Re: Cutting back after the freeze
- To: K*@aol.com
- Subject: Re: Cutting back after the freeze
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 01:37:28 -0800
- Content-ID: <msg732378.thr-87a6732a.58dc45.part0@monterey.edu>
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K1MIZE@aol.com,Internet writes:
>I think I mentioned that during the '91 freeze, my two Tasmanian tree
>ferns
>(Dicksonia antarctica) were completely defoliated, leaving just a
>couple of
>furry stumps. Although one of them began putting on new growth in early
>summer, the other one didn't have a sign of life until August! So
>don't be
>too hasty to cut down or dig up.
on that note,
I was watching a Show on the Discovery channel, and they were talking
about Papua New Guinea. They were talking briefly about the high
mountains there, and some of their flora, and said that the tree ferns
there can stand frost. ANyways, it was an interesting segment because
the only tall plants on the alpine parts of the mountains were the tree
ferns (showed hundreds of them amongst green grasses). The announcer
said that they didnt know if that the reason the tree ferns were the
tallest plants there because of a fire or because of freeze (too cold
for the other tall plants).
