Re: arbutus?
- Subject: Re: arbutus?
- From: bridget lamp b*@yahoo.com
- Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 16:31:51 -0800 (PST)
In desparate situations, deer will eat young plants of
A. unedo. When I worked at the UCBG, we had deer in
the garden and they found the newly planted specimens
and almost completely defoliated them. And, I found
this when I returned from a lovely vacation in the
Mediterranean, no less!
I think they recovered. It's been 3 years since I
left so I haven't seen them recently. They were
planted as ~3 gallon sized plants.
cheers!
bridget
seattle, wa--yes, it's raining right now!
--- david feix <davidfeix@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Nan,
> I am not sure if I understand your question. In
> what
> sense do you mean, toughest? Drought tolerance,
> resistance to deer, susceptability to
> insects/diseases?
>
> I would say that all of them are generally
> hardy/tough
> plants, but in my experience of growing them all in
> a
> cool/mild Berkeley situation, both A. unedo and A.
> 'Marina' are very subject to thrips, which will
> attack
> many plants in my garden such as rhododendrons,
> Myrtus, Luma apiculata, Luculia species, etc. I
> have
> not had this same problem with the two Arbutus in
> clients gardens in nearby Oakland/Albany, and think
> it
> has to do with the peculiarities of my local
> microclimate.
>
> Arbutus unedo is also prone to die back from
> phytophthera on occasion, and is also a favorite
> deer
> food here in the SF Bay Area. Arbutus 'Marina' is
> certainly tough in the sense that it is much more
> tolerant of summer watering and clay soils than the
> native A. menziesii, which I have never been able to
> establish successfully planted out in client's
> gardens
> in 5 or 15 gallon containers; they always seem to
> die
> eventually. I personally prefer A. 'Marina' for the
> beauty of the trunks and larger size, but it is a
> very
> messy tree if used over pavement, and generates alot
> of litter over time. I have both in my own garden,
> and in our local microclimate, they are tough enough
> to survive without any supplemental irrigation once
> established.
> --- N Sterman <TalkingPoints@PlantSoup.Com> wrote:
>
> > In your experience, what is the toughest arbutus?
> > Compacta? Unedo?
> > x Marina?
> >
> > Nan
> >
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