Schinus

So true! :D And I never knew what they were until someone kindly explained...... I think they ought to have a little label on the dispensers, telling you exactly what's in them! Probably not allowed to have them these days :rolleyes:

 

I think "Health and Safety" should demand that all peppers should state their origin. :D

 

only fair....... then we wouldn't have to have discussions like this one :D

Anway - to get back on thread - I gather these trees are not really suited to anything other than a very sheltered area over here, and unlikely to do well in my neck of the woods, although you might get away with it,Pete.

 

Not envisaging planting them outside dendy, ...hence I wont be picking any peppers.
Just like to grow them for a few years and see how they do, probably they will be left out one winter to their fate.

 

Goodness gracious me ...I go away for five minutes to watch the ice dancing and we've almost got a political discussion going here ...

Tomorrow might tell all ...

 

That looks like giving Pete a link, LoL! :D

 

Sorry, my little Scottish thistle, I thought you were talking about the last post ... we had long passed the link ...

 

You can both give me a link anytime you like.


Cant gaurantee that I'll read it though. :D :D

 

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Steady on folks

Schinus molle (Peruvian Mastic/Peruvian Pepper Tree and S. terebithifolius (Brazilian Mastic/Brazilian Pepper Tree) are very distinctive and not easily confused. S. molle is a superb small tree that I've admired for many years, but have only recently started to grow here. It carries very elegant, glossy green pinnate leaves to approx. 15cms. long on drooping branches. The entire tree seems to have a pronounced weeping habit especially if left unpruned. The berries are carried in long 'skeins' and are highly ornamental.

S. terebinthifolius is very much less elegant in leaf and habit. It forms a tangle of upright growth, often developing into a multi-trunked tree. The leaves are shorter than those of molle with fewer pinnae (leaflets) which are much larger. Unlike molle, the berries are carried in clusters and are slightly smaller. This species is becoming quite an aggressive weed in sub-tropical regions of the US and is classified as a serious pest species with its sale prohibited in Florida.

Both trees possess numerous phenols which remain in the leaves after they have fallen. This prevents them for decaying rapidly and they form such a dense litter that other plants cannot grow beneath their canopies. Despite this (nothing is perfect after all) I really do admire the elegance of Schinus molle and was delighted to find that even a 2yr seedling, it romped through winter 2005/06, which was the coldest and longest we'd had here for 25yrs. I still have mine growing in a container and will have to consider very carefully where it is to be sited. I can't wait for it to reach flowering size.

This is Schinus molle:



And here is Schinus terebinthifolius:

 

Evening, DaveP. I've already agreed I think the author of the article here was wrong and the picture pictured (ha) is an S molle and not t'other.

I will be photographing it tomorrow myself and I'm positive before I even get there it is an S molle, because we don't have those glossy-leafed ones here.

As I've said before, tomorrow will tell ..

 

Yes sorry, if I'd read your post more thoroughly, I'd have realised it didn't require any further input from me on that. However, I did want to emphasise how much I'm fond of molle and pleased to find it can be grown outside in S. England at least.

 

It's definitely the molle ...

 

ooooooooooooooooh LoL our sky was blue,but not that blue..........we think you have digitaly enhanced it