searching prunus prostrata

[christian pfalz]

hello all,
i´m searching prunus prostrata from greece and other dwarf shrubs from turkey or greece....
thanks a lot
cheers
chris

[Giles]

It's easy from seed.
F.W.Schumacher sell it http://www.treeshrubseeds.com/catalog.asp?submit=Paging&genus=p&sql=SELECT+ID%2C+GENUS%2C+SPECIES%2C+ORIGIN%2C+Priceoz%2C+Price25lb%2C+PriceLb%2C+Price25oz%2C+Price06oz%2C+Pricepkt+from+SEED+where+UseFlag+%3D+%27Y%27+and+GENUS+%3E%3D+%27p%27+ORDER+BY+GENUS%2CSPECIES%2CORIGIN&curpage=3
They sell 3$ pkts for amateurs, but you will have to pay for a phytosanitary certificate.
Can pay by card over the 'phone.
I've ordered from them several times and have never been disappointed.

[Darren]

Great source Giles - have bookmarked it.

I've read that the really prostrate plants I've seen in Crete etc are kept that way by grazing and become much 'shrubbier' in gardens when protected. Anyone know?

[christian pfalz]

thanks....for the link.....
cheers
chris

[Tony Willis]

I have one I collected on Mt Parnassus in 1985 as a cutting and it is still only 20 cms high. Not many goats grazing it in my garden so it is naturally prostrate.

[christian pfalz]

hi tony,
can you show us a picture ?
cheers
chris

[Maggi Young]

I think this plant has never looked lovelier than in Oren's pictures :

http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=9179.msg248984#msg248984     

Who would not like to have it grow so well in their garden?   

[Tony Willis]

hi tony,
can you show us a picture ?
cheers
chris

Sorry I do not have one and in any case it never flowers like the one shown by Oren. When I have seen it in the wild on several occasions in Greece it has been very sparse flowered and mine is in cultivation.