Re: Kiwis, Plants & People, Native & Adopted
Moira,
when we visited Moss Green quite a few years ago, we were told the average
rain fall was over 100 inches a year and it was certainly raining the day we
were there. I wouldn't have had it any other way. Ah!!!! the giant lilies
seeding like forget-me-nots
gay
Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
> Tim Longville wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for this info. I have visited Moss Green gardens on a couple of
> occasions (they are about 30K north of Wainui) and also met the Munros
> when they were lecturing for the NZ Institute of Horticulture. They are
> both very nice people and very knowledgeable and skillful gardeners.
>
> It's no wonder the Gardens are mossy. They are in the foothills of the
> Tararua range and seem to be enveloped in misty rain for a large part of
> the year! It is always wise to take a parka when visiting.
>
> Hope you are surviving nature's latest assault. After a prolonged and
> very warm Indian summer,the temperature here has at last dropped
> noticeably and we had a smidgen of frost a couple of days ago, which is
> entirely seasonable.
>
> Cheers
>
> Moira
> --
> Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
> Wainuiomata,
> New Zealand (astride the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
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