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RE: Diodonea viscosa

You certainly can start the purple form from seed Barry, as I have a nice 
purple seedling that has self seeded in one of my garden beds. It is due 
for transplanting in the near future. As well as green and purple, I have 
also heard of a bronze form. I grow both green and purple varieties. The 
more sun the purple ones get, the more intense the colour, so they may well 
be green if they are in enough shade. Perhaps the bronze variety I 
mentioned is actually just a purple one in part shade?

D.viscosa is the only Dodonaea that is native to New Zealand. I was 
surprised to find that it is native to so many parts of the world. I can 
understand how it would grow here and in Australia, but was really 
surprised to hear that it is native to Arizona as well. That is a BIG 
range.

Tim Dutton
"Raindrops", Main Road North, Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, New Zealand


-----Original Message-----
From:	Barry Garcia [SMTP:Barry_Garcia@monterey.edu]
Sent:	Friday, September 11, 1998 4:21 PM
To:	theryans@xtra.co.nz
Cc:	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject:	Re: Diodonea viscosa (Was Ailanthus altissima)

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.
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