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Coast Redwood in Central Florida?
Comments (34)" I wonder how one would do in pure muck soil where taxodium grow, if inland enough where saltwater flooding isn't a problem." Not well! It would last about a week in summer before the root rots would take it out! In the rest of the southeast where they do grow, they definitely only grow on well drained soils. I have had one die from root rot. In spite of being hexaploid, they are not invincible. FWIW, there's a 'trick' about the PNW - coastal CA climate. I saw rhododendrons almost in the bottom of swales at the old Greer Gardens in Eugene, OR.* You would NEVER see them growing somewhere like that in PA, NJ, or MD. But...the time plants like rhodies and redwood are most susceptible to root rot organisms is in the summer. That's when most of those disease organisms grow best...at temps >= 15C. I see redwoods in the native environs growing in soil that appears year round damp, but guess what? It's only going to be inundated with water, during California's wet winters! Likewise with the rhodies that would experience wet (but not underwater, mind you) soil conditions at Greer...only in winter! There's just NO WAY for Eugene to have 3" of hot wet rain in late July, on a single day, as we can have! (or, now that I think about it, at Sonoma Horticultural Nursery, which is called something else these days, the same is true. Although Polo did put some rhodies on the lowest plains of his property in impromptu little raised beds. That might be necessary because he was so mild in winter, root rot organisms could still grow well during the wet season.) Now that a nursery has supposedly grafted Sequoia onto Metasequoia, maybe people in the southeast can plant them in poorly drained soils with abandon. We'll see. * - although, TBH, it wasn't much to see and not even as nice as the peak of NJ Rarefind around the time Hank died in 2009, I'm glad I got to see it in 2011 and meet the famous Mr. Greer. Greer might have had rarer, more tender cultivars in zone 8a, but Rarefind had just more plants, and better displayed, period, in their 6b garden....See MoreWill Ground Orchids Survive in Northeast or Central Florida?
Comments (21)I'm not sure about central Florida, but they survive here in central Maryland. I received a small clump from my mother a few years back. They have really taken hold and slowly increased in size each year. I didn't know anything about them, just planted them in a spot that rarely gets full sun during the summer due to shade from a flowering plum tree. No special attention is given to them in the winter either. This past winter was fairly mild in comparison to most, but the previous winter was not as forgiving. By the way, my mother lives about 50 mi north east of my location and hers have also been doing well for years....See MoreConifers I’m trying in Central Florida
Comments (27)I've been signed out because this site did not work well on the phone so I'm back finally now on the pc, anyways yes as far as the native pines, my property is a native pine lands of 76 pinus elliottii var densa, soil is a p.h. of 6.0-6.5. I have the native pines all planted, (pond, loblolly, sand, spruce.) except for shortleaf pine I have in a pot not yet planted out, and my longleaf died due to flooding. I also have a native bald cypress planted and a juniperus virginiana var silicona. I did try a Florida torreya growth was good and it was healthy, but it too succumbed to flooding, that out of season wetness killed a lot actually, the 2 already mentioned and a newly planted Calocedrus decurrens, and a newly planted Pinus canariensis and some other non coniferous plants. I had a pond cypress that was killed by a branch. The only native conifers I haven't got to try yet is Chamaecyparis thyoides var herryae and if I can find a Florida source I will, and also Florida yew which is hard to get. Yes most of these I originally have tried are exotic and mostly from a entirely different climate which is by design, I just like to torture these things and see what the absolute limits are. When I get a chance ill update on which ones are still growing, and others I'm trying....See MoreTrying to grow a Red Navel tree in west central florida
Comments (9)As Dave wrote I also see the trails from leaf miners. New leaf growth is also damaged by thrips showing crinkle/twist leaves . Thrip damage can be eliminated by spraying the new growth with an horticultural oil every two or three days until the leaves harden up....See MoreUser
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