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Her Magazine December/January 2013

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:pacifica garden Grow a garden ripe with fragrant gems of the Pacific COCONUT PALM These reminders of our relaxing holidays abroad are fast-growing trees which should only be planted in areas with lots of space rather than small urban gardens where they will outgrow their welcome. They tend to fare better in the northern gardens of New Zealand rather than in the south. BEACH MORNING GLORY (POUWHIWHI) PACIFICA Garden It is common throughout the Pacific, eastern Australia and western Central America. It is relatively rare in New Zealand and tends to grow in remote northern coastal places such as�� the Three Kings Islands and the Kermadecs, but is found from Te Paki south to Tiritirimatangi in the Hauraki Gulf. It is inclined to be weedy and voracious as it is fast-growing and can sprout easily from stems, even cut ones. It can perform a useful function in smothering out other weeds in bare and��disturbed land. BEACH HELIOTROPE This plant is commonly displayed in containers, window boxes, rockeries or as a border plant. An annual flowerer, it produces clusters of 6mm fragrant flowers, ranging from deepblue, violet and lavender to white, with cherry pie or vanilla fragrance, from late spring to autumn. It thrives in moist, welldrained soil, anywhere from full sun to light shade. Highly fragrant, it is also poisonous. Propagated from seed or cuttings, Heliotrope `Cherry Pie��� can be grown in containers, window boxes, rockeries, as a border plant or as an under planting in sunnier spots. PANDANUS - SCREWPINE The Pandanus is part of the Pandanaceae family, known for their strap-leafed plants and spiral growth habits; because of these characteristics they are commonly called ���screwpines���. The Pandanus is free standing and tree-like and mainly used for thatch, making ropes and other craft products. In Southeast Asia the leaves are used as flavouring and the fruits of others are eaten in native regions. 114 | www. h e rmagaz i n e . c o. n z

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