Shrubs To Stand Sand And Salt Air

Press, Volume CV, Issue 31041, 22 April 1966, Page 8

Shrubs To Stand Sand And Salt Air

l live an foreshore ■nd have t» and salt air. In the coming spring I with ta plant a rance harder with dwarf shrubs, four ta s »: Net high, and wouldllka> *• know if you could rocomm.” anything suitable far growing In thia and under the prevailing condiHens. Incidentally, last seanan I planted some dwarf conifers but they were seen burnt ell by ‘he salt air.— D.M. (North Beach). Many combers are most unsuitable for coastal planting but among the dwarf to medium ones the Junipers such a* Junlnerus sablna tamanlscifolia and 5. pfltsellana aurca are most useful. Other plants which cculd be Included of smaller sixe are clstus, cytisus, hebe and leptospermum varieties, many of the grevlilleas such as G. rosmarisvFolia. cotoneasters such as C. narrovianus buddltetas. call.stemon citrlnus sptendens and ceonothus. I was most Interested In your article on pot plants. However I wish to grow seme larger potted plants on my terrace and seek Jour advice on suitable subsets. Most plants could be grown in tubs, even M only for a United time as. for instance, with many conifers which are slow growing but particularly attractive during tholr early years of growth. The Norfolk taland pine, Araucaria excelsa, is but one example. Flaxes, bamboos, fuchsias. aucubas, Schefflers actlnophylla. Fatsda japontca, citrus and dwarf apple, peach

and cherry frees, and rimu art other suggestions. Please find enclosed two different kinds of apple grown from seedlings which you may find of Interest.— F. H. (Christchurch). Apples rarely come true from seed and very often , useful new sport is derived therefrom. Yours appear t 0 have strong resemblance to golden delicious and sturmer and both have agreeable characteristics.