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Re: Feijoa's in the Northern Hemisphere?

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From: Nico Mody-Nikoloff
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 00:00
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megan.farr@ukonline.co.uk (Megan Farr) wrote:

>Thanks for the advise.  I think I will send my mother down to Palmer's
>for me to get some seeds!  I've just got to decide what to get.
>Sending them sounds like the answer, given the problems with having
>them with you in transit anywhere!
>
>Hmm now, feijoas, what else?  Any suggestions for a kiwi patio garden?
>Anyone.  Suggestions would be much appreciated, particularly from
>southerners, them having a similar climate (sorry I'm a namby pamby
>Aucklander!).
>
>megan.farr@ukonline.co.uk
>

I believe that you need male and female trees for feijoas, or so I've 
heard.  They don't have to be close, just in the neighbourhood.

For a patio, cordylines in terracotta pots are nice.  How about tree 
ferns too (they grow well in Milford)

Nico

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Nico Mody-Nikoloff                         modynikn@fp.co.nz
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From: Nico Mody-Nikoloff <modynikn@fp.co.nz>
Subject: Re: Feijoa's in the Northern Hemisphere?
Date: 1996/08/12
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