Re: Carissa Macrocarpa

At 6:09 AM 3/2/99, Katherine Pyle wrote:
>At 10:10 PM 3/1/99 -0800, you wrote:
>>I have liked the Natal Plum, carissa macrocarpa,.....
>>I have seen it
>>growing very well in San Diego and Riverside, but not so well in Oakland,
>>where I live.
>

        As I read the first enquiry I immediately thought of the circular
area outside the education bldg on the Berkeley campus, the one that Sean
also referred to.  I'll be on campus tomorrow at a nearby bldg so I'll
check them out post-frost.  They've been there for at least 15 years and,
apparently survived the '76 and '90 freezes so I'd bet they're OK.  There
is also a row of them alongside the south-facing wall of a movie theater in
Emeryville, a small town south of Berkeley.  I'll check them out, too, if I
can.  I'm wracking my brain, trying to remember where I recently saw a
Chorizia........aha, the Berkeley Botanical Garden.  Must get up there,
too.  I need to study for a plant taxonomy test(Thurday night) so I might
be able to wander up the hill for that one, too.  Report(s) to follow.
Jerry Heverly, Oakland, CA
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