RE: Dais cotinifolia in a pot?

Thank you, David. Sun and heat are not a problem here :-).  

I'd like to try the container route because our Mediterranean botanical
garden is full (of large plants, anyway), we have a courtyard where a potted
tree could go, I thought perhaps if it weren't in the ground it might
present less of a problem with seedlings everywhere, and I was intrigued by
the photographs and descriptions, especially of the fragrance. I don't
recall ever seeing or smelling one of these trees in bloom and I guess a
potted plant feels like less of a commitment. We could always find a place
for it in the ground if we really like it.

Nancy

-----Original Message-----
From: david feix [d*@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:43 PM
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu; nancy@winterwarmfarm.net
Subject: Re: Dais cotinifolia in a pot?

I've got one growing now for three years in a 15 gallon sized container, and
the plant is about 7 foot tall.  I had originally gotten it as a small
seedling grown 4 inch pot from Annie's Annuals.  Almost anything can be
grown indefinitely as a container plant if given good care, but I suspect
this would have grown both larger and perhaps already be blooming if it had
been planted directly in the ground.  I don't really have full sun or summer
heat in my front Berkeley garden, so it may have already bloomed if it had
been getting more sun/heat.  I like the plant for the foliage and texture
alone, but do look forward to eventually seeing it bloom, or getting it into
a garden setting.  Is there a particular reason you want to keep it as a
container plant?

--- On Sat, 9/12/09, nancy@winterwarmfarm.net <nancy@winterwarmfarm.net>
wrote:

> From: nancy@winterwarmfarm.net <nancy@winterwarmfarm.net>
> Subject: Dais cotinifolia in a pot?
> To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 11:21 AM
> 
> Hello 
> 
> Has anyone had
> experience with or have an opinion of the likelihood
> of success of growing a dais cotinifolia in a pot?
> Thanks. 
> 
> Nancy Mueller
> Fallbrook,
> CA
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