Re : 2 things (Stenotaphrum)
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- Subject: Re : 2 things (Stenotaphrum)
- From: O* F*
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:04:27 +0200
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Hello
Marjolein,
Here in the South of
France near Montpellier (probably about the same climate as Sienna),
Stenotaphrum secundatum can be planted as a lawn substitute in places where the
temperatures do not fall frequently under - 5 to - 8 °C. The plant becomes
dormant during the winter at those temperatures (it turns yellowish brown) and
it turns green again in April. Once established the lawn needs about one
watering a week during the summer and one mowing a month.
Stenotaphrum did not
die during the very bad 1985 winter (-12 to -15 °C), but it took at least
one year to recover.
Other interesting
lawn substitutes in our climate are Lippia nodiflora (Phyla), Frankenia laevis,
Zoysia tenuifolia, Dichondra repens....
Olivier
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