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Feijoas and autumn

These seem to be erratic in their fruiting.  I was interested 
in Betty-Ann's comments.  I don't know how they're pollinated.
I have two which bear prolifically some years.  This year there 
is not a single fruit on either of them.  I suspect it's possums 
though in my case, the wretched creatures are so destructive.  
Feijoa fruit have such a strong smell.  They are like guavas in 
that way, a few of them will scent a whole room.  I find their 
smell rather unpleasant, a bit like air freshener.  However they 
make a beautiful clear garnet-coloured jelly.  

The autumn foliage is beautifully coloured at the moment.  Some 
of the streets are planted with a variety of ash called 'Claret'  
which turn the most beautiful deep purply-red.  However as we 
almost never get sub-zero temperatures here on the Adelaide plains, 
the autumn colours are not as spectacular as they are in the 
Adelaide hills.  I have a pin oak (Quercus palustris) in my garden 
which makes an awful mess with falling leaves for weeks and weeks 
without the saving grace of much colour!  

Liz
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