Re(2): Wind
theryans@xtra.co.nz writes:
>Some Palms are indeed very wind-resistant, and especially the Canary
>palm which is widely grown locally, but I couldn't have included them in
>the garden I describe due to limited space.
Well, space is definately a major factor when it comes to big plants ;).
Interestingly though i've seen people's gardens here, where the front yar
wasnt more than 10 X 20 feet and they had three Canary Palms growing
(although, all of the space was taken up by these trees). Amazing what
some people will do.
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>Nor could I have found room for Araucaria heterophylla which is
>especially popular here for seafront planting and for exposed parkland.
>We know it as the Norfolk Island Pine. Norfolk Island is a small dot
>about half way across the Tasman Sea between New Zealand and Australia.
>The "Pine" appears to be a quite extraordinarily tough plant. Photos of
>its native island show specimens actually growing in beach sand just as
>coconuts do in warmer regions. If it doesn't suffer any damage it is
>also a very beautiful tree growing with extreme and tidy regularity like
>a very superior Christmas tree.
I actually think they look much better grow outdoors and allowed to
develop than they do when young and in pots. They have this prehistoric or
at least a very geometric shape. The two i've seen in Pacific grove are
quite pretty. If we ever get the backyard cleaned up, i'm thinking of
planting one out towards the back of the lot just as a specimen tree.
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>I gather A araucana (Monkey Puzzle) is about as tough, but much less
>popular because of its terrible spiky foliage.
I've seen this tree at the Naval Post Graduate School in Monterey (They
have many different types of trees, a bamboo grove, and a succulent/cactus
garden there). I got a little excited seeing it for the first time because
I remember the tree from this really old book on dinosaurs we had that
showed them as a part of the scenery. I remember picking up a fallen twig
and getting pricked by the leaves. (BTW: The Discovery channel showed a
program called "Walking With Dinosaurs", and some of the location shots
were obviously taken within the A. araucana forests).
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