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Melaleuca nesophila - Pink Melaleuca


Melaleuca nesophila -  Pink Melaleuca (Melaleuca nesophila -  Pink Melaleuca)

Pink Melaleuca is an extremely drought tolerant shrub or tree which can grow very well in concrete-type soil. It's a native of Western Australia. Photo taken in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.



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Delonix - do the flowers fade, or can it throw out different coloured blooms?

26 Aug, 2010

 

Meanie:

The pinkish-purple flowers fade to white.

26 Aug, 2010

 

It makes an effective display.

26 Aug, 2010

 

Meanie:

Yes, it does...also it has serpentine-like trunks.

26 Aug, 2010

 

Very pretty. Another species that is supposed to grow here, but that I never see.

26 Aug, 2010

 

Tugbrethil:

That's surprising! I would think it would do very well in the hot desert.

26 Aug, 2010

 

cute

27 Aug, 2010

 

: > )

27 Aug, 2010

 

A lot of publications for the desert recommend it, too, but none of the local or even national growers grow it!

27 Aug, 2010

 

Tugbrethil:

That's a shame! I wonder why?

28 Aug, 2010

 

It keeps me scratching my head. Just try and find Beschorneria! A lot of things that do well here and used to be available are hard to find now, too. Things like Popcorn Cassia (Senna didymobotrya) and Jungle Daffodil (Eucharis grandiflora) might as well not exist, as far as the growers are concerned. For the most part, our local growers are an unimaginative lot, but there are a few that actively seek out new things to grow. Makes it hard to go to the garden center and find what you want, and mail order from the web tends to arrive dead in our climate. Ah, well, life goes on!

28 Aug, 2010

 

Tugbrethil:

I guess we're lucky here in San Diego - there's still a lot of specialty nurseries.

30 Aug, 2010



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