Re: Obscure Astelias, and not so obscure Hebes.
Margaret - Good to hear from you. Hands across the ocean in a movement
to resist the style-gurus, sez I: perhaps a hebe could act as our
'logo' - one of the really over-the-top dramatic big-flowered and
big-leafed ones (hebes should have gone down a bomb in the big-haired
70s!): how about 'La Seduisante'?!
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>Australia has one variety of Astelia, Astelia alpina. It is native to NSW,
>Vic. and Tasmania, but in the way of many desirable Aust. natives, not at
>all well known or widely available. Pity because it sounds like a small to
>moderate size Astelia with excellent qualities. Thank you for sparking my
>search for this desiderata, I am determined to track it down!
If you find a source of seed, do let me know!
BTW, you can almost certainly get seed of at least some of the NZ
species by joining the NZ AGS. Then all you'd have to do is master the
trick of germinating the brutes...!
Best wishes -
Tim
Tim Longville
