[Arisaema-l] Introduction

[Erick Adams]

Welcome! New Zealand is a beautiful place. I had a chance to hike there for 3 monthsafter college in the 90's.  Gorgeous. I had a great time doing the track aroundStewart Island in particular.  The only thing I missed out on was climbing Taranaki.  It began snowing heavily while I made the ascent so I turned back (wisely, I believe). I would agree that it's very moderate where you are, very much like the Pacific Northwest of North America, surely zone 8 & 9, especiallysince you have things like Nikau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida), Pohutakawa (Metrosideros excelsa), Kiekie (Freycinetia banksii) &Kawakawa (Macropiper excelsum) growing about. A great country, with great plants. I live in the US in Zone 6 so I can't grow any of it. Haha.What I wouldn't give to grow a big fat Kauri here. -Erick  > Date: Mon, 4 Jul 2011 01:28:06 +1200
> From: roispeednz at gmail.com
> To: arisaema-l at science.uu.nl
> Subject: [Arisaema-l] Introduction
> 
> Hi everyone, as a new member to the AEG I´d like to introduce myself
> and explain how I became interested in these ¨strange" plants.
> I live more or less in the centre of the North Island of New Zealand
> My hardiness zone is said to be
> 9, and our son in Northern Ireland also has a zone of 9. I find this
> hard to believe
> and would be interested in any comments. Our ground never freezes and
> day time temperatures never stay below freezing in the middle of
> winter.  		 	   		  
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