Hi Jamus. I managed to get one of the few seedlings I raised of
Kennedia prostrata almost through to the end of summer. I may have overwatered it or have expected too much of it in the way of being able to tolerate full sun in its first year as it now looks distinctly dead
In the meantime I have discovered a wholesale supplier of
Kennedia rubicunda a little way out of Rome. A visit to his nursery a couple of weeks ago didn't convince him to sell the plant directly to me. He gave me the name of a nursery he supplies and assured me he would be passing by there later that day and would drop a plant off so that I could pick it up from there. My visit to the nursery a couple of days later was also fruitless as the man had not passed by, the owner of the nursery wasn't there and the assistant had no idea of what plant I was looking for and tried to offer several other totally unrelated alternatives.
Undaunted, I will make a few phone calls to try and coordinate things better in the autumn. Kennedias do look like the kind of plant for me, so thanks for the suggestion.
