🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <4uoa4h$j4p@ren.fp.co.nz>, Nico Mody-Nikoloff
<modynikn@fp.co.nz> writes
>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
>
>------------------------------------------------------------
>Nico Mody-Nikoloff                         modynikn@fp.co.nz
>My views are my own and not necessarily those of my employer
________________________________________________________________________
Cordylines are okay, you'll find that Cordyline Indivisa is tougher.
Tree ferns probably won't put up with the Cumbrian climate - I haven't
had much luck with Silver Ferns. Dicksonia Antarctica (Aussie) is the
hardiest, but rather a slow grower. Tea Trees, Totara's and Kaihikatea's
are plenty hardy if you like trees, and what about a Kaka Beak? We've
found they are okay as long as you don't let the soil freeze over.

Nico: Co-incidentally I was visiting Fisher & Paykel in March last year,
somewhere around Ellerslie/Mt Wellington if I remember correctly. Do you
know Geoff Logan?

-- 
With Best Regards
Jim A.