Re: Phytolacca dioica
- Subject: Re: Phytolacca dioica
- From: Jason D j*@yahoo.com
- Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 15:30:22 -0700 (PDT)
It does fine in San Francisco. The only in-ground
specimen I've seen grows on the top of Telegraph Hill
in full fog and wind, planted on a masonry wall, its
small caudex oozing over picturesquely. It's somewhat
deciduous. I bet it would do well in open sandy soil
and would get big pretty fast with summer water and a
little heat. Surely some Southern Californians can
chime in here...
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco, California
Sunset 17
USDA 10a
--- Doobieous <doobieous@yahoo.com> wrote:
> I came across references to this plant (also called
> Ombú, and is related to the common Pokeweed [P.
> americana]) and heard it was being grown here in
> California. It's supposed to come from the Pampas,
> and
> grows one of those amazing trunks that form a
> caudex,
> eventually swelling into a large woody base that
> resembles a very tropical tree. I also read this
> trunk
> has water storage tissue, and is fire resistant. The
> only drawback it seems is the plant is poisonous
> (but
> so are many other common garden plants). It's also a
> very fast growing tree, one report says they are
> "monsters".
>
> My actual question is this: How frost tolerant is
> it?
>
> I think it would be a fabulous tree to grow,
> however.
>
>
> ________________________
>
> Barry Garcia
> Sunset Zone 17
> USDA Zone 9
> Marina, CA
>
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