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Weinmannia spp

I've fallen in love. Again. 

I saw Weinmanna trichosperma in full flower at Mount Stewart garden in
Co. Down, Northern Ireland, a few weeks ago and thought it one of the
most beautiful small trees I'd ever seen. Its close N.Z. relative, W.
racemosa, is supposed to be as beautiful - but perhaps even more
tender? At least, while the Chilean is (just about) available in the
U.K., the New Zealander doesn't appear to be. (Moira and Tim: Is it
cultivated as a garden plant in NZ?) (Does anyone know if it's ever
been tried, even, in the U.K.? Of course, though it isn't offered by
any UK nursery, it may be being grown now, in some disgustingly
sheltered Cornish or Dorset garden. Has anyone come across it?)

I wondered if anyone on the list has ever grown either of these spp.
and if they had info. to offer or suggestions to make about their
hardiness levels, optimum conditions, etc. I know most of the rest of
the genus consists of genuinely tropical  shrubs and trees but I
wondered if there might be any other other spp knocking around in its
darkl depths, which might be worth a try, even as a conservatory
plant, in the UK? Anybody have any ideas?

I think I've talked myself into some seed of W. trichosperma - and
maybe even a rooted cutting or two - come the autumn, but if anyone
knows of a source for seed of W. racemosa or of any other Weinmannia
sp., the info. would be gratefully received...

Wild wind and rain for the past few days out here on the Solway coast
and most of my climbing roses have been blown off their 20ft high
walls - such fun putting'em back up...

Apologies to anyone who's also on the Alpine-L list  and is now
thinking, 'Wait a moment, haven't I read this before?' You have. I
sent this message there as well, by mistake - hence many worried
alpinists around the globe at the moment, wondering how to explain to
the poor lunk that 30ft subtropical trees don't count as alpines.
Fingers, like mouth, too quick for brain. As so often. Speaking
strictly personally, of course...


Tim Longville
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