I have just had a plant delivery and one of them that has caught my eye is this E. maculata. It is definitely interesting with it's corked bark on the older wood, odd roots and main trunk. That said there is a lot of straight growth to get rid of and ideally I think I would want to force some back budding down lower but am wondering if it would even bud on that older corked wood?
This is the yellow flowered variety too.
I have a had a search and there is not much to be said aside from a couple of encouraging posts so I'm hoping that someone may have a little more info on these as I'm not overly sure it would be worth it?
At the least I can take cuttings for the future but I do find this one quite interesting and to me that is better than boring, plus I reckon there wouldn't be too many of these in training around these parts.
Any tips or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: Erimophila maculata
Back buds unpredictably on old wood, best results when healthy and growing strongly mid season.
Touchy with rootwork, best reduced slowly.
Touchy with rootwork, best reduced slowly.
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Re: Erimophila maculata
One of the most versatile eremophilas (will tolerate some wet and cold where some others will not) which is probably why they are selling it over there.
I have, however, found them unpredictable - just die off for no apparent reason sometimes - possibly too much water at the wrong time?? I have not experienced problems with back budding but have not tried cutting hard very often.
Good luck with these and let us all know what happens.
Cuttings are relatively easy to strike.
I have, however, found them unpredictable - just die off for no apparent reason sometimes - possibly too much water at the wrong time?? I have not experienced problems with back budding but have not tried cutting hard very often.
Good luck with these and let us all know what happens.
Cuttings are relatively easy to strike.
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Re: Erimophila maculata
Excellent, thanks for the replies!
So that all sounds encouraging enough to give it a try but also to approach with some degree of caution.
If it gets through the initial settling in period cuttings sound like a good idea to have some back up just in case. It's a lovely tree so I would like more of them anyway.
I will keep keep it updated on anything I do but that wont be until the spring/summer here, we tend to get frost free and low rain winters but do get spring and autumn storms. More worried about losing the E. nivea as the wife has claimed that one and I read that they are even more prone to rot.
So that all sounds encouraging enough to give it a try but also to approach with some degree of caution.
If it gets through the initial settling in period cuttings sound like a good idea to have some back up just in case. It's a lovely tree so I would like more of them anyway.
I will keep keep it updated on anything I do but that wont be until the spring/summer here, we tend to get frost free and low rain winters but do get spring and autumn storms. More worried about losing the E. nivea as the wife has claimed that one and I read that they are even more prone to rot.
