RE: Dais cotinifolia in a pot?

Thank you, David. That certainly answers my major concern. We checked the
garden last night and now think we might have room for it. If one of the
seeds I've ordered sprouts and thrives, we'll give serious consideration to
putting it in our South Africa section.

Nancy
PS No problem on nixing the heavy summer irrigation. Only the bananas get
that treatment from us and soon they will be on graywater. Trevor Nottle's
water conservation descriptions were inspiring -- thank you, Mr. Nottle.

-----Original Message-----
From: david feix [d*@yahoo.com] 
Sent: Monday, September 14, 2009 10:11 AM
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu; nancy@winterwarmfarm.net
Subject: RE: Dais cotinifolia in a pot?

I doubt that Dais cotiniifolia will be a pest with reseeding in a
Mediterranean climate area, I am pretty sure it would need summer rainfall
climate such as south Florida or Hawaii, or in California; heavy summer
irrigation to even have a chance of reseeding itself in a garden setting,
and it is way too dry in southern California for this to survive in the
wild, although it could potentially reseed if planted next to a riparian
area with disturbed soils and year round water, similar to Sapium sebiferum
or Tamarix.

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

> From: nancy@winterwarmfarm.net <nancy@winterwarmfarm.net>
> Subject: RE: Dais cotinifolia in a pot?
> To: "'david feix'" <davidfeix@yahoo.com>, medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Date: Saturday, September 12, 2009, 1:11 PM
> 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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