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Alnus rubra
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from "Brian" --- 'flayb' to respond contains these words: "Sacha" wrote in message id... Following Janet's recommendation of this tree, I'm very pleased to say that I have found one at the Duchy nursery in Cornwall, which also supplied us with some Populus balsamifera. Very satisfactory result! And I *think* I've found a source of Acer Coonara Pygmy - fingers crossed! Our local branch of Morrisons, in Totnes, has some Alders planted in the car park and one, in particular, has enormously long catkins - every year I promise myself that I'll try to get some seeds from it and this year I really must kick myself to remember to do it! ~~~~~~~~ Alnus is very variable from seed. Almost perverseley so. Much better to try for a graft or bud. [Have never tried cuttings] If the Morrison specimen is of glutinosa origin then it will not grow from seed anyway. Beware of the stickiness of the balsamifera. Impossible to remove from clothes without petrol and annoying on hands etc. Every little piece roots with abandom and grows rapidly. I was surprised that you reckoned that seed from Alnus glutinosa wouldn't succeed as I have at least ten trees which I grew happily from seed without realising I was doing anything which shouldn't work! Janet G |
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Alnus rubra
"Janet Galpin" wrote in message ... The message 4412c867$1_1@mk-nntp- Snip. I was surprised that you reckoned that seed from Alnus glutinosa wouldn't succeed as I have at least ten trees which I grew happily from seed without realising I was doing anything which shouldn't work! Janet G ~~~~~ You are quite correct. I was thinking in terms of the named vars. that I have tried and failed. Laciniata & Imperialis etc. Best Wishes Brian. |
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