Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges

Until this spring, the Hardenbergias have really been outstanding: growing with dense green foliage on a very hot west-facing masonry wall, and blooming for about a month.  The month they bloom in, however, is January!  So, when the roses are cut back and nothing else is really doing much, the Hardenbergias are a wall of purple, so I value highly them for that.
They've all been in the ground for a few years, so I don't know why I've lost some and some more are less than happy, while others look fine.  I figure they're worth replacing though.
-Ben A-W
Simi Valley, CA


On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 5:46 AM, Pamela Steele <p*@re-taste.com> wrote:
Hello Liz
What an excellent website on Australian natives, I have now been able to
identify a Grevillea which I planted some years ago but could never find the
correct name. Thanks for that.

Pamela (Costa Blanca)

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From: m*@ucdavis.edu
[mailto:m*@ucdavis.edu]On Behalf Of LIZ RUNCIMAN
Sent: 07 July 2011 13:35
To: Nan Sterman
Cc: Ben Armentrout-Wiswall; medit plants forum
Subject: Re: Summer color for shade,and other challenges


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
>
>> PS I guess no one has had problems with Hardenbergia?
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LIZ RUNCIMAN
Adelaide, South Australia








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