Re: some observations from my winter garden

AVorst@aol.com wrote:
> 



> Sean,

> You also mentioned Westringia 'Wynabbie Gem' with its lilac flowers. Is this
> the only Westringia  with  flowers that are not white ?  I am looking for a
> Westringia variety that stays on the small side (under four feet) but the only
> specimen I've seen that sported pinkish-blue flowers is five feet and growing!
> 
> Regards, Ted

Hi Ted
Just doing some housekeeping on my correspondence file and I haven't
seen any reply to this on the list, though Sean may have contacted you
privately.

My Australian Wildflower catalogue lists  the following Westringas - W
fruticosa with white flowers and two other species, W glabra with mauve
flowers and W longifolia with white to pale mauve flowers. Glabra is
describe as up to 1.5 metres (5 feet) and longifolia almost twice as
tall. I would expect that if there are any further species they don't
mention they are not attractive enough to be worth cultivating.

The hybrid "Wynabbie Gem" is described as similar in size to glabra, but
is obviously a better garden plant, with a very long flowering season
("throughout the year"). It was growing in a garden I used to work in
and I remember it responded well to control by pruning, so perhaps you
could accomodate it despite its natural size. I remember it as an
attractive bush and reasonably resistant to exposure, though apt to lose
the odd branch in strong winds.

Moira

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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, 
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
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