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Author Topic: Myrteola nummularia  (Read 2436 times)

Rodger Whitlock

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Myrteola nummularia
« on: August 03, 2009, 03:23:23 AM »
Anyone growing this and getting fruit? I had a plant doing well several years ago but it fell prey to lack of water during the summer: sheer carelessness on my part. And the nursery I got it from no longer has it.

BTW, the secret to cultivating this plant is to grow it in a pot of peaty soil sitting in a saucer of water so it's very damp, even wet, at all times. IOW, treat it as a bog plant.



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Lesley Cox

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Re: Myrteola nummularia
« Reply #1 on: August 03, 2009, 05:08:36 AM »
I have it (available from Hokonui Alpines) but hasn't fruited yet. I'm pretty sure they get fruit though. Maybe some seed sometime.
Lesley Cox - near Dunedin, lower east coast, South Island of New Zealand - Zone 9

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Re: Myrteola nummularia
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2010, 09:37:53 PM »
I have a few nice plants of this beautiful South American shrub which sets fruit in mid summer here in our climate. I am collecting seed from them now if you are interested in acquiring some.

mark smyth

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Re: Myrteola nummularia
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2010, 11:43:04 PM »
I've seen a plant is N Ireland with lots of berries
Antrim, Northern Ireland Z8
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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