Re: successful planting in containers

Hi Pamela and all,
 
Greetings from the Algarve, Portugal, 23'C cloudy with distant thunder.
 
I have a Callistemon citrinus and my next door neighbour has Callistemon viminalis. I would swap if I could. His viminalis is neater plant, has a much better leaf coverage, is less leggy, flowers more profusely and for a greater part of the year. They grow within 5m of each other in the same soil and situation and receive a little irrigation and occasional light fertilizer. So I think the difference is due the species not to the environment. Any advantage to my citrinus...? .... well the flowers are larger, but thats about it.
 
Thats my twopenneth
 
best wishes
 
BrianO
----- Original Message -----
From: p*@re-taste.com
To: m*@ucdavis.edu
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 8:24 PM
Subject: successful planting in containers

Thank you everyone for your help ...its still a dilemma because I was very keen on the contribution by David Feix of the callistemon citrinus of which my garden centre had some excellent strong specimens of the variety Callistemon vinimalis 'Kings Park'.  But I was told it would not do well in containers as it is a slow grower,  needed huge amounts of water and becomes very leggy!!! Is this true?? She said that Photinia would probably be best for my situation. I don't trust garden centres here in Spain as they don't always give honest advice.  The Hakea looks wonderful but its not available here . 
Pamela
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