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Re: Proteaceous plants in clay soils

At 03:52 PM theryans@xtra.co.nz wrote:
>robwally@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>> The bed's about 2 meters deep by 5 meters long, surrounded
>> on three sides by pavement; the fourth side is against a building.
>> These plants, now all in one gallon cans, will get to be seven sizeable
>> shrubs. Do you see any problem with planting them in a bed of this size?

>I think you will be pushing your luck if you hope to accomodate as many
>as seven shrubs in your plot.

Banksia grandis is a significant sized tree rather than a shrub, at least in
its native habitat.  The other banksias are bushy shrubs, AFAIK.

>I would have thought you probably have room for about four in that space.
>Many of these plants are very wide-spreading at maturity.

True, but they probably won't all survive to maturity anyway <g>

John.
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