Ephedra major seed

LATIN NAME: EPHEDRA MAJOR

COMMON NAME: Major Joint Pine

The major joint pine ropes the tall, wiry, evergreen shrub with the slender, jointed, grey-green stems that rope upward through the neighbouring shrubs, the tiny, scale-like leaves clasping the joints, the small, yellow-brown cones following, the shrub holding the dry, sparse look. It grows steadily into the open, climbing form, and it stands the heat, the drought and the poor soil well. It likes the sun, and the light, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The tall, climbing stems of the major joint pine give it a recognised place in the research on the Mediterranean drought shrubs of the ancient gnetophyte group, and the major species appears in the studies of the dry-scrub growth and the jointed stem architecture. The work looks at the way the wiry stems rope through the scrub, the cone biology, and the seed biology. The unusual, jointed form draws the botanists, and the growers of the drought-tolerant and wild-garden shrubs keep the species in their catalogues.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

In the dry garden, the major joint pine ropes the dry garden with the jointed, grey stems. The grey-green stems climb through the scrub, the shrub holds the dry slope, and it makes the fine wild-garden and erosion-holding plant. It grows well in the light, well-drained, sunny ground. Jointed, climbing and scrub-born.

To grow the Major Joint Pine from seed, tuck the seeds into sandy drills in a warm, open spot.

Tuck the seeds into sandy drills in a warm, open spot, and give the young plants the open, sunny spot. The rope stems come within a season or two. , keeping the soil light, water the drills in sparingly, and the young plants appear when the ground warms. The rope stems will climb within a season or two.

Give some shade when over 22 degrees.
Water only when top of soil is dry, no more than three times a week during growing months, and less during Winter.
50% strength liquid fertilizer can be given once every two weeks during growing months.
Likes well draining soil such as cactus potting mix and lots of root space, in the ground or large pots with ample spacing between plants.