Aciphylla colensoi - Wild Spaniard

Habitat

Exposition

Plein soleil

Humidité

Sol sec à moyen.

Sol

Sol léger à moyen. Nécessite un sol drainant.

pH

Sol acide ou calcaire

Rusticité

Zone 7

Habitat originel

Montane to sub-alpine altitudes in North and South Islands between latitudes 38 and 43° 30' south[44].

Origine géographique

Nouvelle-Zélande.

Comestibilité

• Racine - cuite .
• Aromatic [173].
• The plant yields a resin that is used as a chewing gum [173].
• Shoots [173].
• No further details .

Culture

• Requires a perfectly drained gritty soil in full sun [233].
• Prefers a climate with rather damp air [233].
• Plants are hardy to about -10°c and are succeeding outdoors in a mild garden in N. Ireland [233].
• Dioïque .
• Female plants sometimes have a few male flowers but usually male and female plants must be grown if seed is required [200].

Propagation

• Seed - best sown in a greenhouse as soon as it is ripe [200].
• Stored seed should be sown in a greenhouse in late winter or early spring .
• Germination can be very slow .
• When large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter before planting them out in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts .