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Mark Longley
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 877 Location: Auckland, NZ
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Hello - been a while
Hi. I haven’t posted here for well over a year. Lost my plant mojo for a while, particularly since Steve’s passing but I’ve been getting fired up again recently and thought I would post a few pics of my maturing garden now it’s summer here in Auckland.
My back garden is on 1:1 slope that heads down towards a stream at the bottom. Here it is 2 years ago when I started making a staircase down.
October 2015 and the steps are in and a few tree ferns starting to go in. At this time the MIL referred to it as a scar on the landscape!
Here it is now. Maturing nicely.
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philinsydney
Joined: Wed Oct 31, 2007 10:58 am Posts: 1099
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Re: Hello - been a while
It has a nice Gondwanan character.
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Sat Dec 16, 2017 5:31 am |
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Mark Longley
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 877 Location: Auckland, NZ
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Re: Hello - been a while
Trying to keep that native feel Phil. Probably goes without saying that the native plants establish quicker and can tolerate drought, including the tree ferns.
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neobb
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:17 pm Posts: 582 Location: vancouver, canada
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Re: Hello - been a while
Wow! Mark, what a paradise! Great job! How big is your property? Is it in a suburb of Auckland? Almost feel like jumping on a plane and bidding on a house in NZ!
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Paul Spracklin
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:55 pm Posts: 2564 Location: North Thames delta UK
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Re: Hello - been a while
Good to see you Mark. Looking great!
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Sat Dec 16, 2017 3:20 pm |
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Eduard O
Joined: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:46 pm Posts: 1196 Location: Maastricht Netherlands
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Re: Hello - been a while
Mark that looks nice, so you are rewarded after hard labor, compliments Eduard.
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Mark Longley
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 877 Location: Auckland, NZ
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Re: Hello - been a while
Thanks guys. I live in Auckland Ted, in a suburb on the east coast called Cockle Bay. My place is about 100 metres in a straight line from the beach but a good 40 metres elevated too and my section which is 840 sq/m drops down on the rear side.
Still got some more planting to do but it’s definitely starting to pay back some of the hard work.
Metrosideros excelsa out in flower now
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Re: Hello - been a while
Welcome back Mark the planting around your steps looks stupendous its nice to hear your mojo is returning.
Edit I still have one of your ferns left from way back when the Dicksonia berteroana is still flourishing.
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themes
Joined: Tue Aug 05, 2008 12:42 am Posts: 2148 Location: birmingham, UK
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Re: Hello - been a while
great to see you posting again. You've been missed
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Mark Longley
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 877 Location: Auckland, NZ
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Re: Hello - been a while
Ahh thanks guys. Kev I remember that weeny little Dicksonia back in early 2007 it was.
I think I might have a picture somewhere of the day you and Jackie came over.
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MAU
Joined: Sun Mar 22, 2009 5:46 pm Posts: 216 Location: Madrid,SPAIN
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Re: Hello - been a while
Hello Mark, How long! But after more than a year ... just a few pictures of the garden and the tree ferns. We want more pictures please! Mau
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Kev Spence
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Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 3:59 pm Posts: 10902 Location: Loughborough, Leics, central UK
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Mark Longley
Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:45 pm Posts: 877 Location: Auckland, NZ
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Re: Hello - been a while
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Tue Dec 19, 2017 7:03 am |
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neobb
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 9:17 pm Posts: 582 Location: vancouver, canada
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Re: Hello - been a while
Hi Mark! Thanks for the new photos! Really interested in the Blechnum cycadifolium. I will be getting one in 2018. How old is your specimen? I understand that it prefers cool summers. Thanks!
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Eduard O
Joined: Sun Sep 02, 2012 7:46 pm Posts: 1196 Location: Maastricht Netherlands
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Re: Hello - been a while
Hi Mark, I think this is a C.dealbata, do you have it in full sun? if so then it does it very well, beautiful growth Always have my plant out of the sun or 40% but no afternoon sun, here it can become very hot in the summer to 37ºC then I see a lot of scorching! Eduard.
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