Re: Corrected Buchus: None So Blind...
Tim Longville wrote:
>
> Apologies. The pessimist doesn't see what's in front of his eyes
> because he doesn't EXPECT it to be there. In fact, Silverhill do offer
> a few buchus species (and perhaps if we ordered some from them and
> gently suggested...., future catalogues might offer more). The ones
> listed in the current (Jan 99) catalogue are:
>
> Agathosma ciliaris (Zone 8, aromatic, clustered white/mauve fls, to
> 2');
>
> A. crenulata (Zone 8, aromatic, white flowers, sun or semi shade,
> likes moisture, to 2m);
>
> A ovata (Zone 8, aromatic, compact, showy white/mauve fls, to 3m);
>
> A. thymifolia (Zone 9, 'very showy shrub,' fls mauve in terminal
> clusters, to 1m);
>
> Coleonoma pulchellum;
>
> Diosma acmaeophylla (Zone 8, aromatic, white fls, to 2m).
>
> (Treat the Zone indications with caution, I'd suggest.)
>
> But no Sheilanthera, alas, so I'm still looking for a chance to try my
> Paul Hogan line on somebody...
Tim
This selection sounds pretty good for a start.
I have a sneaking suspicion that most of the species not on this list
may have been excluded because they are too weedy to bother with
(Including possibly the elusive "Sheila")
Moira
--
Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata,
New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
