A beautiful tree, ID'd by Anita as Schefflera actinophylla

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ritamax

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A beautiful tree, ID'd by Anita as Schefflera actinophylla
« on: November 25, 2012, 01:24:33 PM »
I saw this for me unknown beautiful tree with large red flowers in Torrevieja, Spain, do you know it?
« Last Edit: January 27, 2013, 10:17:00 AM by Alisdair »
Hobbygardener (MGS member) with a rooftop garden in Basel and a garden on heavy clay with sand 600m from seaside in Costa Blanca South (precipitation 300mm), learning to garden waterwise

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anita

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Re: A beautiful tree, ID wanted!
« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2012, 01:56:15 PM »
It's a Queensland Umbrella Tree, Schefflera actinopylla. A native of sub-tropical Queensland in Northern Australia.
One established it is quite drought hardy. It's growing in many old Adelaide gardens. It doesn't thrive in cooler areas, prefering temperatures above zero in winter as it does suffer from frost damage.
Dry mediterranean climate, avg annual rainfall 530mm, little or no frost. Winter minimum 1C, summer max 45C

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ritamax

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Re: A beautiful tree, ID wanted!
« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2012, 07:28:59 PM »
Thanks a lot, Anita, never seen it before!
Hobbygardener (MGS member) with a rooftop garden in Basel and a garden on heavy clay with sand 600m from seaside in Costa Blanca South (precipitation 300mm), learning to garden waterwise

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MikeHardman

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Re: A beautiful tree, ID'd by Anita as Schefflera actinophylla
« Reply #3 on: November 28, 2012, 04:28:58 PM »
They occur here and there around my neck of the (Cyprus) woods, too. Sometimes they're grown in tiny front gardens next to- or in the pavement - where they seem to do fine, including in full sun. I collected seed last year, but have not got around to sowing it yet.
Mike
Geologist by Uni training, IT consultant, Referee for Viola for Botanical Society of the British Isles, commissioned author and photographer on Viola for RHS (Enc. of Perennials, The Garden, The Plantsman).
I garden near Polis, Cyprus, 100m alt., on marl, but have gardened mainly in S.England