> Does anyone grow Acacia chinchillensis successfully? My young plant
> formed lots of flower buds this year and last year, but both seasons
> these have been so badly burned by frost that I get no flowers. It has
> beautiful foliage and otherwise is growing well.

> I don't know whether to persist with it, or whether I should replace
> it with a species more suited to our climate. I can expect several
> frosts each winter, and as it is not a large-growing plant I don't
> expect it to grow above the frost-damage zone.

> Yes, mine is still quite young, but flowering okay. Only just a metre
> high, but possibly sheltered a little from frost by nearby trees, and
> gets afternoon sun - clay soil, and on top of a slope. Don't know if
> that's any help.

> On Aug 6, 10:26 am, Elaine <ga...@pacific.net.au> wrote:

> > Does anyone grow Acacia chinchillensis successfully? My young plant
> > formed lots of flower buds this year and last year, but both seasons
> > these have been so badly burned by frost that I get no flowers. It has
> > beautiful foliage and otherwise is growing well.

> > I don't know whether to persist with it, or whether I should replace
> > it with a species more suited to our climate. I can expect several
> > frosts each winter, and as it is not a large-growing plant I don't
> > expect it to grow above the frost-damage zone.- Hide quoted text -

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