Dear Cas, Your cuttings of H. bakeriana arrived in good order & condition. Will keep you informed of their progress. Thanks very much. Warren. [Non-text...
Warren Sheather
yallaroo@...
Jul 2, 2001 10:57 am
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Congratulations! Sadly I can't grow a H. laurina. Whenever I put one in the ground it will quickly get new growth, then the old leaves go black and drop off....
Scott Davies
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Jul 3, 2001 4:40 pm
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... probably ... Scott, they are a largish plant but maybe in a large pot quasi-bonsai style may be interesting. I've seen Hakea salicifolia used as bonsai and...
Cas & Lisa Liber
casliber@...
Jul 6, 2001 6:55 am
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Hi all, I was looking through a Nindethana seed catalogue and noted seeds for Hakea pendens (common name "galah feathers"). Does anyone know anything about...
odbenjamin@...
Jul 25, 2001 2:17 am
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... ??? The place to look would be Flora of Australia vol 17B which is the only comprehensive list published after the revision of the genus. Anyone have this?...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Jul 25, 2001 10:31 am
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Dear Ben Its a WA hakea first described in 1990. Comes from the Parker Ranges East of Perth. approx 2x2m. leaves are thin and pointed. white-pink flowers and...
davidlightfoot@...
Jul 25, 2001 11:27 am
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G'day all I have a Burrendong Beauty currently flowering in my garden, what a beauty it is. Has it's origins been sorted out? Is it a hybrid? or the Western...
Bruce Wallace
bruwal@...
Jul 29, 2001 12:33 pm
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Dear Bruce, It is now considered a hybrid which sprang up at Burrendong arboretum (thus the name). It was thought to be H crassinervia but this was later...
David Lightfoot
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Jul 29, 2001 9:58 pm
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Bruce, According to the Flora of Aus., Vol 17B Burrendong Beauty is reputed to be a sterile hybrid between H. myrtoides & H. petiolaris. Hpor this helps,...
Warren Sheather
yallaroo@...
Jul 30, 2001 3:44 am
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E & J report that H. petiolaris is suspected to be a parent, but was often marketed as crassinervia B,W & G (Wrigley & Fagg) still has the cultivar listed as...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Jul 30, 2001 7:05 am
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Thanks gang for your answers, looks like it is a hybrid. Bruce ... was often ... crassinervia,...
Bruce Wallace
bruwal@...
Jul 30, 2001 11:20 pm
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Nice to see Hakea sericeas in flower all over Sydney. Near me, at Dulwich Hill primary school, there's a great plant covered in flowers which is 3m high and...
Cas & Lisa Liber
casliber@...
Aug 2, 2001 3:17 am
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Already? Wow. I wonder if mine would be if the roos hadn't eaten them? They grew so fast over the summer. Can you conclude that they grow faster in summer than...
Margaret Moir
olivehill@...
Aug 3, 2001 9:33 am
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Dear Margaret I love H trifurcata. When its in flower the aroma is almost overpowering. I read once that it is thought the two leave shapes are to put off the...
David Lightfoot
davidlightfoot@...
Aug 3, 2001 11:11 am
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David, what does it smell like, pleasant or unpleasant? Cas...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Aug 3, 2001 1:03 pm
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Cas, Congratulations. May you have many more hakeas flowering in the future. Talking about flowering hakeas. We have a H. decurrens (similar to H. sericea)...
Warren Sheather
yallaroo@...
Aug 3, 2001 1:15 pm
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Thanks for that David! I love that theory, true or not. [and who's to say it isn't?] Well they fooled me, the cockies are probably smarter! Cheers, Margaret. ...
Margaret Moir
olivehill@...
Aug 4, 2001 7:38 am
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Depends. Its a really sweet honey like smell. I like it but some don't. David...
David Lightfoot
davidlightfoot@...
Aug 5, 2001 1:48 am
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Dear all, it occurred to me that for some eastern species regular pruning may be counterproductive as the flowers occur on old wood, so maybe the idea would be...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Aug 6, 2001 9:56 am
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Cas, the only pruning ever done here is by the roos, and that is certainly WAY counter productive. But isn't it always good practise to simply remove old...
Margaret Moir
olivehill@...
Aug 7, 2001 3:26 am
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Sydney has been buffeted by high winds recently and I came home to find my Hakea bakerian, grwoing prodigiously till nw, tilted sideways about 45 degrees. I...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Aug 19, 2001 4:16 am
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... home to find my ... about 45 ... roots aren't ... I think I ... fingers.... ... wind, was ... a stocking. ... Hi Cas Try a dose of a product called...
Mark Ross
jomo@...
Aug 20, 2001 10:08 am
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Hello All, As part of the Gardener of the Year Competition: There will be segment featuring our garden on ABC's Gardening Australia TV program on Friday 7th...
Warren Sheather
yallaroo@...
Sep 3, 2001 8:09 am
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The street plantings near my mum's are planted in near-plasticene for soil. Wrigley & Fagg says this species can grow in clay. Someone told me it smells nice...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Sep 10, 2001 4:14 am
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It has a strong honey type scent Cas. Not bad really but not going to be a commercial perfume...
David Lightfoot
davidlightfoot@...
Sep 10, 2001 8:41 am
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Hello All, Noticed the other day that two of our H. purpurea have buds. The plants are about 3 yrs old & are less than 1 m tall. H. pandanicarpa is also...
Warren Sheather
yallaroo@...
Sep 14, 2001 4:13 am
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... in WA but have had no luck in germinating seeds. ... Warren, this species can be grafted fairly reliably onto H. salicifolia, as can H. grammatophylla and...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Sep 14, 2001 2:41 pm
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Thanks for the info Cas, Warren ... From: Cas and Lisa (also Silvia, Max & Viveka) Liber <casliber@...> To: <hakeas@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Friday,...
Warren Sheather
yallaroo@...
Sep 15, 2001 1:36 am
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Dear all, I think at least one (Meredith) and maybe more people have joined since there was last a post. Meredith, please write in and tell us what you're ...
Cas and Lisa (also Si...
casliber@...
Sep 18, 2001 2:21 am
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I opened an email attachment a couple of days ago called still.exe and it activated a virus on my system called W32.Magistr.39921@mm and it is very nasty...
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