Re: identifying a tree whose seed came from a member
- Subject: Re: identifying a tree whose seed came from a member
- From: Jason D j*@yahoo.com
- Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:42:05 -0700 (PDT)
Sesbania punicea (Sesbania tripetii).
It's been found as a weed along the American River
Parkway near Sacramento, California, and around Suisun
Marsh in the Sacramento River Delta, so be careful if
you have nearby watercourses. It's a native of
Argentina.
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- L Schmiege <schmiege32@yahoo.com> wrote:
> My computer crashed and I lost the name of the tree
> and the kind person that sent the seeds to me years
> ago.
>
> It is a georgous, red flowering tree growing in full
> sun and is now about 5 to 6 feet tall blooming for
> the second year from July to Sept. I posted pictures
> of it and it's seed on
> http://community.webshots.com/user/schmiege I would
> love to know the name of it and the person that sent
> the seed.
>
> My user name is schmiege and the name of the album
> is Lorraine's Garden
>
> I planted seed that I had left over from this tree
> and to my surprise at about 18 inches it is
> extremely thorny. My tree does not have any thorns.
> I collected seeds this year and noticed that some
> are fat and tan and others are small and very dark
> even though they came out of the same pod. I would
> like to take these seeds and plant them in the USA
> in Central Florida and in Richmond, VA. Can anyone
> tell me if both the fat tan and small black seeds
> produce the same tree? Why suddenly thorns? I
> planted another baby plant in shade and it is not
> growing at all. These trees are in Athens, Greece,
> hot and dry in Summer cold and wet (we hope) in the
> Winter but barely freezeing.
>
> Thank you for your help.
> Lorraine
>
>
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