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Re: Thysanotus pattersonii

Thanks, David.  In case you (or anyone else on this list) is/are interested,
here's what I got from someone who lives in the plant's home turf (Western
Australia):

Thysanotus patersonii:
I checked in Encyclopedia Botanica (an Australian Natives general
reference)

"prefers light to medium well drained soils in an open sunny position
and is drought and frost resistant.
Perrenial species to 0.8 M and 0.5 M wide, stem is weak twining and
spiraling, propagation is by seed."

This is about the same for all the Thysanotus species in the book, they
are quite something in the bush and while you can get the seed here I've
never bothered trying to grow them as they are quite fragile and would
need more protection than my dog would allow!  They would pobably not
like the soil around the base to be disturbed so a mulch to keep weeds
down would be best, many of these natives do not compete well against
weeds and rapdily disappear from bush as the weeds move in.
I would also suspect that you should not apply excess fertiliser to this
species.
Most Western Australian natives grow in extremely poor soils and too
much fertiliser can actually kill some species (Phosphorus and Banksias
for example) or they may grow like mad then suddenly die (Excess
Nitrogen and Eucalypts) it's a balancing act that you don't really need
to push, apply less than a species can use and there should be no
problems, if in doubt, don't!
I use 3 month slow release fertilisers once a year over the whole
garden.
Never had a plant die on me yet once it was established, and I don't
water over summer, it's all rainfed.
Rod Randall
Weed Risk Assessment
Weed Science Group
Agriculture Western Australia


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Date: 1/29/97 4:38 AM
To: Phil Stevens
From: seeds-list@eskimo.com

Phil wrote:
>Anyone know anything about this plant 

The genus is a member of the Liliaceae (Aspodelaceae), close to Ornithogalum
and Chamysporum, with which there are some synonyms.  There are 47 species
of rhizomatous or tuberous perennials.  Flowers are usually in umbels or
panicles, mauve, blue to lavender. I can't trace the species. See RHS
Dictionary of Gardening.
Regards,
David Victor
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