Join the club - our grevillias have been going great guns over the last few
years, but have lost 3 in the last 6 months - fortunately we planted most of
ours in a raised bed we built up to about 60cm above normal ground level.
Although the soil is mostly clay, the grevillias in there have coped well
with the endless wet weather we have had in Newcastle. If only the ground
would dry out enough for me to get the lawnmower out :-)

Cheers,
Geoff

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I,ve lost about 40 Grevillia shrubs and tree's due to the constant
wet weather, Even the good old Ned Kellie's are looking a bit sad.
So does anyone know of any varieties that do well in wet weather.
With heavy frosts in winter..

There's a load of Banksia's that haven't noticed it's raining, One
old man Banksia, about 5 meters high, has been in three inches of water
for about a week, and is still showing new flowers.

Mind you the bonus is the bottlebrush and the melaleuca's are going
great guns, as are a couple of Waratah's ,
But it looks like the grevillea's will need to be dug out , some
have gone distinctly "sticky" with only green foliage at the top ,
and all dead wood below.


bassett


Dear Bassett,

I would leave them if they had any green on them, wait till they die
completely

Saw an article on TV the other week on the rainforest in your area and
the cedar cutters
Good show.
I recall visiting Jack Thompson for a few days many years ago and his
house was entirely of wood
wood walls, wooden ceiling, wooden rocking horse on the verandah
He didn't have any spare beds that he wanted to share, but we slept in
the kitchen beside the wood stove which was kept going all night
It was April and bloody wet and cold
Yes Jack's right down the end of the Upper Bobo Road, Brooklana, he's
got a huge block, few hundred acres, it goes right over the top of
the escarpment. most of the timber was cut off the block to build the
place.

Most of this country was cabinet timbers, of many different sorts,
Ceder, Sallywattle, Blackbutt, Coachwood,
Tallowwood, Red Mahogany, etc, then when the timber ran out, they
used the land for dairy cattle, and spuds.
There are still ruminants of the old giant timber forests, Jack has
a huge amount on his place, and a greater part has been turned into
National parks. Most of the villages in the area, where simply there
because of the saw mills, many died and where abandoned, when the
timber ran out. places like Briggsvale, Cascade, Frog Hollow. Platypus
Flat, Timmsvale are simply names on a map, with little left to tell
the tale of what was.


bassett