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johnw
Joined: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:37 pm Posts: 240 Location: Halifax, NS
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Re: Melia azedarach
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Thu Sep 15, 2016 9:56 pm |
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Alberto
Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:40 am Posts: 686 Location: Carambeí - State Paraná, 2nd tableland of southern Brazil
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Re: Melia azedarach
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Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:00 pm |
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Alberto
Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:40 am Posts: 686 Location: Carambeí - State Paraná, 2nd tableland of southern Brazil
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Re: Melia azedarach
Here in my region in south Brazil it´s called ''cinamomo'' and it´s a very commonly cultivated tree and also an invasive one, because of the berries that are spread by all kind of birds.
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Thu Sep 15, 2016 11:06 pm |
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Nick Macer
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:42 pm Posts: 1284 Location: Gloucestershire, UK
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Re: Melia azedarach
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Sat Sep 17, 2016 8:52 pm |
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Alberto
Joined: Tue Jun 02, 2009 4:40 am Posts: 686 Location: Carambeí - State Paraná, 2nd tableland of southern Brazil
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Re: Melia azedarach
My son Leonard photographed this big tree today from the car
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Sat Sep 17, 2016 9:44 pm |
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Tom Velardi
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:20 pm Posts: 4337 Location: Kyushu, Southern Japan (33.607N latitude)
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Re: Melia azedarach
Kev, give it a shot. It certainly should be able to handle the winter lows, but it is a heat lover, so it may be a bit slow in your climate.
I've seen this species in Florida and now here in Japan. In Florida it is an exotic pest, but not as bad as some. In Japan it seems quite a bit more tame. There are some really huge trees here, forming a lovely tiered look as they age, reminiscent of east Africa's Acacia woodland giants.
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Sun Sep 18, 2016 11:17 pm |
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Stan
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 5:52 pm Posts: 10687 Location: Hayward- S.F. Bay area Ca.
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Re: Melia azedarach
I just saw one today pruned into a perfect hemisphere of dark green lacy foliage. Not more then 12'. Single straight trunk. I was going to take a photo..go figure I see this post just right now.
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Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:13 am |
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Clive in London
Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:46 am Posts: 409 Location: London
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Re: Melia azedarach
Hello all,
A couple of years ago I was doing a garden in London around the back of the Saatchi Gallery and to my great surprise there was a mature Melia in full bloom (20' ish) as a street tree nearby. Rather nice. I took photo's but cannot now find them anywhere - if I do I'll post. The tree was on the corner of Cheltenham terrace, not the King's Road end. From memory there was an avocado in the garden next to it too.
There are some interesting street trees in this area, many of a similar age. I want to fill our road with Lagerstroemia as they do so well at Kew even in bad summers, but suspect our local council won't allow anything off an 'approved list' (i.e. Prunus).
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Clive in London
Joined: Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:46 am Posts: 409 Location: London
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Re: Melia azedarach
For those interested I've found it - appalling photograph from battered old phone, the features of the tree very unclear but you can about make out the pale purple flower trusses
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Sat Oct 08, 2016 5:19 pm |
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Melia azedarach
Wow that is one large tree Clive I am glad I removed mine now as that would have engulfed our entire garden a very impressive specimen though.
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Sat Oct 08, 2016 6:43 pm |
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Nick Macer
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:42 pm Posts: 1284 Location: Gloucestershire, UK
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Re: Melia azedarach
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Sun Oct 09, 2016 12:35 pm |
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Steven
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:02 pm Posts: 2486
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Re: Melia azedarach
Nick, do you have a list of these successful Lagerstroemia cv?
We had this year, what was probably the worst summer I ever remember, with only two weeks of summer weather in August and some nice days around pentecost weekend over all. Nonetheless my L. x 'Natchez' has come up with a few flowers, which was quite astounding.
Some twenty years ago, nobody would have bothered planting Lagertroemias up here, thanks to global warmup lots of interesting plants have become an option.
(Now in 2016 some areas of southern Germany have a similar climate to the one of the Bordeaux area in the 1980ies. This year I drank my first decent Cabernet-Sauvignons and Merlots from the Pfalz and Baden region. I never thought that would be ever possible. This just as an aside.)
Lagerstroemias definitely are beautiful unfussy plants being attractive for four seasons (foliage, flowers, autumn colour and bark) and still uncommon enough.
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Mon Oct 10, 2016 11:30 am |
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Nick Macer
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:42 pm Posts: 1284 Location: Gloucestershire, UK
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Re: Melia azedarach
Steven
I've noted at Kew:
Natchez, Tuskegee, Tuskarora. Maybe there are others, but I have not seen them.
At Wisley they have an unnamed clone of L. indica and I have seen two named clones flowering too. Can't recall one but the other is 'Eternal'.
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Thu Oct 13, 2016 11:30 pm |
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Steven
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:02 pm Posts: 2486
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Re: Melia azedarach
Nick,
that pretty much reflects, what I expected. The tribal cv are always recommended here, too.
My 'Natchez' was always called the least needy for heat and everyone, who can provide this rather largeish plant enough space should give it a try. It's such a healthy vigourous thing and its flowers last well in bad weather.
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Fri Oct 14, 2016 11:14 am |
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