RE: evergreens for wet soil?
- Subject: RE: evergreens for wet soil?
- From: J* D*
- Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 12:04:11 -0700 (PDT)
Is Myrica californica evergreen in your climate? The
Pittosporum might be P. crassifolium, and there's a
dwarf form that might work best.
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- Nicholas Turland <Nicholas.Turland@mobot.org>
wrote:
> Diane,
>
> You might try Nerium oleander. It grows on
> riversides and by springs in its
> native haunts in the Medit basin. There's also a
> large, shrubby New Zealand
> Pittosporum sp. that does well near the sea in S.
> England (I forget the
> name, can anyone fill in?), where the climate may be
> similar to the Victoria
> region.
>
> Nick Turland
> St. Louis, Missouri, USA (USDA zone 6)
>
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