Re: Yellow Embothrium
- Subject: Re: Yellow Embothrium
- From: J* D*
- Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:39:38 -0700 (PDT)
There's a yellow Pohutukawa here at Strybing
Arboretum, but it's quite a faded-out color, not
strong at all. Pleasant, subtle, and ultimately
unremarkable but as an exception.
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- Tony and Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Einionygarddwr@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I'm told that there is a yellow-flowered form of
> this species, not yet
> > in cultivation. I can see that such a plant would
> probably take the
> > horticultural trade by storm, although surely the
> whole point of
> > embothriums is that orange-red colouring? For
> those of us living in
> > decidedly cool climes, this sort of colour is more
> than welcome.
> >
> Einion
> We have a similar novelty here in a yellow form of
> our Pohutukawa
> (Metrosideros excelsa) and they are occasionally
> planted around
> Wellington, including several along to road leading
> to one of the
> harbourside suburbs. Although the colour is a good
> strong yellow they
> look to me downright insipid, with nowhere near the
> impact of the
> natural reds.
>
> I can well imagine a yellow Embothrium striking me
> similarly.
>
> Moira
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan
> Wainuiomata - at the Southern tip of North Island,
> NZ,
> Lat 41°15'S, Long 174°58'E (Antipodes of
> Spain/Southern France)
>
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