Post your Indian Mast Trees

[bubba]

Behind the Bougainvillea:

[Tracy]

13 minutes ago, bubba said:

Behind the Bougainvillea:

I had to look it up.... so never seen them before.  Looks interesting, will be interesting to see what the responses are and where they are being grown.

Monoon longifolium, the false ashoka, also commonly known by its synonym Polyalthia longifolia

[bubba]

These are stunning trees. I believe that they grow in southern California and should be utilized.

[Merlyn]

Coincidentally I just bought a 5 pack from a local Etsy seller.  I read about them here on PalmTalk, with moderate damage around the upper 20s and severe damage around 25F but recovered quickly from being burned to the ground at 23F.  Here's three other threads I read, the middle one has some cold hardiness info:

 

[RedRabbit]

3 hours ago, Merlyn said:

Coincidentally I just bought a 5 pack from a local Etsy seller.  I read about them here on PalmTalk, with moderate damage around the upper 20s and severe damage around 25F but recovered quickly from being burned to the ground at 23F.  Here's three other threads I read, the middle one has some cold hardiness info:

 

They’re pretty hardy actually. I posted a picture of some fully exposed ones that took minimal damage from the freeze this winter. I think my conclusion was they’re hardier than foxtails.

 

Edit: Here is the post.

 

Edited November 12, 2022 by RedRabbit

[Merlyn]

3 hours ago, RedRabbit said:

They’re pretty hardy actually. I posted a picture of some fully exposed ones that took minimal damage from the freeze this winter. I think my conclusion was they’re hardier than foxtails.

Yeah, the reports here were the ones that convinced me to try it.  I lost a bunch of Foxtails after the end of January freeze.  I have a single and a triple still alive in the SW corner, they did ok with the ~28F in that area due to the neighbor's water oaks and being about 10' from the house and partially inside a Viburnum hedge.  The ones out in the open...100% death rate...one each of single, double and triple.  I won't bother with Adonidia or Foxtails here again.

I'm thinking of using these as a hedgeline/noise block in a few spots.  Viburnum works okay, but I've had a few die from random fungal infections.  And the lower 6 feet tends to get sparse of leaves, so they don't really do a great job of blocking sight or noise.  So I might plant some as a triple, with trunks about 3' on center.