|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific name - Angophora hispida Blaxell Synonyms -- Popular names - dwarf apple, apple scrub. Distribution and Habitat - originating in Australia, is common in coastal areas. Description - shrub or small tree, 4-5 m high. Gray-red bark at first smooth, exfoliating in due course. Leaves opposite, Sesia or short stalks, cordiform, 5-10 x 2.5-4.5 cm, pale green, pubescent. 3.7 flowers in a corymb, 10-15 cm diameter. Sepa free (dialisepal), green, petals free (dialipetal), white cream. Blooming in January. Fruit capsule. Tolerances - Short term frosts and drought. Requirements - well-drained soils, sunny. Propagation - the seeds soon after ripening. It looks bad in sand and perlite, GErminarea occurs at 2-3 weeks at 20-23 C. ͦ In the first years to protect plants from frost. Natural partners and Garden - Brachychiton bidwillii, Epacris microphylla, Grevillea sericea, Kunzea ambigua, Leptospermum arachnoides, Leptospermum trinervium. Properties and Uses - can be used as ornamental trees in dry areas, and as a street tree. References Jann Williams, John Woinarski - Eucalypt Ecology - Individuals to Ecosystems - Cambridge University Press, 1997 Roger Spencer, Su Pearson - Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia - Flowering Plants Dicotyledons - New South Wales, 2002
See also
 Trees and shrubs
Abutilon darwinii
Abutilon darwinii - ornamental shrub originating in S Brazil. In hot climates are grown as ornamental plants in parks and gardens in cold climates are grown in pots for indoor or greenhouse. Acer palmatum - Japanese maple
Acer palmatum originally from China, Korea and Japan. Grown for leafy greens or red. Acacia dealbata - silver wattles
Acacia dealbata – native of Australia, is a vigorous fast growing tree, drought tolerant. It has fragrant flower, flowering in January-April. Fraxinus excelsior - Ash
Deciduu tree, 30-40 m high, stem right, branched at the top, crown ovoid, large and rare. A young bark is smooth, light gray green and mature forms at the thick crust with a small crack, dark color. Lujerii round, flattened at the bud, glabra, green-olive trees, with dark buds. Schinus molle
Schinus molle - evergreen tree, 3-15 m tall. Originally from Argentina, Bolivia and Peru where it grows from 0 to 2400 m altitude. Cultivated soil erosion, but also as ornamental species, or bonsai. Magnoliopsida
Firmiana simplex
Firmiana simplex - also known as Sterculia platanifolia, was named in honor of Karl Joseph von Firmiana (1718-1782). Firmiana simplex - ornamental species grown in parks and gardens in shady and protected from winds exhibitions. Caesalpinia gilliesii
Caesalpinia gilliesii - a species native to temperate and subtropical regions of South America, grown on every continent as an ornamental species in parks and gardens, may naturalize in areas where the climate is favorable. Melilotus officinalis
Melilotus officinalis - Biennial herb, native to Europe and Asia, grows on pastures, edges of streets, from 0 to 1500 m altitude. Cyphomandra betacea
Cyphomandra betacea - small tree, native of Peru and Chile, in tropical forests, at 700-2000 m altitude. It is grown in Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and New Zealand for its edible fruit, or ornamental tree. Fruits can be eaten cooked or raw in salads and desserts. It is shown that the seeds and skin to be removed. Fruits contain protein, vitamin C and E, vitamin A. Ilex perado
Ilex perado - small tree, port pyramidal, evergreen. Originally from the Canary Islands, dense forests grow in the Aqua Garcia, in association with Apollonias barbujana, Arbutus canariensis, Laurus Azores, Myrsine canariensis, Ocotal foetens, Persea indica, Prunus Lusitania subsp. hixa, Visna mocanera. |
 
Last posts
Categories
Links
Download
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 |
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
