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tree identification please
Can anyone please help with identifying this tree: http://www.trick.com.au/tree.htm If anyone knows the reception centre 'Doltone House' in Sylvania Waters this is where these tree are located. Cheers to all. |
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It looks a bit like Ficus benjamina to me. Any other ideas?
...aprill On 9/10/05 11:47 AM, in article , "Mordwid" wrote: Can anyone please help with identifying this tree: http://www.trick.com.au/tree.htm If anyone knows the reception centre 'Doltone House' in Sylvania Waters this is where these tree are located. Cheers to all. |
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I agree Aprill.......if so, I don't like the likelihood of the nice
stone wall surviving too long?? The landscaper who did the gardens for my house (built as exhibition house) planted two small Ficus Benjamina about 2m (6ft) from the side brick wall of the house. When I bought the house I decided they had a limited life because I knew of their reputation and this wasn't a good place for them to be planted....with one thing and another the job wasn't done for a couple of years until I suddenly noticed they 'took off' after a bout of consistent rain and put on over a metre of growth in about a month and the surface roots went from finger diameter to arm-size diameter, plus they were heading for the house. They make a nice potted specimen, of which I have two, but in the ground they need LOTS of space where they can spread without fear of damage by the root system. Hope this helps? Bronwyn ;-) Aprill Allen wrote: It looks a bit like Ficus benjamina to me. Any other ideas? ...aprill On 9/10/05 11:47 AM, in article , "Mordwid" wrote: Can anyone please help with identifying this tree: http://www.trick.com.au/tree.htm If anyone knows the reception centre 'Doltone House' in Sylvania Waters this is where these tree are located. Cheers to all. |
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In article ,
"Mordwid" wrote: Can anyone please help with identifying this tree: http://www.trick.com.au/tree.htm Some kind of fig -- Ficus hillii? If anyone knows the reception centre 'Doltone House' in Sylvania Waters this is where these tree are located. LOL -- went to my first-ever wedding reception there! I grew up at Dolls Point and went to Endeavour HS. Where are you gardening? -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) "In Melbourne there is plenty of vigour and eagerness, but there is nothing worth being eager or vigorous about." Francis Adams, The Australians, 1893. |
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mg'day mordwid,
not a real good pic but like the others could be 'ficus b'. if so the landscaper who did that should have his/her head read hey, they have very invasive root systems and for the main can't be accomodated in the average garden. best left as pot cultures they will cope with being root bound and having root trims to refresh the mix almost forever. snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.users.bigpond.com/gardenlen1 |
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thankyou everyone...
I reckon those trees look grouse!! However I take on board the negative comments re invasive roots and won't be planting this specimen! Chookie - I'm in Sylvania - drive past Doltone all the time. Maybe I should take a pic of the palms they planted directly out front - boxed them in with a retaining wall which has already cracked severely and is now been removed....be interesting to see what they are going to put there. "gardenlen" wrote in message ... mg'day mordwid, not a real good pic but like the others could be 'ficus b'. if so the landscaper who did that should have his/her head read hey, they have very invasive root systems and for the main can't be accomodated in the average garden. best left as pot cultures they will cope with being root bound and having root trims to refresh the mix almost forever. snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.users.bigpond.com/gardenlen1 |
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