Re: senecio petasitis

At 08:24 PM 3/26/2002, Joe Seals wrote:
>I tried to follow John's link to the Med site's
>reference to this plant and it would take me only to a
>"Site not found" message.

The page mentioned is again active, but there is a new address:
http://www.mediterraneangardensociety.org/plants/Roldana.petasitis.cfm

I've added  a breif article regarding my own experience with this plant, 
which I still grow currently.  It is sited on the top of a short retaining 
wall at the bottom of a slope.  It is hard to keep irrigated because of the 
extreme slope of the soil and being southwest in exposure.  It seems happy 
enough though might be happier in a more sheltered spot.  It is indeed 
fairly drought tolerant as long as the weather get too hot.  In the peak of 
summer heat the leaves go a 'wilty' regardless of what we do (no doubt the 
exposure) but come back up in the cooler evening air.  It grows plenty big 
and need a good pruning about twice a year.

While it might be best to move it back into a shaded and more sheltered 
part of the garden, if we did so people would not be able to casually reach 
up and stroke the leaves (something I've seen passerbys do routinely, even 
bring people 'round just for this treat!).  I just try to keep it look as 
best as I can (its a little sad at the moment because it's second wave of 
spring flowering is coming to an end and it hasn't yet 'grown in' from the 
first heavy pruning).

Regards,
Seán O.

No. Calif. Branch of the Mediterranean Garden Society
Seán A. O'Hara - Branch co-chair
(510) 987-0577; fax (707) 667-1173; sean@support.net
710 Jean Street, Oakland, California 94610-1459, U.S.A.
http://www.MediterraneanGardenSociety.org/branches_CANo.html
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