Re: Plants falling out of the ground

Well Sheila, as a fellow kiwi mad gardener I must reply
I have not yet 'fallen' nor have I noticed any out of the 
ordinary plant losing their roots except for the crazy El Nino 
weather, Rain Rain Rain Wind Wind Wind
and Hot Hot Muggy heat - not like the poor Aussies and
the terrible bush fires.
-  I live in the Waikato district and have tried many seasons
to grow tulips but with no success.  I have even resorted
to keeping them in pots as in the open ground they just 
disappear!! but to no success, just not cold enough, really
love them as a cut flower though.  Down the South Island
and higher altitudes of the lower North Island no problem.
-  I am trialing a Peony as just the ultimate flower and will
be pouring bags of ice around the ground of it to encourage
flowering I live in hope!!!!!
Lara
Ngaruawahia
NZ

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> From: Sheila Craig <sheila_craig@qmail.newbridge.com>
> To: ML-Perennials <perennials@mallorn.com>
> Subject: Re: Plants falling out of the ground
> Date: Friday, 28 November 1997 01:27
> 
> Terry@delphinium.co.nz wrote
> > Ah, but we do have elaborate staking systems. The photos we have on 
> > our site have been carefully "doctored" to remove signs of them. They 
> > are also upside down. I have some slides being developed showing 
> > stiff string like material snaking upwards from the spikes, this we 
> > attach to sky hooks. These hooks are of course suspended from 
> > satellites in geo-synchronous orbits. As soon as the slides are 
> > developed I will have one scanned and posted to the web site. By the 
> > way, our seed pods are swelling and should be ready within a month.
> [snip]
> > The sun is out today. Maybe i have been in it a little too long!
> > 
> > Terry Dowdeswell
> > 18 Henderson Ave
> > Tuakau, New Zealand
> 
> I hate to give away any secrets, but I feel I should add that when I
visited
> Kiwiland some years ago, all passengers leaving the airplane were issued
> "gravity boots" to ensure we didn't join your wayward plants.  Native
Kiwis
> seem to be very adept at clinging to the earth, but we Northerners don't
have
> the knack ;-)
> 
> The sun is out here today too, for a change (I'm glad dreary November is
> almost over).  But it's -5 Celcius with a bitter wind chill and I had to
spend
> 20 minutes this morning scraping the ice and snow off my car.  The 2
little
> conifers in my "heather garden" are bent over to one side.  The heathers
have
> completely disappeared under the snow.  The worst part is that it only
snowed
> a measly 3 cm mixed with ice so I can't even ski on it.  Humph.
> 
> Are the tulips over in New Zealand yet?  Can you grow them on the North
> Island?
> 
> -Sheila
> 
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