Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges
- Subject: Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges
- From: L* R* <l*@bigpond.net.au>
- Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 21:05:09 +0930
Hardenbergias are flowering here (South Australian coast) at the moment (mid-winter) but as Nan says, not for long. I don't know much about them, so looked them up on the Aus. native plant society web page (http://anpsa.org.au/h-viol.html) where I found the following: 'Given the wide range of the species, however, forms from drier areas may not be vigorous in tropical areas, and vice versa.' This is surprising as there are only 3 species. I didn't realise there were different forms, and presumably plants from chain nurseries would mostly be from one wholesaler, so you wouldn't get any choice. Personally, I think they're hardly worth the trouble as they only bloom for a few weeks a year and the rest of the time remain as a small non-descript climber.
Liz
On 07/07/2011, at 4:05 PM, Nan Sterman wrote:
> Haven't seen the problems you described, Ben, but down here in San Diego area, they grow at a snail's pace and bloom for a disappointingly short duration
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>> PS I guess no one has had problems with Hardenbergia?
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LIZ RUNCIMAN
Adelaide, South Australia
