Re: Dombeyas in northern Calif.
I thought I'd extend David's list by one plant which has really taken my
heart--and has survived in sunny dry ground 7 years and is becoming an
exquisite small tree--ACOKANTHERA oblongifolia "Bushman's Poison" from
Eastern Cape, RSA.
Michael D. Barclay
david feix wrote:
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> Hello all,
>
> Just thought I'd continue Michael Barclay's thread regarding Dombeya not being grown in northern California...David
>>Hi, David and Planters,
>>Karoline and I bought this little rooted cutting? of what looked like
>>miniature FICUS elastica 'Burgundy' for a dollor or two from
>>Collectors' Perennials at the 50th Anniversary Convention of the ARS in
>>Portland. They had grown it in a greenhouse in Washington.
>>It has thrived with "benign" neglect at the bottom of my drought slope
>>and grows during the rainy season. It survived the wet, freezing
>>winter of 98/99 when I was hospitalized with substantial damage but
>>then ramified and is now becoming a pretty shrub which will become a
>>beautiful tree perhaps 12' tall in Berkeley. It is a member of
>>Apocynaceae like David's mandevilla. I'll bet it's a wet season
>>bloomer and is renowned for it's pretty flower clusters and FRAGRAMCE!
>>Cheers, from Berkeley
>>Michael D. Barclay
>>Cal Hort, Council
