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Kangaroo Paw question.

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Posted by plantRN SoCal zone10 (My Page) on
Wed, Apr 13, 05 at 14:11

I live in San Diego, California and want to divide a Kangaroo Paw plant that I put in the ground only about 6 months ago. It is the red stemmed, green flower ~2.5 foot variety. I love it but cannot seem to find another (the other two I bought ended up being the 8-12 inch variety). How old does it need to be to survive division (it is VERY healthy and about 2.5 feet around at the base) and what time of year should I divide it? Do I need to cut it back after division?


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  • Posted by deejaus Melb.Vic. Aust (My Page) on
    Wed, Apr 13, 05 at 23:47

Hi,
I've put a link for some information on kangaroo paws for you. There is plenty of other information available on the web. If you Google in 'dividing kangaroo paws' you find plenty to choose from.
Goodluck,
Dee.

Here is a link that might be useful: kangaroo paws

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The link that Dee has given has some misleading information. It is possible that the article is a bit old. Kangaroo Paws can last for a lot longer than three years provided that Ink Spot disease does not get out of control. Kangaroo Paws are native to Western Australia where the soils are free draining and the Summers are very low in Humidity.

I am guessing San Diego has a pretty dry climate which would allow you to grow Kangaroo Paws quite easily for ages. However overwatering will encourage Ink Spot. They can also be revived by cutting back almost to the ground. I run the mower over them about every three years or so.

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My understanding is that K paw are tough plants - I have a patch which is 6 years old. This autumn I am splitting up a few plants to generate fresh plants - have yet to confirm success but they all look healthy 2 weeks on.

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I have a number of them in my yard and they seem to like the places where it has been difficult to get anything to grow. The larger ones seem to be much healthier. The dwarf ones seem more disease prone. I water them at about the same rate as the CA natives and that seems to work just fine.

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are Kangaroo paw poisionious to dogs ?

  
 

 

 


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