Re: MYRSINE AFRICAN
- Subject: Re: MYRSINE AFRICAN
- From: J* D*
- Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 14:00:22 -0800 (PST)
I love the combination of boxwood geometry with
subtropical exuberance! Viscaya, in Miami, comes to
mind. Not to mention English gardens overflowing with
perennials (albeit rarely tropical).
Cheers,
Jason Dewees
--- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Helene,
>
> This was just the actual experience that I was
> hoping
> to get from someone in the group, and I really
> appreciate it! The Myrsine africana is definitely
> much faster growing, (I can hear the maintenance
> gardener grinding his teeth already), and larger in
> small containers at the nursery, and will give more
> of
> an immediate finished look to the garden, as well as
> stay within my budget. I just wasn't sure if it was
> really suitable to be kept that small, reassuring to
> hear that it is. I suspect it is also a better year
> round green than any of the supposedly winter green
> cultivars of Boxwood, which always seem to go bronzy
> or yellowish here in northern California winters.
>
> Joe Seal's suggestions are all good ones, I am sure,
> but except for the dwarf myrtle, (equally small and
> forlorn as typically seen in 1 gallon cans), don't
> match the aesthetic qualities of clipped boxwood, as
> well as perform equally well in sun and shade. This
> is
> an important consideration when the hedge needs to
> look the same in both exposures, in the same garden.
>
> Thanks again for the advice, Helene...
>
> Now do you think it is too scandalous to combine the
> clipped hedge look with tropical
> Vreiseas,Heliconias,
> Strelitzias and Leucospermums?
>
>
>
> --- "helene.pizzi" <helene.pizzi@tin.it> wrote:
> > David Feix wondered about this charming little
> > plant. Yes it will make a very attractive hedge
> > that can easily be kept under 12" high.
> >
> > At La Landriana gardens, Marchesa Livinia Taverna
> > had successfully planted it as a series of little
> > clipped balls making an amusing parterre in her
> > elegant and formal orange garden.
> >
> > It is a very good choice as an alternative border
> > plant.
> >
> > Helene Pizzi
> > Rome
> >
>
>
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