"Rodger Whitlock" wrote
I've tried [Actinidia] kolomikta from seed trice and failed
completely.

I have an actinidia kolomikta and the neighbourhood cats go wild for it.
I
couldn't understand what was chewing the leaves, until one day I saw a
cat
rubbing itself on the leaves and realised what it was.

Split open a twig and take a look at the pith inside. These two
nearly-identical species differ in that regard: one has
"lamellate" pith, the other doesn't.


What is "lamellate pith"?