Taique (Desfontainia spinosa)

Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Apr 13, 2005

Taique
Desfontainia spinosa

Copyright �Ricardo Martini. Picture shot in the cold rainforests of Termas Geometricas, at the foot of the Villarrica vulcano, Chile.

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Kim_M (Zone 7a) Apr 13, 2005

I hope mine bloom as beautiful!

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Apr 14, 2005

This is such a beautiful plant, Kimmie, but unfortunately I cannot grow it in Santiago. It is too hot and too dry here.

Ursula

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gumlla Mirpur (A.K), Pakistan(Zone 9b) Apr 14, 2005

Ursula
This plant is really very beautiful, is this your native plant?
Kaleem

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Kim_M (Zone 7a) Apr 14, 2005

Really too hot and dry?? Oh My! I hope mine will be hardy.. I'll keep you posted on the germination. It's a Beauty!

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Silvermansia007 maastricht, Netherlands Apr 08, 2006

WOW this plant is very beautifull,
can anybody tell me how i can get some seeds?
I have been looking for it for quite some time nowGreetz from Holland

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Ursula Santiago, Chile(Zone 9b) Apr 08, 2006

I am so sorry - it must have been by mistake that I hit the 'unwatch thread' line.

Kaleem, yes, it is a Chilean native species that grows in the cold rainforests of southern Chile.

Kim were you able to grow them?

Silvermansia, try with B & T Worldseeds or Chiltern Seeds. I had a few seeds two or three years ago, when a friend brought them for me from his vacations in the south. None left.

I agree with you all: it is a very beautiful shrub.

Ursula