Re:Pittosporum phyllyaeroides
- To: o*@earthlink.net, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re:Pittosporum phyllyaeroides
- From: d* f*
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:54:30 -0800 (PST)
Michael,
I was wondering where you get your Pittosporum
phyllyaeroides from, I didn't think it was available
in the trade these days...
--- Michael Barclay <operatic@earthlink.net> wrote:
> David is quite right in all he has to say in his
> post of wind and
> Eucalyptus.
> However the worst culprit in Berkeley/Oakland is my
> beloved Acacia
> stenophylla. Marcia Donahue suffered severe wind
> damage in the flats
> of
> So. Berkeley some years ago including her A.
> stenophylla literally blown
>
> off its trunk a bit above groundlevel.
>
> In a much later wind storm I found my A.s. 150 yards
> away, Though
> guyed and planted quite small it never developed a
> secure root system
> and the tree was literally blown out of the ground.
>
> It's really too bad for I love this tree.
> Eucalyptus nicholii is
> notorious
> for wind damage losing small and large branches.
> I've started using
> Pittosporum phillyraeoides in place of the acacia
> and several long
> willowy
> Eucs. It's slow coastally but roots like a tiger
> and I adore the
> yellow jelly
> beans which are its fruit.
>
> Michael Barclay
> AGW
> operatic@earthlink.net
>
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