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Posted by karnyah S.E QLD, AUST (My Page) on Sat, Sep 11, 04 at 22:39
| Could someone please tell me what sort of tree this is, how high does it grow and does it flower, would it be a good lawn specimen. |
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RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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| Yes the tree does flower, its common name is the trumpet tree, I think that one is the pink one there are also yellow and lilac. I grew a lilac one when I lived North of Townsville and it was in the middle of my front lawn a very pretty tree it comes into flower in Spring before the leaves come. Cannot tell you the height as different colours grew different heights, it is not native to Australia I think it is Mexico so in a suburban garden I dont think it would get any where near the 25mt height the tallest one is supposed to grow, most I seen were about 10 mts but that was in Nth Qld Hope this helps.----------- MM. |
RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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| Thank you MM I am realy delighted to hear about the tree, I bought it at the markets, the name of the tree was printed on a Tibouchina label, they told me it was frost tender, but thankfully it got through winter ok, we had 20 frosts this year, I got hold of some ENVY spray from the nursery it helped a lot of my trees this year, once again thank you so much for the information. regards
Karn |
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| Karn, I forgot to tell you that mine didn't flower till was about four years in the ground and three meters tall. What is this ENVY spray you wrote of, I searched the web but the only ENVY that came up apart from perfume was a drink made from Rum and fruit juice, and I realy dont think you would be spraying your trees with that,it would be a waste as it sounds like a nice drink. I planted about 20 trees this year that could do with a boost, mind you a drop of rain would probably do that too, is it a foliage spray or what ????????. MM. |
RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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Hi MM, Yes it does sound like a nice drop, Envy is a protectant spray for all plants, it sort of puts a fine film over the plant to protect it from frost, heat and transplant shock, it is truly wonderful, it cost me about $80 this year to protect my trees, and they look like they have all come through with flying colours, just waiting to see if my Poinciana comes into leaf and then I will really be pleased, now the frosts are over, I picked up the plants with a seaweed product that gives them an instant boost, the bottles are down stairs, so will get them tomorrow and tell you the exact names and who makes them, they even have web sites on their bottles, you can also email them and ask questions on the product. The Envy is mixed up to 500ml to 5 litrs of water, in a sprayer, and sprayed all over the leaves branches and trunks, and repeated every 2 to 4 weeks, depending on the severity of the frosts, we went down to about 4 below here, a lot of things got very burnt, I just left them the way they were, looked awful, but still that dry burnt matter protected the rest of the plant
Regards Karn |
RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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| I'll be watching this thread with interest. Does this mean I can grow a jacaranda in the Southern Tablelands? Our winter temperatures go down to -6 and -7 with frost most nights during winter. I love jacarandas. The first time I went to Brisbane I was 12 - my god, that was eons ago - I went to a park on the river where there was a row of poinsianas and jacarandas planted alternately and they were both in flower. An absolutely beautiful sight. |
RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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Wombat and MM, the first year up here I planted Ficus Trees, Ponciana, and Jackarandas, as well as Port Wine Jackarandas, god forbid I had know idea that we dropped that low in winter, and as you can imagine we had day time temps of around 23 up to 27 so the temps are very extreem for the poor old plants hot one minute freezing the next, shock horror when they all got burnt and died except the Jackarandas, so bought new trees, and applied ENVY and so far all is ok, I am still keeping an eye on my Poinciana and holding my breath that new shoots will appear, it has been burnt about 8 inches down the stems, the trunk feel very firm though, I found that when they go to god, trunks feels very much like cork. Anyway here is the info on ENVY: Made by AgroBest, plant protection for moisture loss, windburn, sunburn, frost, Envy can substantially reduced moisture losses by up to 50%, eliminate sun and windburn damage, transplant shock as well as increase frost tolerance by an additional 4 deg. Envy will not impede plant growth or photosynthesis, is non-toxic, pH neutral and will biodegrade in sunlight. You can put it on anything, ordimentals, shrubs, palms, vegetables, herbes, lawn/turf.it is sold in 500ml bottles and is around $19.95, the web site is www.agrobest.com phone 07 55960622, Fax 07 5596 0616 Help Line 1800 802 801. I find that if your temp is really extreem Wombat, I would spray with this and give extra protection as well such as hessian, but I did find out and this is a must, remove all mulch as frost loves it, another thing that I did and I found this searching an American site, water your plants, and trees deeply in the morning by plunging the hose below the soil, so by night time the soil around the trees are warm and you have created a mini humidity barrier that keeps the plant warm on cold freezing night.
Hope this helps.
Here is the seaweed Plant Tonic that I pick the plants up with
made by Amgrow Organix, it is Tasmanian Bull Kelp, no added chemicals, it stimulates root growth and is a natural source of trace elements it is $19.,95 for 1 litre, you use 30mls to 9 litrs of water so it is quite economical their web site is www.amgrogardenking.com.au and you can put it on anything at all.
Kind regards
Karn |
RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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| Very interesting Karn, I will look into it, here where I live we only got one frost this year, but it was the mango trees I was worried about as they dont like that, but they are both flowering madly now so no worries. Thanks for all that Info I will get on those two websites and have a look. Cheers-------- MM. |
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| I hope I have been of help to you MM, that is one of the things that have died on me was the mango tree although I accidently skinned it with the shovel down the bottom and it is green, yet looks dead half way up the top, what do you think do you think it may recover, hope so, when I go for a walk of a morning during summer, I take a bag and pick up all the mango's off the footpath, I have mango's coming out of my ears lol. My mango tree by the way just went though it's first winter it is about 4 feet high. regards
Karn |
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| Karn if it is green, then there is still life in it, it could start shooting leaves and if it does prune off the dead part just make sure the frosts have finished. I pruned both mine last year they had only one long trunk so now they have thickened up a lot with more branches they are only about 4 ft tall and last year I got one huge perfect mango off each one. But I do not say that is the right thing to do, lucky you with all the free mango's and yes you have been a help.
And you are never too old to learn and Iam kind of old Thanks ---MM. |
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| Oh MM, I really hope there is life in my poor old Mango tree, we seem to be over the frosts, hopefully, I just went out to check where the green is actually on the trunk, and it is green 6 inches from the ground the rest is dead, should I prune down to the green, because if it is going to die it is going to die isn't it. Karn |
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| Yes, I agree with you so take a chance, and prune it as nothing will grow on that dead part, you may be rewarded with lots of new leaves soon. Karn whenever I want to find out anything about plants, chooks, fruit trees I get on to the www.dpi.qld.gov.au/ site this link below is about mango trees do have a read MM. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Mango trees.
RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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| Thank you MM, I will do what you say, and thank you for the site on Mango trees. regards
Karn |
RE: Tabebuia Pallioa
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The Envy sounds interesting, not that I need it here at the moment; also find the DPI sites useful. I see a facility for emailing a DPI horticulturalist for home garden advice. Maybe try her when I have a suitable drama in the bottom garden (the one where the chook lives.)
Cheers
Rose |
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