On 13 May 2007 06:05:56 -0700, La Puce wrote:

I fell in love - I want one. I've seen a gold medalist at Harrogate
with a simple pot and a huge libertia in it. It looked absolutely
superb. Is anyone growing them and is there anything I should know to
grow them successfully? I'm just about to place an order with Avondale
nursery.

Don't know about L. ixioides but I have several clumps of a libertia
grown from seed, species unknown but possibly L. formosa, which is
quite common down here in West Cornwall. They're in reasonably well
drained soil, cope with salt gales and our light frosts, and are
seemingly unfussy. Apart from dead-heading after flowering, I just let
it get on with life. It's in flower ATM.

I wouldn't recommend L. peregrinans though unless you have plenty of
space to fill. Very attractive foliage, green with a greenish bronze
stripe up the centre, but it suckers vigorously. 'Peregrinans' means
'travelling', and it does!


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Chris

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