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Posted by rose_qld Aust (My Page) on Wed, Oct 11, 06 at 18:39
| Silly me, expecting something a bit different in a segment on poinciana from CC on Gardening Australia last week. Presumably, Colin hasn't come across the yellow flowered variety and that he also hasn't seen the astonishing displays of colour in cQ and nQ after a dry winter, with very few leaves on the trees. He mentioned the pods, though....does anyone else like them??
Anyway, here's a pic of a very frustrated poinciana root seen in New Farm, Brisbane.
Cheers
Rose |
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RE: poinciana on gardening australia
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| Hi Rose, Tough trees, no question - didnt catch the segment, but I assume that Colin has some issues with Delonix Regia ? Cant say I entirely blame him - a beautiful tree, but we've planted too many of them in Qld for mine. Not sure why so many backyards seem to contain only one tree - a Mango or a Poinciana (mine has both ..), but its almost as though it was part of the building covenant in the 60's and 70's. I'll post a photo of mine in flower in December : its one of the biggest that I've seen outside of parklands but I'm sure they grow even larger in FNQ. Cheers, Artie |
RE: poinciana on gardening australia
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Artie!
I'll elaborate about the pods. Colin thought they were interesting, or attractive,or some such. I inherited my mother's biases there though I couldn't be bothered *hating* them. Sometimes, to keep her happy, I have at them with a pole trimmer, until the neck gives out. The general tone of the segment was positive. The man has a large output and who could blame him for revisiting an oldie for a rest. I've still got a bit of a thrill on a yellow one day but otherwise will let other people put up with the roots and the borers. Hoping to see the flame tree (Brachychiton) I liberated after several years in a pot onto our (sloping) nature strip flower before we leave here. It has settled in well. I remember Grant from FNQ writing here about the extreme colour displays from poinciana in dry times and saw brilliant examples, including the red one, in Charters Towers in Nov '03.
Cheers
Rose |
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