Proteaceae
- Subject: Proteaceae
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 02:04:46 EST
Here on the coast of North Wales I've had mixed results with Hakeas. A small
plant of H.microcarpa has survived two winters in the ground, and an
initially-unrooted cutting of H.lissosperma from a friend's garden last
summer has rooted & been established in a small pot outside all winter. That
particular species thrives outdoors with him in Yorkshire, and there's a very
large specimen growing at Logan garden in Galloway in south-west Scotland. I
used to have H.salicifolia, a favourite with its willow-like leaves strongly
flushed red when young. It grew very rapidly to 6', but turned brown and died
in the winter of 00/01: a minimum of -7C proving too much for it.
Other Proteaceae proving hardy here include several Grevilleas - Olympic
Flame, Molonglo, lanigera, rosmarinifolia, victoriae - and Banksia marginata.
Einion Hughes,
in sunny Rhyl,
Denbighshire,
Wales
