Re: laburnum
William Bade wrote:
>
> I haven't taken part in this discussion yet, but would like to add that
> there were laburnums in Danish gardens when we lived there. We were
> cautioned that they were poisonous, and that I should watch my children
> when they played in the garden.
> I have always wondered about the soil they need, as well as the climate.
> I was told that there was no place in Denmark further than 40 miles from
> the water, and we did have moist air and a lovely light which I felt was
> reflection from the water (Bornholm had it especially). In some places
> the soil was chalky, a vein that ran from the island of Mon across Denmark
> to the Dover Cliffs. Is this why they are more successful there?
> To add another element. I have been told that Embothrium is not success-
> fully grown in the San Francisco Bay Area because it needs moist air too.
> Could this be the reason?
Elly
Although it doesn't actually NEED a limy soil Laburnum, being a legume
would certainly enjoy it and I am equally sure it would prefer a cool,
moist climate like Britain or Denmark to the hot part of California.
Embothrium also, as you suggest, likes a moist cool climate, or at the
least a cool root run, but it can't abide lime.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
