Posted by Tom on 3/15/2009, 11:49 am, in reply to "Corymbia gummifera"
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Beautiful pics phill.Thanks for posting.
I’ve always wondered if C. gummifera will hack it on the gulf coastal U.S. , specifically Houston, with it’s hot humid summers and hard freezes. Gummifera shows up on the ‘Key to eucalyptus of Greater brisbane’ and grows on Fraser Island, 300 km north of Brisbane. But these are probably not as humidity intensive as Houston.C. Gummifera Also shows up on ‘Flora of the Hawaiian Islands’ list as growing in Oahu and Kauai. Certainly very hot/humid there.
If gummifera had a lignotuber, that would help it return quickly if it ever went through a hard Zone 9a freeze-back, but I can find no mention of it having one.
Nope, never read any mention of C.gummifera being trailed in Texas/Florida heat and humidity.
Gummifera is a beautiful tree with 21 x 7.5 cm leaves and large , showey masses of cream colored flowers attracting insects,birds, and ….dare I mention….HUMMERS…. .
Can we get to ‘Summer Red’ (C. ficifolia X C. ptychocarpa cross/graft)by way of C. gummifera on the U.S. Gulf Coast ? Well, nobody but me is asking that one , rest assured. ASGAP has a web page at http://asgap.org.au/c-red.html that lists C.gummifera and C. intermedia as root stock for the graft of the fis/ptycho hybrid. These hybrid/grafts are not made easily -men in australia have spent lifetimes moving C.fis from it's W.A. comfort zone to the suburbs of Melborne/Sydney.
Tom.
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