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Re: [OM] OT Need help with tree blossom

Subject: Re: [OM] OT Need help with tree blossom
From: John Hudson <jahudson@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 09:11:17 -0800
Brian Swale wrote:
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> John's "tree" blossom is clearly a Fuchsia, and there are indeed scads of
> ornamental varieties.
> 
> Most fuchsias are shrubs or (rarely) scramblers, and I know of only one
> which reaches tree stature, the deciduous Fuchsia excorticata of NZ which
> has flaking brown papery bark and which in forest reaches 7 - 10 metres (20 -
>  30 feet) max and a chest-height stem diameter of about 60cm - 2 ft + max.
> There could be more tree fuchsia species, but not many.
> 
> Brian

Thanks Brian and everyone else.

jh

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