Re: Dodonea viscosa (Was Ailanthus altissima)

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• Subject: Re: Dodonea viscosa (Was Ailanthus altissima)
• From: T* &* M* R* <t*@xtra.co.nz>
• Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1998 16:41:58 +1200
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Barry Garcia wrote:
> 
> Oops! i made a mistake, the Var. Purpurea i dont think is wild in AZ
> but i know the green form is. BTW, can you start the Var. Purpurea
> forms from seed? the Neighbors plant has tons of the seed capsules with
> seed and im wondering if i could get free plants this way! I think that
> Dodonaea is a pretty plant and has some very useful landscape uses
> here. It grows fairly quick and it has nice color. I heard that if
> theyre in shade the purple forms become green.

Barry

My purple Dodonea is always producing coloured seedlings in my nearby
rockery and if I can be bothered, I pot them up and give them to
friends.

Having said that, my tree is an old one now (around 30) and does not
appear to be as rich a colour as modern cultivars, which makes me think
there has been some vigorous selection going on.

So- you should certainly get purple forms from seed from a coloured
tree, but they may or may not be as good/better than the one you started
with. Worth a try, if they are free anyway.

I suppose the purple forms may turn green in shade, but I think it might
have to be pretty dense to produce this effect. However, they always
look their best in full or nearly full sun.

Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand
"Old" is 10 years older than I am.

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