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Nymania Capensis Klapperbos
We've been asked to find this in UK. Anyone know of a grower?
-- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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Nymania Capensis Klapperbos
"Sacha" wrote in message ... We've been asked to find this in UK. Anyone know of a grower? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon David Poole put me in touch with a UK specialist who was growing S.African plants when I was trying to track down Ixia viridiflora-whoever that chap was would be a good contact for your plant Sacha. Over to Dave Poole. |
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Nymania Capensis Klapperbos
On 2009-10-29 10:58:37 +0000, "rupert" said:
"Sacha" wrote in message ... We've been asked to find this in UK. Anyone know of a grower? -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon David Poole put me in touch with a UK specialist who was growing S.African plants when I was trying to track down Ixia viridiflora-whoever that chap was would be a good contact for your plant Sacha. Over to Dave Poole. Thanks and yes, I have forwarded this to him by email already. It turns out that in fact, this person brought some seeds back from SA and now wants to know how to grow them. I imagine you contacted Dave Fenwick who has a terrific collection of SA bulbs. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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Nymania Capensis Klapperbos
Sorry, been a bit inundated of late and haven't checked e-mails till
today. Sacha, I know of Nymania and seem to remember turning down the offer of some seeds many moons ago. My understanding is that being a semi-desert shrub/small tree, it needs low humidity, very bright light and reasonable summer heat to do well. It is variously reputed to tolerate frosts that may or may not be severe, or no frost at all. I didn't interest me enough, but if I were to grow it I would use a very sandy compost, press the seeds into the surface and water carefully from the base. High day temperatures and cool nights usually work for desert plants, so I'd put them onto a heat pad with a timer set to 10 hours on and 14 hours off. For all that, they might germinate like cress given any treatment, but I suspect not. Having struggled to get Sturt's Desert pea (Swainsonia formosa- formerly Clianthus formosus) growing from seed, prolonged moisture around the 'neck' of the seedling is rapidly fatal and I think it's a fair bet that Nymania seedlings would prefer similar conditions - dry sandy soil surface with moisture deep down. Certainly not easy to replicate in a typical English garden. Dave Fenwick is primarily into African bulbs, but had a keen interest in many African plants. If he's not familiar with this shrub, he may well someone who is. |
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Nymania Capensis Klapperbos
On 2009-10-29 16:32:45 +0000, Dave Poole said:
Sorry, been a bit inundated of late and haven't checked e-mails till today. Sacha, I know of Nymania and seem to remember turning down the offer of some seeds many moons ago. My understanding is that being a semi-desert shrub/small tree, it needs low humidity, very bright light and reasonable summer heat to do well. It is variously reputed to tolerate frosts that may or may not be severe, or no frost at all. I didn't interest me enough, but if I were to grow it I would use a very sandy compost, press the seeds into the surface and water carefully from the base. High day temperatures and cool nights usually work for desert plants, so I'd put them onto a heat pad with a timer set to 10 hours on and 14 hours off. For all that, they might germinate like cress given any treatment, but I suspect not. Having struggled to get Sturt's Desert pea (Swainsonia formosa- formerly Clianthus formosus) growing from seed, prolonged moisture around the 'neck' of the seedling is rapidly fatal and I think it's a fair bet that Nymania seedlings would prefer similar conditions - dry sandy soil surface with moisture deep down. Certainly not easy to replicate in a typical English garden. Dave Fenwick is primarily into African bulbs, but had a keen interest in many African plants. If he's not familiar with this shrub, he may well someone who is. Many thanks, David, I'll pass this on to them. I can only offer you Swainsona galega or Clianthus puniceus and I suspect you have those. ;-) -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
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