On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:24:14 +0100, "someone"
wrote:


"seph..." wrote in message
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On Sat, 28 Jul 2007 20:13:06 +0100, "someone"
wrote:

Thank you seph and betsyb, I'm so pleased you enjoyed my photo. Now, if
only it produces fruit I'll be over the moon! We have August, September,
and October to come, so you never know, I might be lucky.

someone

I see by info on the net that the flowers can be eaten as well -
http://www.floridata.com/ref/F/feijoa.cfm

This plant really impresses me - our place in Canada is zone 5, so no
chance of it surviving the winters here - unless I'd do the in and out
routine with huge pots, which I won't do - we're in a heavily wooded
area and have far too many creepy crawlers in the soil which I don't
care to have in the house...

Good luck... You'll keep us updated, I hope -
And, thanks again for introducing me to a new plant...

seph

Thanks a million for that URL, I didn't know the flowers were edible. We're
big salad eaters here, so I'll give it a try, there are several more flowers
to come.

It seems that Feijoa can survive at Zone 8a (10F), good grief, you live in
Zone 5? That's, um, -20F? The Yukon?

someone

Nope - not the Yukon.. that would be kind of neat though..
We're about 2 hrs north of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in the middle of
nowhere... Winter does get pretty rough - but, nothing like the
Yukon... Yes - we get to -20F rather frequently...

seph...