Re: Silk Floss tree in flower
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- Subject: Re: Silk Floss tree in flower
- From: L* C*
- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2000 13:20:59 -0700
Greetings again,
Another Floss Silk thought. I've heard that they can take a while to bloom--
but based on what Sean has said about the riotous bloom on the butchered
prune job, and also based on the ones at the Huntington Library, by no means
butchered, but cut back hard every year, which bloom beautifully, I'm
wondering if the cutting back enhances the bloom? Any thoughts on this out
there?
---Laura
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Laura Cooper
> From: "Sean A. O'Hara" <sean.ohara@groupmail.com>
> Reply-To: sean.ohara@groupmail.com
> Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 21:16:11 -0700
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Subject: Silk Floss tree in flower
>
> Folks -
>
> I was down at the Lake Merritt Garden Center this afternoon, discussing the
> details of the planned Mediterranean Garden Society display we're working
> on. The backdrop to this section of these display gardens is the Palmatum,
> a maturing planting of some really terrific palms and some companion
> plants. Adjacent to the area we'll be working with is a rather sadly
> pruned Silk Floss Tree (Chorisia) which I suspect was butchered so that it
> would not grow straight up and spoil the view of the palms. Despite this,
> it is currently in full, riotous bloom, with a deep magent pink flower with
> white center. It is really quite handsome. Behind it is a clump of a
> Cassia (Senna) species this charteuse-yellow cluster of flowers. Far
> behind is the very tall Caroyta 'Fish-Tail' palms, which their chains of
> fruit developing. There are also various other tropical-esque plants
> nearby (though they stand a fair deal of neglect in this garden and peform
> well anyway!).
>
> In front of all of this is the newly open space containing the Easterbrook
> Wellhead, an white Italian marble bird-bath fountain donated to the City of
> Oakland in 1914. This almost forgotten landmark will be the center piece
> of the MGS plantings, which will be low mounds bathed in full sun,
> containing a variety of plants which are well-suited to our mediterranean
> climate conditions and should be better know and more widely planted.
>
> After some particularly frustrating and difficult situations of late in
> dealing with the city over this planned garden, I found I was still able to
> recall WHY we were doing this project - it's going to be absolutely
> gorgeous!!!! My excitment rekindled, I thought I had to let those of you
> in the immediate area know to come down and visit this garden soon, at
> least to see the Silk Floss tree before all of the flowers fall. Its not
> much yet, but those of you with even modest imaginations will be able to
> understand the potential in this plot!
>
> While there, the succulent garden is looking pretty well also, and the
> Vireya rhododendron collection is also worth seeing as well (in the
> lath-house).
>
> Regards,
> Sean O.
>
> Sean A. O'Hara sean.ohara@groupmail.com
> h o r t u l u s a p t u s 710 Jean Street
> 'a garden suited to its purpose' Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
>
>
