Re: R: mystery plant


Tony & Moira Ryan, Wainuiomata, New Zealand
Climate ( US Zone 9). Annual averages:-
Minimum -2°C; Maximum 28°C Rainfall 2000mm
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I have planted a Grevillea robusta, which should do excellent here, as

I've seen it growing in the harbor in Alameda, which gets fog and cold
like we do. I was very amazed by its golden inflorescences. When I saw
one at a local nursery here, I immediately bought it (it was also a
bit pot bound, it was obvious it kept getting looked over.) I expect
in 30 years for it to be an impressive focal point!
Grevillea robust did very well in our Kenya garden where I lived as a child. I have also seen it grown here in the warmer parts of our local district, but the NZ ones are much smaller trees, so I presume the climate is marginal in warmth for them. In Africa ( no frosts at our altitude) I remember them as stately trees probably at least 50 feet high though I guess they were most likely not then fully grown (they are said to reach 100 ft in the wild). The golden inflorescences are indeed showy and fairly unusual in a genus where the majority of flowers seem to be in shades of red.
Curiously I don't seem to have seen any in their native Australia when I have visited there. 

Moira
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