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Corymbia Ficifolia
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Posted by brisbane (My Page) on Fri, Jan 11, 08 at 5:45
| I live in Brisbane as per my name and have one spot left in my garden :(. It gets full light I think it might be a good spot for a Ficifolia. There is a few problems though:
I will mound the spot but I have heard the grafted Ficifolias break off at the graft after a few years, is this true?
How big do they grow? I have noted the orange, pink and red version at the nursery and I am guessing they are all similar size?
If I decide the Ficifolia is no good, does anyone have any suggestions on a feature tree. I have about 4m sunlight room and remember this will be my last plant (it has to be good:)) |
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RE: Corymbia Ficifolia
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Go for it! I suspect the grafted plant you get, in all those colours you describe will actually be a hybrid between C.ficifolia and Corymbia ptychocarpa or something else - but that's what you want, really. The hybrids have names like "Summertime Red". They vary a bit in size and shape. Check the labels. My "Summertime Red" fills about 4m. It took about ten years to get there, though. You might like to plant a group of 3 in the centre of your space. They will shape themselves around each other and look like a single multi-trunked tree, but fill the space quicker.
There's no reason why it should break off at the graft unless you neglect it and let shoots grow from below. Never let anything come from below the graft of anything at all that's grafted!
Trish |
RE: Corymbia Ficifolia
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| Thanks again Trish, They are too nice and I agree def. worth a go. I like the Summer red the best:) |
RE: Corymbia Ficifolia
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| C. ficifolia would have to be my fav. gum! If it breaks at the graph at some point, I'd be contacting the nursery and getting my money back! However, I'm a horticulturist and I've never heard of grafted Corymbias breaking. |
RE: Corymbia Ficifolia
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| I had one about 30cm high in the road verge (footpath) break off but after a very severe windstorm in Toowoomba, which also knocked a huge limb off a neighbour's pine tree. |
RE: Corymbia Ficifolia
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| Hi Frank, Yeah, a storm will do it! Any grafted tree, especially when young, will likely break at the graft point in very windy conditions. It makes sense as it's the weak point of any grafted tree. It also depends very much on what kind of graft was used in the first place. A whip and tongue graft is generaly a very strong graft, but one of the most common grafts is a wedge graft, which takes longer to form a strong bond. |
RE: Corymbia Ficifolia
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| Thanks Jim and Co. I went to Nielsons native nursery (Logan) and got myself a summer Glory. Bring on the flowers |
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