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- From: klier@iscsvax.uni.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.gardens
- Subject: Re: Fremontia (was: Horrible Plants)
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.111105.8937@iscsvax.uni.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 11:11:05 -0600
- References: <1992Nov13.210345.18149@cbfsb.cb.> <1453300099@igc.apc.org> <1992Nov18.170743.8831@iscsvax.uni.edu> <1992Nov19.223114.966@calmasd.prime.com>
- Organization: University of Northern Iowa
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- In article <1992Nov19.223114.966@calmasd.prime.com>, jhb@calmasd.prime.com (Jim Bishop) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov18.170743.8831@iscsvax.uni.edu>,
- > klier@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
- >
- >> I'm also decidedly unfond of itch-inducing plants like Fremontia and
- >> Mentzelia... though I'm happy to admire them from a distance. Just please
- >> don't ask me to collect them!!!! ;-)
- >>
- >
- > Kay, what do you about growing Fremontia? I didn't know they itch. I
- > bought one at a native plant sale. I'm planning on planting it on a
- > north facing slope with no summer shade. The ground is our native
- > caliche. I've heard that they rot if given summer water.
-
- It's a lovely shrub/small tree, but I wouldn't put it in areas where
- you would expect much human contact with the plant (i.e., I wouldn't
- put a park bench beneath one). Also, I'd plan on pruning it as
- infrequently as possible, given the itch-ogenic properties of the
- hairs, so I'd give plant it with mature size firmly in mind.
-
- Kay Klier
-