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I'm fast approaching having 2000 horticultural images online. While my site
is commercial, I've tried to make the picture captions as informative as possible in the briefest space, so browsing through the pictures should be more than just looking at pretty shots. Please visit. And as I know many of you grow New Zealand plants (that's where I live), please feel free to ask me about them. I may be able to help. Thanks, Geoff Bryant www.hortiphoto.com |
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Nice photos.
-- Mark Allison "Geoff Bryant" wrote in message ... I'm fast approaching having 2000 horticultural images online. While my site is commercial, I've tried to make the picture captions as informative as possible in the briefest space, so browsing through the pictures should be more than just looking at pretty shots. Please visit. And as I know many of you grow New Zealand plants (that's where I live), please feel free to ask me about them. I may be able to help. Thanks, Geoff Bryant www.hortiphoto.com |
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Nice photos.
-- Mark Allison "Geoff Bryant" wrote in message ... I'm fast approaching having 2000 horticultural images online. While my site is commercial, I've tried to make the picture captions as informative as possible in the briefest space, so browsing through the pictures should be more than just looking at pretty shots. Please visit. And as I know many of you grow New Zealand plants (that's where I live), please feel free to ask me about them. I may be able to help. Thanks, Geoff Bryant www.hortiphoto.com |
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And as I know many of you grow New Zealand plants (that's where I live),
please feel free to ask me about them. I may be able to help. Thanks, Geoff Bryant www.hortiphoto.com Hi Geoff Your post brings one of my recent horticultural failures to mind. Bear with me while I explain. I live in Esher which is about 2 miles from a place called Walton-On-Thames (Surrey, England). Now one of the main roads through Walton is called New Zealand Avenue. I got to looking into the reason for this name and found that it was named in memory and thanks to the men of New Zealand who fought in the 1st War. Walton had a special link with these men because many of them were treated for their injuries in Mount Felix hospital. Here is a link to some photographs of that time - http://www.angelfire.com/ego/walton-on-thames/mf.htm To move closer to the point; a tree has been planted near New Zealand Avenue, Walton. I guess in thanks for, or memory of, those men. The tree is a Kowhai, a native tree of New Zealand. Each autumn the tree is covered with many strings of seeds. Last year I borrowed a few from around the base of the tree with a view to growing my own Kowhai. My first batch failed completely. Not a sign of any activity what-so-ever. For my second batch I decided to help by wearing down the very hard seed coat with a file. My second batch resulted in four seedlings (from 20). Two of the seedlings have disappeared completely; one is looking very sick and shrivelled, while the last is just looking ill. I will try another batch once the better weather arrives. The dingy days of December are probably to blame. Have you ever tried to grow this type of tree from seed? rgds Phil |
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Hi Phil,
That sounds like Sophora tetraptera, though it could be Sophora microphylla. In either case the seeds have a very hard coat and need prolonged soaking before sowing, preferably in warm water. They also benefit from scarification. The hard coat enables the seed to survive prolonged exposure to sea water, which is presumably how some Sophora species come to occur in both Chile and New Zealand. Considering the direction of the current, those in Chile must have come from NZ, which is quite a few thousand kilometres away. As to after-care once the seed has germinated, well there shouldn't really be any problems with the climate, as here in NZ they grow in some pretty cold, exposed places. Sophora tetraptera, which has larger and fewer leaflets than Sophora microphylla, is the more tender of the tree-sized species. I do think that you'd be better to sow the seeds in spring rather than autumn and it's a good idea to pre-sprout them on damp paper towels in a warm place like an airing cupboard. Hope this helps Geoff Bryant Hi Geoff Your post brings one of my recent horticultural failures to mind. Bear with me while I explain. I live in Esher which is about 2 miles from a place called Walton-On-Thames (Surrey, England). Now one of the main roads through Walton is called New Zealand Avenue. I got to looking into the reason for this name and found that it was named in memory and thanks to the men of New Zealand who fought in the 1st War. Walton had a special link with these men because many of them were treated for their injuries in Mount Felix hospital. Here is a link to some photographs of that time - http://www.angelfire.com/ego/walton-on-thames/mf.htm To move closer to the point; a tree has been planted near New Zealand Avenue, Walton. I guess in thanks for, or memory of, those men. The tree is a Kowhai, a native tree of New Zealand. Each autumn the tree is covered with many strings of seeds. Last year I borrowed a few from around the base of the tree with a view to growing my own Kowhai. My first batch failed completely. Not a sign of any activity what-so-ever. For my second batch I decided to help by wearing down the very hard seed coat with a file. My second batch resulted in four seedlings (from 20). Two of the seedlings have disappeared completely; one is looking very sick and shrivelled, while the last is just looking ill. I will try another batch once the better weather arrives. The dingy days of December are probably to blame. Have you ever tried to grow this type of tree from seed? rgds Phil |
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