Re: Aristea and Wachendorfia
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: Aristea and Wachendorfia
- From: d* f*
- Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2000 10:24:56 -0700 (PDT)
Tim and Glenn,
Wachendorfia and Aristea major do just fine here in
San Francisco without heat, both are growing and
blooming quite well in Strybing Arboretum in sandy
soil and rather cool growing conditions, summer days
are rarely even 70F, and probably average 55-65F.
Strybing Arboretum is in the middle of our fog belt,
so generally stays quite cool through out the year.
I have also had Wachendorfia do quite well in my own
garden and client's gardens in a fair amount of
shade,(late afternoon sun only), and never really gave
it all that much water. I have noticed though that it
grows much more vigorously with regular irrigation and
in more moisture retentive, clay soils, but also seems
to be able to tolerate deep but infrequent watering in
northern California. In our area, it verges on being
a weed, and needs sufficient space or it will takeover
from surrounding plantings. It will get burned back
to the roots in a heavy frost.
- Tim Longville <tim@eddy.u-net.com> wrote:
> Glenn - Many thanks for the information - both
> useful and encouraging.
>
> I actually grow Wachendorfia here but though it
> survives the winter it
> rarely flowers and never very impressively: just not
> enough naked
> heat, I guess? Or perhaps, given what you say about
> it in association
> with aristea, I should be giving it a *damp* warm
> spot, rather than
> desperately and not very successfully trying to bake
> it dry??
>
> Best wishes
> Tim
> Tim Longville
>
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