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Plant identification => Plant identification => Topic started by: Pia on February 15, 2017, 06:11:29 PM

Title: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: Pia on February 15, 2017, 06:11:29 PM: Name of the tree? Yestereday we observed a lot of trees with red trunks and obviously evergreen foliage - altitude about 600 m in the coastland of Peloponnese. Anyone who know this tree?
Kind regards Pia
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark
Post by: John J on February 15, 2017, 08:07:04 PM: Try looking up Arbutus andrachne.
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark
Post by: Pia on February 15, 2017, 08:15:44 PM: Thank you so much - surely you are right. Kind regards Pia
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: cerg on February 24, 2017, 07:20:56 PM: Anyone who knows where to find one specimen for our garden? What type of climate does it need?

Best Regards

Corrado (& Rina)
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: John J on February 25, 2017, 08:07:42 AM: Hi, it very much depends on where you live as to finding a specimen. For example here in Cyprus they are easily available as they are native to the island and provide the majority of the understory of the Pinus brutia woods on the mountain alongside the Cyprus Golden Oak (Quercus alnifolia). In the wild they grow from around 700-1300m, occasionally down as low as 100m in parts. Having said that my tree seems to be quite happy at a mere 30/40 m above sea level. It doesn't get direct irrigation in summer but probably benefits from being on the fringe of a vegetable area that does get regular watering.
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: Alisdair on March 08, 2017, 07:34:15 PM: I've taken Janet Ibbotson's posting about Arbutus cuttings and moved it to the main thread on Arbutus, in the trees and shrubs section
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: cerg on March 14, 2017, 11:06:20 PM: Quote from: John J on February 25, 2017, 08:07:42 AM
Hi, it very much depends on where you live as to finding a specimen. For example here in Cyprus they are easily available as they are native to the island and provide the majority of the understory of the Pinus brutia woods on the mountain alongside the Cyprus Golden Oak (Quercus alnifolia). In the wild they grow from around 700-1300m, occasionally down as low as 100m in parts. Having said that my tree seems to be quite happy at a mere 30/40 m above sea level. It doesn't get direct irrigation in summer but probably benefits from being on the fringe of a vegetable area that does get regular watering.

Dear John,

What minimum winter temperatures would Arbutus andrachne tolerate?

Best,

Corrado (& Rina).
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: John J on March 15, 2017, 06:15:28 AM: Corrado, I don't have any definitive information but I'd hazard a guess at around -10C for a limited period. Severe frosts may be a problem. As I said earlier they grow in amongst Cyprus oaks under the canopy of Pinus brutia so probably get some protection that way, especially from direct exposure to cold winds.
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: cerg on March 27, 2017, 09:43:09 PM: Quote from: John J on March 15, 2017, 06:15:28 AM
Corrado, I don't have any definitive information but I'd hazard a guess at around -10C for a limited period. Severe frosts may be a problem. As I said earlier they grow in amongst Cyprus oaks under the canopy of Pinus brutia so probably get some protection that way, especially from direct exposure to cold winds.

Thank you John! I

Best,

Corrado
Title: Re: Tree with red trunk/bark ID'd by John J as Arbutus andrachne
Post by: Janet Ibbotson on March 28, 2017, 08:10:04 PM: It was down around -3 here this winter with 10 days of deep snow and both kinds of arbutus are still looking very chirpy. Andrachne grows in the forest on Skopelos but there are also some fine specimens in olive groves and on exposed hillsides.