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Re: Dodonea viscosa

At 04:41 PM 9/11/98 +1200, Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
>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.

There are indeed some new, selected forms of D. viscosa with deeper
purple foliage - very nice.  But I also like the other 'shades' as well
in some situations.  One garden I know of has several seedling grown
plants forming an informal hedge, shading in and out of purple and 
greenish-purple forms (some of them quite pale).  There is more
interest created by this variation, especially when they produce their
fruit, which also ranges in shades from pale greenish pink to darker
mauve or dusty pinks.  There is also some variation in height and
overall shape and density.

If a more uniform hedge is desired, it is definitely important to choose
a clonal propagated group of plants

Sean A. O'Hara                       sean.ohara@poboxes.com
h o r t u l u s   a p t u s          710 Jean Street
'a garden suited to its purpose'     Oakland, CA 94610-1459, U.S.A.
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