Re: Phytolacca dioica

now this sounds like something I would like to try in Mendocino with summer fog, ocean wind, sandy soil, mild winter temps.....can it be grown from seed? source?


At 12:50 AM +0200 9/17/02, ostrich@arrakis.es wrote:
It also does perfectly here in Minorca (Balearic Islands).

We have some huge trees exposed to the strong wind of this island
(specially in Winter period)  but we never get temperatures below  0 º
C.  Minimum ranges normally go between 5 - 10 º C.

Regards from Spain

Juan García
Minorca Island

Jason D wrote:


 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.
 >
 >
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 >
 > Barry Garcia
 > Sunset Zone 17
 > USDA Zone 9
 > Marina, CA
 >
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