Posted by Tom Broome on 4/19/2009, 10:19 pm, in reply to "longifolius"
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: I recently acquired a young E.
: longifolius 'Joubertina'. It does
: not have as pronounced broad and
: overlapping leaflets as some photos
: I've seen. It is a lovely
: silvery-blue color though.
:
: My question is: can the leaf
: morphology still change as the plant
: matures? Is it possible that the
: previous owner grew the plant in
: some shade? Or is there just lots
: of genetic variation?
:
: I'm trying to understand why the
: leaflets on this particular plant
: are not a little more compact.
: Needless to say, the plant will be
: grown in full sun now.
:
: Thanks,
: Mark
:
If you are talking about leaf length and the space between leaflets, this can certainly be from growing in too much shade compared to what it would prefer. This 'type' is rather specific so it wouldn't vary all that much, but I will bet that growing it in more sun will make it more compact.
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