RE: weather (from Rod Randall)

>From: "Randall, Rod" <RPRandall@sp.agric.wa.gov.au>
>To: 'Alessandra Vinciguerra' <puglisi@librs6k.vatlib.it>
>Subject: RE: weather
>Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1998 07:58:42 +0800
>
>Hi Allesandra,
>
>The frozen fountains sound wonderful
>I just hope the gardens can appreciate them  :-)
>
>I must say I'm not missing that sort of weather in Rome
>its nice and  balmy here in Perth.
>
>I spent two days in Canberra earlier this week for an Australian Weeds 
>Database meeting and as it was at the National Botanic Gardens I turned
>up
>early (2 hours) for a wander through the gardens.
>Spent a lot of time looking through the rainforest  garden, and if you
>know 
>how cold it gets in Canberra (snow sometimes) you'd be pretty impressed
>that they have 
>a lovely rainforest community only protected by a large overplanting of 
>Eucalypts in a very steep sided gulley that would naturally protect the
>more sensitive spp.
>from the temperature extremes and frost.
>
>There is an interesting monocot garden, a  large Eucalyptus planting in
>a lawn area
>an interesting rock garden with wonderful water features and 
>"Shock horror" purple loosestrife growing around the edges.
>
>I couldn't help myself, when the meeting finally started, I had spent
>most of my time looking at the 
>weeds that we don't have in Western Australia as much as the gardens
>themselves.
>
>Oh and as I was a very early visitor to the garden, probably the first
>one in, I kept waking up all these
>sleepy kangaroos who looked very peeved that I had  gotten them up so
>early. 
>They seemed to prefer the monocot garden and some of the other newer
>plantings in the gardens 
>as they had a nice mulch layer to sleep on, can't say they won't take
>advantage of a good situation.
>I just wonder how much "roo pruning" the gardeners there have to put up
>with.
>
>If you could be so kind as to forward this to the list Allessandra, I'm
>still not fixed 
>with IT here, a few necks need throttling.  
>
>Thanks, Rod
>
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>Rod Randall
>Weed Risk Assessment
>Weed Science Group, Agriculture Western Australia
>
>                 "I weed..." 
>
>Weed Risk Assessment Home Page:
>http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/weedsci2.htm
>
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>http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/weeds/weedlist.htm
>
>Weed Activity Calender:
>http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/calendar.htm
>
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>
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>http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/progserv/plants/weeds/
>
>Plant Protection Society & Western Weeds Homepage:
>http://www.wantree.com.au/~weeds/
>
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>fax: 08 9474 3814
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>> ----------
>> From: 	Alessandra Vinciguerra
>> Reply To: 	puglisi@librs6k.vatlib.it
>> Sent: 	Wednesday, 9 December 1998 6:27 PM
>> To: 	medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
>> Subject: 	weather
>> 
>> Freezing cold here...something like 1 or 2 below 0 C.  Today  my pond
>> ahd a
>> cover of ice  (never happened before), and I noticed my dog Argo
>> lapping the
>> ice on his water bowl as well. Solanum rantonettii, which was in full
>> bloom,
>> dropped its leaves in one night, and the same did the recently
>> discussed
>> Hibiscus mutabilis "Plena", but there don't seem to have been real
>> damages.
>> BTW, Dave, would this be a good time to send the cuttings (not very
>> likely)
>> or do you think I should wait until when?
>> I passed the last two nights half awake worrying for my citruses,
>> specially
>> the 5 ones that I last planted, which are distant from the protection
>> of the
>> house. Hope they will make it! On the other hand, though, this is one
>> of the
>> few years when I can enjoy something like Fall colors. Lagerstroemia,
>> Dyospiros, Punicas, all changed their colors dramatically. Salvia
>> neurepia
>> is happily blooming right now, and it makes a nice contrast. (I also
>> have
>> lots of berries, from roses, cotoneasters & C., Malus hupehensis,
>> Arbutus).
>> As for Rome...the many fountains in the city, and also those in the
>> gardens
>> at the American Academy, froze tonight and they are quite a view,
>> specially
>> the baroque fountains in piazzas, full of statues and decorations. The
>> hills
>> sourrounding the city are capped with snow and the cristal clear air
>> allows
>> to see very far. I half hope it will snow, it would be such fun, last
>> time
>> it was in 1986! I would love to photograph my gardens with the snow,
>> but
>> it's so sunny in spite of the cold air, that I don't think it will.
>> Have a good winter, Northern hemisphere gardeners!
>> Alessandra
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>> 
>> Alessandra Vinciguerra
>> American Academy in Rome
>> Via Masina,5
>> 00153 Roma
>> Tel:0039\6\5846.444
>> 
>> puglisi@librs6k.vatlib.it
>> 
>> Check the Academy's Web site: http://www.aarome.org
>> 
>
>
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Alessandra Vinciguerra
American Academy in Rome
Via Masina,5
00153 Roma
Tel:0039\6\5846.444

puglisi@librs6k.vatlib.it

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