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Guaiacum officinale


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Does anyone know if Guaiacum officinale has any cold tolerance? What happened after this years cold in FL? Any idea about it growing in SoCal? And when it comes to stewed prunes, are three enough and are four too many?

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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Does anyone know if Guaiacum officinale has any cold tolerance? What happened after this years cold in FL? Any idea about it growing in SoCal? And when it comes to stewed prunes, are three enough and are four too many?

Len--

Answering your questions, in order--

1--No, though probably more than Cyrtostachys renda.

2--Lots of Cocos nucifera lives-- and many tropical plant growers' hopes-- ended rather abruptly.

3--How well-heated is your greenhouse?

4--Three are too many, and four qualifies you for some sort of tax break to repair the clogged plumbing; any wishful thinking about climate change and/or global warming will not suffice within our lifetime. :(

SoCal and SoFla; zone varies by location.

'Home is where the heart suitcase is'...

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"If, as they say, there truly is no rest for the wicked, how can the Devil's workshop be filled with idle hands?"

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Whoa.... another blue flowering tree??? How easy are they to find??? It has to go on the list....

Regards, Ari :)

Ari & Scott

Darwin, NT, Australia

-12°32'53" 131°10'20"

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Len,

Why do you have to be so different? Get yourself a Plumbago trained up into a small tree, take two prunes, and call me in the morning.

Matt Bradford

"Manambe Lavaka"

Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Guiacum sanctum showed absolutely no damage this winter for me so I'm thinking in a good microclimate it might work well. But as Ken said, they are very slow. I always tell people to be prepared to spend a lot of money on a big one or start growing it when you are young. The large(?) one in the Deerfield Beach Arboretum is maybe 8' or 10' tall, a little wider, and is thought to be about 50 years old.

So many species,

so little time.

Coconut Creek, Florida

Zone 10b (Zone 11 except for once evey 10 or 20 years)

Last Freeze: 2011,50 Miles North of Fairchilds

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Thanks guys. I actually feel in love with this plant in FL a few years back. I know it is slow and I have a courtyard that never freezes. But it does get cool through winter and is 50% sun/shade. Slow would be perfect, but yes, it would need some size to make a splash.

Ken, please FedEx me one.

Len

Vista, CA (Zone 10a)

Shadowridge Area

"Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are."

-- Alfred Austin

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