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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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Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
Had to take a pic. Funny that on Google images, a few Delonix photo's are included with this tree. Well,I would say its the "Royal Delonix" of fall in temperate climates.
Last edited by Stan on Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:56 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Sat Nov 18, 2017 7:44 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: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
If only..... I moved mine this year to a sunnier spot the "trunk" dies to the ground each year and its late shooting from the base its back up to 6ft again now.....cool shots Stan thanks for posting
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Sat Nov 18, 2017 8:03 pm |
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Bennz
Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:06 am Posts: 675 Location: Waimarama NZ
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
I really liked the idea of growing Koelreuteria trees until I noticed just how weedy K. elegans is in Australia, my in-laws old farm had them everywhere, and the roadsides had infestations of almost pure stands. Some of the locals just thought they were Jacarandas...! Probably not a problem in my colder drier climate, but why take the risk...
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Paul Spracklin
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:55 pm Posts: 2564 Location: North Thames delta UK
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
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Sun Nov 19, 2017 8:27 am |
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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: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
Yes my Melia azadrach was removed I thought it would struggle in our climate, it did not, it went for the sky with multiple trunks smothering everything in sight. Ceratonia siliqua is much less rampant, especially after 2010, a tree I think more people in the uk should try this Carob tree with its glossy green leaves and red stems while juvenile looks fab mine are seed grown never seen any for sale here.
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Paul Spracklin
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:55 pm Posts: 2564 Location: North Thames delta UK
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
I agree. I also raised one from seed but decided it would take too long (!) so I asked Toby at the Palm Centre to import me a biggish one a few years back - they are often sold pollarded like olives in the Med. - and it is doing nicely. Although I have to say the little one has better colour. But a large gnarly old carob tree is a thing of absolute beauty - lots in the Algarve, particularly - and so totally redolent of the Mediterranean. In the last couple of years I have tried to enhance this and planted Pistacia lentiscus, Phillyrea latifolia, Cistus, Chamaerops and a few other Med plants as I extend into my shady 'new bit' at the back of the garden. Although, of course, i don't have the discipline to keep solely to Med plants... Speaking of less usual trees I have a couple of experiments facing their first winter this year - Schinus molle and Camphora cinnamomon. Fingers crossed! Bit of a thread hijack - sorry Stan!
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Sun Nov 19, 2017 9:50 am |
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KeithG
Joined: Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:07 am Posts: 171 Location: Oxford UK
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
I'm growing a Koelreuteria paniculata from seed - boy is it slow! That said even as a seedling it is incredibly hardy.
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Maya
Joined: Thu Nov 24, 2016 5:43 pm Posts: 356 Location: Bangor/North Wales
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
I don’t have koelreuteria bipinnata, but I grow koelreuteria paniculata coral sun outside and it is doing well. It is much happier in the ground than it was in the pot. In my home town in Bulgaria I have seen koelreuteria planted as street trees but I am not sure which exactly type they are. I remember playing with the seed pods when I was a child.
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 11:00 am |
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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: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
Schinus molle another invasive weed we are trying to grow, its pedigree sounds promising, something to try in your arid garden Paul. K.paniculata is proper hardy I have a smallish tree (10ft) growing in the coldest part of our garden. I must admit I do not notice it very much till it flowers then it looks a picture but nothing like Stan's K.bipinnata.
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Tue Nov 21, 2017 4:31 pm |
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Steven
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2008 4:02 pm Posts: 2486
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
Yeah, Koelreutheria paniculata is indeed fully hardy here. I grow the cv 'Coral Sun' and it never had any frozen limbs. At the moment, it is in full autumn glory in shades of orange-red to yellow, with many multicoloured leaves, it looks as if it were in flames!
It's doing its thing for at least a month. Very much recommended for all those, who live in colder climates.
Sorry, for posting so seldomly here, but my new job abroad leaves actually no time for my hobbies anymore.
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Wed Nov 22, 2017 8:33 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: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
I was shocked to see this in Queensland. I was admiring the tropicalia..then saw this: https://www.google.com/maps/@-27.460773 ... 312!8i6656
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Wed Dec 06, 2017 3:42 am |
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Bennz
Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:06 am Posts: 675 Location: Waimarama NZ
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
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Wed Dec 06, 2017 6:10 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: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
lol,well nothing here that needs to be watered- 99% of whats planted- is never a weed. I thought that whole family was mostly solidly temperate? A all year warm would throw it off? I guess not. It's in that category I suppose with Thuja and Italian cypress..temperate plants grown in all tropical climates. Then you have Mulberry that can grow into southermost Alaska...also grown in Hawaii. Ben- I thought Brisbane could grow Coconut and Manila palms like south Florida or Hawaii? Not seeing any.
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Wed Dec 06, 2017 7:37 pm |
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Bennz
Joined: Tue Nov 06, 2007 4:06 am Posts: 675 Location: Waimarama NZ
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Re: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
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Thu Dec 07, 2017 6:37 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: Koelreuteria bipinnata time of year again..
Nice link. I've seen them surviving in Perth. Its seems like 80% of Australia's coastal areas can grow them to various degrees. Here- down the street,Coco's and Howea's. You dont see that often. https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-28.0238 ... 312!8i6656
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