Erythrina "Crista galli"
By Meanie
- 10 Aug, 2011
- 9 likes
I was hoping for flowers on mine this year, but I think that I may have to make do with this........
Photo taken today at Oxfords botanic gardens where I went to meet up with Tetrarch.
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Outdoors in the ground PA - that's what is so frustrating!
10 Aug, 2011
Keep mine in a pot, put in heated greenhouse for winter (luckily) now has 2 buds on.
10 Aug, 2011
This is next to a south facing wall.
I may have buds forming, but they're still to small to tell. This came through ok in the garage, and was put in the conservatory in March.
10 Aug, 2011
They are beauties are nt they Meanie lets hope next year yours will flower, I ve thrown mine away.
10 Aug, 2011
Why?
10 Aug, 2011
I can't bring it in for winter have no room and it never flowered either and was nt sure if it was a Crista Galli as the stem when I got it was dead but some thing came up from the side of the stem but not attached and the leaves when we were studing them did nt look like the Crista Galli more like what Holly had.
10 Aug, 2011
Ahhhhh..........
10 Aug, 2011
:o))
10 Aug, 2011
Meanie:
For a minute I thought yours had bloomed.
Great photo!
13 Aug, 2011
Thanks Delonix!
Mine has been severely damaged by wind.........
13 Aug, 2011
Meanie:
Wow...sorry to hear about that! Was it a freak windstorm?
14 Aug, 2011
Badly positioned!
The wind accelerates between the two houses, and this is right in the firing line!
14 Aug, 2011
Meanie:
That's not good! Many Erythrina species are very susceptible to being damage by wind...or even no wind.
I was at my friends' house today...there's a gigantic Erythrina caffra at the entrance and a huge 25ft/8m branch broke on it. It's very common for giant branches just to break from the weight of heavy foliage...although, I think E. crista-galli is a little stronger than E. caffra.
15 Aug, 2011
Live and learn!
15 Aug, 2011
Meanie:
Well, one good thing about E. crista-galli is that it's very fast growing.
17 Aug, 2011
Too damn fast - that's why it had to go outdoors!
17 Aug, 2011
Meanie:
Welcome to the world of Erythrina!
Erythrina falcata - Brazilian Coral tree is the only species which is relatively slow growing (here in San Diego, anyway).
17 Aug, 2011
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Well ahead of mine was this one under cover?
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