is quite a
> magnificent plant, and perhaps it is being grown in
> New Zealand or Australia? Maybe Moira will add to
> this post, or some of our contributors from
> Australia...
>
>
> --- Charl de Winnaar <mwludo@iafrica.com> wrote:
> > Does anyone have any information on this plant,
> also
> > called the daisy
> > shrub? It is an intriguing woody shrub/tree found
> in
> > grassy fynbos and is
> > native to the Suurberg (lit Sour Mountain) in SA
> > which gives an indication
> > of its habitat.
> >
> > I came across mention of it in a book by Richard
> > Cowling and Dave
> > Richardson called Fynbos -South Africa's Unique
> > Floral Kingdom. Excellent
> > book. A photo in the book (pg 27) shows it high
> and
> > isolated on the slopes
> > of a sparsely vegetated hillside.
> >
> > Regards
> > Charl de Winnaar
> >
>
>
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