RE: Athansia acerosa

Alexandre,
You might try looking to see if Silverhill Seeds in South Africa sells seed for this, I bet they do carry it.  They are an excellent source for exotics from South Africa that would also do well in Portugal.  Of course there are various Artemesia species that have similar foliage, and might also be a good substitute for this plant.  Bom sucesso em sua procura...

--- On Fri, 6/27/08, Alexandre Leonardo <a_m_leonardo@hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Alexandre Leonardo <a_m_leonardo@hotmail.com>
> Subject: RE: Athansia  acerosa
> To: sean@gimcw.org, "medit-plants@ucdavis.edu" <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
> Date: Friday, June 27, 2008, 4:34 AM
> Beautiful plant! I don't think I've ever seen it for
> sale here in Portugal. Can it be grown from seed? (If ever
> we can find seeds....)
>  
> Alexandre Leonardo> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:26:40
> -0500> Subject: Re: Athansia acerosa> From:
> sean@gimcw.org> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu> >
> For those unfamiliar with this wonderful plant:>
> http://huntingtonbotanical.org/WhatsInBloom/june05/june05-Images/5.jpg>
> > I've pruned some of the longest branches back about
> half it after flowering> with good success. I first did
> this in order to clean up damage (sited near a>
> children's playground). Later, I tried to pinch the
> tips in fall/winter to> encourage bushiness (it still
> seems inclined towards being a bit leggy).> > But the
> foliage and form always attracts attention - looking
> very> creature-like or something belonging undersea!>
> > Seán O.> > Seán A. O'Hara>
> sean(at)gimcw.org> www.hortulusaptus.com> > >
> Excellent plant! I'd snip off the spent flowers and any
> branches that> > happen to die back but other than
> that, I wouldn't expect it needs to> > be
> pruned.> >> > Nan> >> > On Jun 25,
> 2008, at 3:03 PM, Janet Ter Veen & Michael Markovitch
> wrote:> >> >> Does anyone know if this plant
> should be pruned and if so when and> >> how
> much?> >>> >> Janet Ter Veen> >>
> >> >> >
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