wet feet.
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 |
wet feet.
"bassett" wrote in message ... 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 |
wet feet.
"George W. Frost" wrote in message ... "bassett" wrote in message ... 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 |
wet feet.
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 "bassett" wrote in message ... "George W. Frost" wrote in message ... "bassett" wrote in message ... 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 |
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