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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Lomatia ferruginea
I'm happy to grow this for its foliage alone, but the flowers have been a welcome bonus this year.
Pete
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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: Lomatia ferruginea
Nice Pete not one I grow I do like the delicate leaves and spotted various nurseries selling it in Cornwall is it planted out........neat flowers very eye catching.
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 3:57 pm |
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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
Thanks, Kev. It's in a big pot permanently on the patio. I think I picked it up at Lower Kennedy a few years back.
Pete
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 4:24 pm |
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junglejason
Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:49 pm Posts: 206 Location: arthog, gwynedd, wales
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
A very nice exotic looking tree you have there Pete. Does it flower on a regular bases, or have you not had it long enough to find out yet? I must say I'm very tempted. Will it stand the wind.
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 8:56 pm |
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Martinnicklin
Joined: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:06 pm Posts: 2675 Location: Telford UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
Beautiful. Unfortunately I was tempted and the plant was killed by cold in its first year. They are very exotic looking and I am envious of those who can grow it.
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:24 pm |
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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
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Thu Jul 06, 2017 9:30 pm |
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junglejason
Joined: Mon Nov 28, 2011 1:49 pm Posts: 206 Location: arthog, gwynedd, wales
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
Martin, I used to live just down the road from you, Brosley, but I can't remember how cold it was there. They are supposed to take -10C but like a free draining soil.
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David Matzdorf
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 4:06 pm Posts: 5321 Location: Islington, London UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
Those flowers are more colourful than on the Lomatia ferruginea I grew. I acquired it as a small plant in 1998 and kept it in a succession of pots, mainly because of its dislike of phosphate. It reached about 2m, perhaps a bit more, and flowered well 2 or 3 times, but was damaged by the long cold spell in winter 2008/09 and then finished off by the two succeeding winters.
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Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:03 am |
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Martinnicklin
Joined: Fri Oct 05, 2012 9:06 pm Posts: 2675 Location: Telford UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
It got down to -18 Jason. We had a couple of weeks where the ground was frozen solid with sub-zero temperatures and I lost many plants that year. I did plant it in one of my sheltered positions but I'm afraid it was nowhere near enough for it. Either that or it was just getting its own back on me for bringing it back up here from Cornwall! Strange how some plants react - my Schima which I was advised would be unlikely to survie outside of Cornwall or sheltered West coast locations sailed through in a totally exposed position with no damage at all. I guess part of the fun of GOTE is seeing which can and which can't for yourself, rather than taking much notice of the suggested lowest temperature guides for the plant.
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Fri Jul 07, 2017 11:43 am |
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Adam D
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:17 pm Posts: 1074 Location: Scotland
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
They look very pretty. It's good to see you posting again Pete How are you and how's your garden doing? Still growing all those fab exotic plants?
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Fri Jul 07, 2017 6:42 pm |
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davidmdzn7
Joined: Tue Jun 14, 2011 12:01 pm Posts: 412 Location: Maryland, USA
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
Lomatia myricoides is hardier and tougher, kept alive for some years in suburban Washington, DC garden. However the flowers are a bit of a yawn. Wish someone would cross them - if they oblige - to create a tougher plant with slightly more colorful flowers. My Grevillea X 'Poorinda Leane' has gone berserk and is blooming for a 2nd time this year! Am worried it's because I applied a bit of Miracle Gro to a Nolina that might have been right at the edge of its root zone, giving it too much phosphorus. This hasn't seen a real cold winter yet...its parents were killed by the polar winters but weren't in very sheltered spots as this one is.
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Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:31 am |
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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
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Sat Jul 08, 2017 6:08 am |
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Adam D
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 8:17 pm Posts: 1074 Location: Scotland
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Sat Jul 08, 2017 8:50 pm |
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Chad
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:03 pm Posts: 2343 Location: Inland Cornwall UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
Pete, is yours really that colour?
Mine is much less showy and the leaves are more grey. Your picture looks very chromatically bright.
On mine, you have to get quite close before you are even aware it is in flower!
Chad.
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PeteFree
Joined: Fri May 16, 2008 2:25 pm Posts: 1139 Location: Suffolk, UK
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Re: Lomatia ferruginea
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