Smilax ,Dioscorea and Tamus

Mark Brown brown.mark@wanadoo.fr
Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:24:32 PDT
Le 02/07/2010 02:24, Jim McKenney a écrit :
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> "Smilax smallii grows with a cluster of Dahlia like swollen roots at the base
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>   Tamus communis  I know only from reading about it. "
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> I have Tamus communis all around my front door in lieu of a rose.
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> If anyone is brave enough to plant this be sure to get only the male form as the female will seed everywhere.

> A female has crept in alongside and will be pretty when in fruit but oh the seedlings!
> It is an interesting and beautiful plant none the less, a relict from preglacial times persisting in europe probably via birds disseminating the seeds.
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> I also grow Dioscorea japonica which is even more vigourous.Seed was obtained from North Green Seeds in England.
> It has just shot up 3 meters in a few weeks from an established plant.It was supposed to have wonderful marbled foliage...No score there!
> The rootstock is a wandering fleshy affair.When grown in a pot it escaped through the base and rooted out into the gravel drive underneath.
> Can anyone tell me what Smilax would be found by the bulgarian frontier in Turkey?
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Kind Regards,
Mark

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