On 3 Apr 2003 03:12:31 -0800, teapot wrote:

Can anyone suggest tall plants that will grow in a couple of feet of
soil. I can onlythink of bamboo and jerusalem artichokes.

Arbutus menziesii.

Grows in very thin soil on rock outcrops where it goes bone dry
in summer.

Be sure to get plants from the northern end of its range -- those
from the southern end may be less frost-tolerant.

It *is* a messy tree, shedding leaves and bark all year round,
but extraordinarily beautiful with its smooth boles, tiny
urn-shaped flowers, and brilliant red fruits.

And it's a fairly fast grower, surprisingly. Sometimes some
philistine around here will cut down a big one to the dismay of
the neighbours, producing an outcry about the great age of the
tree so sacrificed, but the victims are usually only a few
decades old.

--
Rodger Whitlock
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada