Re: Hymenosporum flavum - Sweetshade from Australia

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It needs very good drainage so take care in heavy clay soil.

I killed one.

There is one example in Mountain View as a street tree, no idea how it got planted as there aren't others. But it is thriving well and obviously only gets seasonal rain for irrigation.  I suspect that someone gave it extra care as it was getting established. 

Carol

On Jul 8, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Sean A. O'Hara <s*@gimcw.org> wrote:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39312862@N00/539977227/

There is a blooming specimen of this tree in my neighborhood at the moment, which I've often admired.  I read that it can be fairly drought tolerant.  It certainly grows well in the SF Bay Area.  I wonder if some of you have experience with this handsome tree?
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