South American trees/Shrubs for Z8b

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Oct 01, 2006

I'm doing a South American themed garden and compiling a list of common and rare material. Looking for names you can throw my way.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Oct 01, 2006

Conifers:
Araucaria araucana
Fitzroya cupressoides
Austrocedrus chilensis
Pilgerodendron uviferum
Podocarpus nubigenus
Podocarpus salignus
Prumnopitys andina
Saxegothaea conspicua

A few broadleaves:
Berberis buxifolia
Berberis darwinii
Berberis empetrifolia
Buddleja globosa
Chusquea couleou
Crinodendron hookerianum
Drimys winteri
Embothrium coccineum
Escallonia spp.
Fuchsia magellanica
Gaultheria mucronata (syn. Pernettya mucronata)
Maytenus magellanica
Nothofagus alpina (syn. N. procera, N. nervosa)
Nothofagus antarctica
Nothofagus betuloides
Nothofagus dombeyi
Nothofagus nitida
Nothofagus obliqua
Nothofagus pumilio

More ideas (not necessarily all z8 hardy):
http://www.chilebosque.cl/tree.html
http://www.florachilena.cl/Niv_tax/Niv_Tax.htm

Resin

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Oct 01, 2006

That's a great list and links. Thanks Resin!

What USDA Zone is Kew? I wish I could lookup their collections by origin/region.

Any others? Anyone had luck with Tibouchina 'Athens' or Brazilian/Peruvian/Andean material?

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Oct 02, 2006

Hi Growin,

Kew is borderline 8b/9a, about the same as where I am for winter, but with somewhat warmer summers (i.e., a slightly more continental climate).

I'm not aware of Tibouchina outdoors in Britain except perhaps in the very warmest zone 9b locations; the species seem to be mostly listed as zone 10.

Resin

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growin Beautiful, BC(Zone 8b) Oct 02, 2006

Resin, there's a cultivar called 'Athens' that I kept coming across years ago that apparently is hardier. I just haven't been able to get it yet to test it.

Some mention Abutilon megapotamicum is hardy here so I'm going to include that. Any vines other than Mandevilla laxa that are 8b from S.A.? The area I'm in has pocket 9a's with mostly 8bs.

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