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Dear Anna, Thank you for your info! Oh my , 20' ft.
in diameter! The Cytisus is planted in a demo bed - only 5' away from another
from another perennial monster-Echium giganteum.I think the Echium will have to
go after it blooms this winter.
Annie
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Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 2:48
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Subject: Re: Cytisus battandieri
Annie, I'm in Portland, OR, Zone 7 (8 with prayer)
and have a large cytisus battandieri, probably 15-20 ft in diameter,many
trunked, and about 18 feet high. Mine has been blooming for the last 10
years or so: burnt yellow blooms that cover the tree and scent the
garden with a mix of pineapple and guava. It took several
years to bloom - I grew it from seed. It provides a lovely, graceful
canopy with its silvery, felted leaves that have an ugly smell when
touched. (The only negative quality I have found so
far.) Soil is humusy and well drained, and probably a bit
acidic, though I haven't tested it, and the tree is shaded part of the day by
a laurel and the house. It's definitely worth waiting for! It's
well behaved, some soft suckering off the trunks that needs to be rubbed or
cut off each year, and some dead branches that need to be cut out of the
canopy also. Does ok with more general pruning - neighbors come
for bouquets each May - its pretty vigorous and has a mind of its own as to
how it wants to grow - it wants to shade the whole damn garden. it grows
horizontally faster than it grows vertically. It's a lovely tree and has
brought me much pleasure over the years.
Anna
At 09:30 PM
11/14/04, you wrote:
I have
had a healthy good sized ( 6' x 6') Cytisus battandieri growing
for 3 years and have yet to see it bloom. I'm located in zone 10a across the
bay from San Francisco in sunset zone 17. Has anyone in a marine influenced
climate ever gotten this supposedly lovely broom to bloom. I'm ready to send
it to the great beyond.
Annie
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