Re: Embothriums

valerie dennison wrote:
> 
> Tim, there are some excellent examples here in the West of Ireland. Locally,
> there are some fine trees growing in the grounds of Glenstall Abbey, one of
> the regions few sandstone areas (ancient volcanoes I believe.) So they seem
> to enjoy acid soils.
> I have been tempted in the past to grow Embothriums but with no success.
> Finally, a nurseryman told me the secret is to plant the thing and not to go
> near it again, don't even look at it. So far, approx. four years later, I
> have ascertained, through  peripheral vision, that the plant clearly is
> doing well and is enjoying my neutral soil. What the nurseryman didn't tell
> me, was when it would be safe to take a direct interest in the plant.
> Looking for flowers at some future stage, might call for creative
> thinking...a periscope perhaps.

Hi Val 
I seem to remember you having considerable luck with growing a number of
Cordylines. Did the is it include C indivisa and if so how is it doing
now?

I suspect the magic no-look spell with the Embothriums only includes the
actual grower, or perhaps the immediate family. Maybe you should enlist
the help of some casual visitor to get a proper report on its progress!

How are you both? We are having a fabulous start to winter to make up
for the no-summer. A visit to Kaitoke at prsent would I am sure yield
marvellous photos as the air is as clear as crystal and the sky almost
cloudless. It is even getting reasonably warm in the middle of the day.

In fact for almost two weeks here, in the middle of the country, we have
had the only good weather in NZ, with  the same  every day while the
north has been shrouded in constant rain and the South suffed a most
unexpectedly early  and fierce snow blizzard. Many sheep and some cattle
in the high country were trapped in enormous snowdrifts and the army has
come to the rescue with large helecopters ferrying in farmers and hay to
rescue the starving beasts.

Cheers
Moira
-- 
Tony & Moira Ryan
Wainuiomata - at the Southern tip of North Island, NZ,
Lat 41°15'S, Long 174°58'E (Antipodes of Spain/Southern France)
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