tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post1053085987944293396..comments2024-03-26T01:02:28.347+11:00Comments on Talking Plants: Boobialla misprounced, misapplied and misleadingTalking Plantshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-19409378999308634332020-10-18T17:05:57.257+11:002020-10-18T17:05:57.257+11:00Yes certainly some species grow well in the tropic...Yes certainly some species grow well in the tropics (and some come from further north). E.g. https://www.australianplantsonline.com.au/myoporum-ellipticum.htmlTalking Plantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-72844640873158825202020-10-18T15:05:03.441+11:002020-10-18T15:05:03.441+11:00Can it be grown in Mackay north queen
Can it be grown in Mackay north queen <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-84602671581117857212017-04-18T10:24:13.828+10:002017-04-18T10:24:13.828+10:00My experience is that it grows for many years. Giv...My experience is that it grows for many years. Given it is used as a root stock for other species that suggests it will live for a long time. So I don't know exactly how long but would think at least a decade or more. tim<br />Talking Plantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-91147575373328242012017-04-18T09:55:19.847+10:002017-04-18T09:55:19.847+10:00I've heard that the common form only lives for...I've heard that the common form only lives for about a year but that this lives longer. Do you know how long it lives?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931653256691701388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-71411114382724684712016-03-08T07:12:45.043+11:002016-03-08T07:12:45.043+11:00Thanks Ben. Poisonousness (if that is a word) is a...Thanks Ben. Poisonousness (if that is a word) is all about quantity so it may well be fine to nibble a berry or two - but I couldn't possibly encourage. Glad to here some ground truthing for the acacia story. TimTalking Plantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-40911945558312175652016-03-07T22:22:42.906+11:002016-03-07T22:22:42.906+11:00Myoporum parvifolium, poisonous? I suppose I'd...Myoporum parvifolium, poisonous? I suppose I'd better stop tasting the drupes then! They taste a little like banana, but there's not enough flesh for it to really be worth trying anyway. <br /><br />When I was growing up in Tasmania, Acacia sophorae was introduced to me as boobialla by an older friend. Later this caused some confusion, and I thought maybe I had gotten confused as to which plant he was introducing me to. Now thanks to your disambiguation I think he was pointing to the Acacia! Glad to have cleared that up.Ben Courticehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196734156358125286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-68432526981388280352016-02-13T04:56:20.051+11:002016-02-13T04:56:20.051+11:00Great story! I've shared on Twitter and Faceb...Great story! I've shared on Twitter and Facebook.DC Tropicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325534376342345900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-43336506522865037502016-02-10T07:10:23.592+11:002016-02-10T07:10:23.592+11:00It must have been a novelty back then India. It...It must have been a novelty back then India. It's one of those plants these days that blends into the background a bit, but worth a second look. Talking Plantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05778763864080365220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1523231273885627613.post-41080934582838715862016-02-09T23:21:29.827+11:002016-02-09T23:21:29.827+11:00Myoporum parvifolium was the very first plant i le...Myoporum parvifolium was the very first plant i learned to propagate when working at David Thomson Rare Plants in Piccadilly in the 1970s. I remember it very fondly.india flinthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01510066677833871579noreply@blogger.com