RE: Pistacia lentiscus problems?

I would have no hesitation in throwing anyone who started pulling my plants out of their pots, off the nursery. The implication that the nursery owner has over or under-potted his plants is grossly discourteous. If you don’t trust the nursery, don’t go there.  It is alarming to see such appalling behavour being promoted on this site. And yes, I do sell Pistacia lentiscus.

 

Anthony Lyman-Dixon

http://www.arneherbs.co.uk

 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu [mailto:owner-medit-plants@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of Cathe'
Sent: 17 May 2010 17:01
To: TalkingPoints@plantsoup.com
Cc: nancy@winterwarmfarm.net; medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Re: Pistacia lentiscus problems?

 

Nan,

That's because you know plants, and you know not to buy those in flower.
All those pretty flowers may not bring long lived plants. Another plant hits the trash bin.

How many of you pull plants out of the pots to look at the roots before you buy them?
I pulled a fig out of its pot last week at the nursery, and there was no soil, only roots, like a fibrous mat. Not too appealing.

Cathe'
Permaculture Designer, Consultant and Instructor
www.practicalpermaculture.com

On Sat, May 15, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Nan Sterman <T*@plantsoup.com> wrote:

Deciduous trees in general are hard to find in Southern California if you don't know where to shop.   

 

Traditional retail nurseries simply put, carry limited tree stock, especially deciduous trees.  

 

They tend to focus more on the plants that people replace more frequently (or find more attractive)  - flowering perennials, annuals, flowering shrubs, and to some extent, flowering trees.  Watch what's in people's carts - not many trees, especially not many deciduous trees.

 

Which reminds me about an interesting experience I had a few weeks ago.   

 

I was driving home from an appointment up in Orange County which is about a 90 minute drive.  For once, I wasn't racing home to pick up children, let the dog out, or anything else, so I stopped at a nursery I've been wanting to visit for years.  They had a really interesting selection of plants, some of which I wasn't familiar with - so of course I had to buy them!

 

As I stood waiting to check out, I looked at other people's carts.  They were filled with plants in bloom - red, orange, yellow, pink, purple....

 

I looked at my cart.  Filled to the brim but not a bloom in sight.  

 

Interesting....

 

Nan

 

On May 15, 2010, at 7:31 AM, <n*@winterwarmfarm.net> <n*@winterwarmfarm.net> wrote:



Thanks to all who suggested sources. That the tree is so difficult to find in southern California suggests a second question: is there a problem that makes it undesirable or difficult to grow here?

 

Nancy

 

From: o*@ucdavis.edu [o*@ucdavis.edu] On Behalf Of n*@winterwarmfarm.net
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 5:22 PM
To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Pistacia lentiscus source?

 

Hello

 

Does anyone know where this tree can be purchased? We’re in southern California but we do mail order too. Thank you.

 

Nancy Mueller

Fallbrook, CA

 

 

 

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