Re: instead of forsythia
- Subject: Re: instead of forsythia
- From: J* S*
- Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 07:30:19 -0700 (PDT)
I will recommend Kerria to my Forsythia-minded client.
Thank you all very much.
I have seen it at the Huntington BG and L.A. Arborteum
and it is happy there (in the shade). It should be
even happier here (colder winters).
In reading the Sunset Western Garden Book, I do note
that these plants are more than subtle spreaders.
Perhaps this aggressiveness is what has kept them from
continuing their popularity of years past. Or maybe
it was one of those "fashion" things.
Joe
--- Tony and Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> michael larmer wrote:
> >
> > I would also recommend Kerria japonica.
> > This is a great old plant that for some reason
> seems to have gane out of
> > favor.
> Michael
> Kerria used to be very common here forty or fifty
> years ago though I
> never grew it myself, but then seemed to go out of
> favour and I don't
> now know of any garden which has one. I wonder why
> its popularity has
> diminished so much. As far as I remember it was not
> ordinarily subject
> to either diseases or pests and was generally a
> reliable doer. I should
> call it a tidier grower than Forsythia, and
> certainly as colourful in
> flower, especially the double form.
>
> It never seemed to have any difficulty flowering in
> our Zone 9 type
> climate and I see Botanica puts its upper range at
> about 10. I think
> though that it would be happiest in some shade in
> the warmer disticts.
>
> Moira
>
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan
> Wainuiomata - at the Southern tip of North Island,
> NZ,
> Lat 41°15'S, Long 174°58'E (Antipodes of
> Spain/Southern France)
>
>
=====
Joe Seals
Santa Maria, California --
where the weather is always perfect
and my garden always has something blooming
and birds galore
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