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Is it capable of growing in a pot ?
Hi,
I am looking for a tree that could be grown and kept in a pot (a 40x40x40cm container). I thought about a Native frangipani (hymenosporum flavum) because the habitat of its roots is known to be small. Can this tree be grown in a pot ? Is it going to die or just ultimately have a small size ? I'd like to use this tree for screening purposes on our terrace. |
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Is it capable of growing in a pot ?
g'day john,
it should do ok not sure how much screaning it might give you though you may need a few pots full of them. palms make better potted screening plants especailly the golden canes and the mcarthur palms, they are both clustering/clumping type palms. len On 22 Sep 2003 01:04:48 -0700, (John Doe) wrote: snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://home.dnet.aunz.com/gardnlen/ |
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g'day john,
it should do ok not sure how much screaning it might give you though you may need a few pots full of them. palms make better potted screening plants especailly the golden canes and the mcarthur palms, they are both clustering/clumping type palms. len On 22 Sep 2003 01:04:48 -0700, (John Doe) wrote: snipped -- happy gardening 'it works for me it could work for you,' "in the end ya' gotta do what ya' gotta do" but consider others and the environment http://home.dnet.aunz.com/gardnlen/ |
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Is it capable of growing in a pot ?
John Doe wrote: Hi, I am looking for a tree that could be grown and kept in a pot (a 40x40x40cm container). I thought about a Native frangipani (hymenosporum flavum) because the habitat of its roots is known to be small. Can this tree be grown in a pot ? Is it going to die or just ultimately have a small size ? I'd like to use this tree for screening purposes on our terrace. I wonder if you will be able to get much screening from one 40 x 40 cm pot, nomatter what you plant in it I'd consider a cumquat, there are several varieties, they flower frequently, their fruit makes award-winning marmalade Barrie |
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Barrie Mather wrote:
John Doe wrote: Hi, I am looking for a tree that could be grown and kept in a pot (a 40x40x40cm container). I thought about a Native frangipani (hymenosporum flavum) because the habitat of its roots is known to be small. Can this tree be grown in a pot ? Is it going to die or just ultimately have a small size ? I'd like to use this tree for screening purposes on our terrace. I wonder if you will be able to get much screening from one 40 x 40 cm pot, nomatter what you plant in it I'd consider a cumquat, there are several varieties, they flower frequently, their fruit makes award-winning marmalade Barrie Cumquats grow very prettily in pots and you can make a repulsive jam (well - my Mum likes it...) from the fruits. You can choose from the original one with deep green glossy leaves or a newer variegated variety. Both are easy to keep happy and I *think* there's a dwarf habit (which, obviously, will do better in a pot). I've had a Pittosporum undulatum growing in a 40cm pot for the past five years and it's doing fine. I never got around to planting it out and it made such a pretty speciment near the back door, I've just left it there! (I should add that I've got a Ginkgo biloba growing under the same circumstances and it's very pretty too!) I should think Hymenosporum flavum would do pretty well in a pot - just make sure you have plenty of mulch for it and never let it get completely dry! (I've often wondered whether H.flavum has only a short lifespan? The one I had (in the garden, not in a pot) only survived about six years and then passed away suddenly, its leaves turning brown and the upper trunk snapping off abruptly at about ten feet! Does anyone know the lifespan of H. flavum???) -- Trish {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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Barrie Mather wrote:
John Doe wrote: Hi, I am looking for a tree that could be grown and kept in a pot (a 40x40x40cm container). I thought about a Native frangipani (hymenosporum flavum) because the habitat of its roots is known to be small. Can this tree be grown in a pot ? Is it going to die or just ultimately have a small size ? I'd like to use this tree for screening purposes on our terrace. I wonder if you will be able to get much screening from one 40 x 40 cm pot, nomatter what you plant in it I'd consider a cumquat, there are several varieties, they flower frequently, their fruit makes award-winning marmalade Barrie My hymenosporum is over 6 metres high. Some pot! |
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My hymenosporum is over 6 metres high. Some pot!
Sorry to ask you to repeat (!) but do you really mean your frangipani is now 6 metres high and is indeed in a pot ? What has been its growth rate so far, could you give an estimation ? Also, where are you living ? |
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John Doe wrote:
My hymenosporum is over 6 metres high. Some pot! Sorry to ask you to repeat (!) but do you really mean your frangipani is now 6 metres high and is indeed in a pot ? What has been its growth rate so far, could you give an estimation ? Also, where are you living ? No. My reply was to somebody sugesting that they would grow a hymenosporum in a pot and I said that my tree in Brisbane was 6m and that would reuire some pot. |
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