Re: lithodora diffusa
- Subject: Re: lithodora diffusa
- From: M* M*
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 08:19:04 +0800
I had a short and unsatisfactory acquaintance with Lithodora....I believe
the drought tolerance only applies in a kind of alpine environment, or at
least a cool summer one. I find this a lot with plants reckoned to be
drought tolerant with respect to UK or European gardens.
Margaret.
Margaret and Peter Moir
Olive Hill Farm
Margaret River, Western Australia.
www.wn.com.au/olivehill
----- Original Message -----
From: LEE,ANGELA IUE-CHIH <angelale@ucla.edu>
To: <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 4:25 AM
Subject: lithodora diffusa
> Hi!
>
> Does anyone grow Lithodora diffusa 'grace ward"? How big does it get and
> how drought tolerant is it? I am in the process of pulling out the plants
> that didn't survive our parking strip (water once a month) and would like
> to put in something low growing with blue flowers. The nursery label
> claims that lithodora diffusa is drought tolerant but my experience with
> commercial nursery labels has been that they are often times inaccurate (
> or maybe we just don't share the same definition of drought).
>
> Thanks for any information
> Angela
>
>
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