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It's a lovely website run by Charles Winpenny. I'm a regular.
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... It's a lovely website run by Charles Winpenny. I'm a regular. Jack Me too! His knowledge of the flora and fauna make it very special. Eric |
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On 29 Jan, 02:57, "Eric Ingham" wrote:
wrote in message ... It's a lovely website run by Charles Winpenny. *I'm a regular. Jack Me too! His knowledge of the flora and fauna make it very special. Eric He's just updated it, click on recent photos 'Newquay' to see the ones I was refering to. Amazingly there is a hottentot fig in flower in the latest batch of photos. It is a meditteranean climate (from S African) plant, which normally flowers in Summer, not January. Graham Penzance |
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Amazingly there is a hottentot fig in flower in the
latest batch of photos. It is a meditteranean climate (from S African) plant, which normally flowers in Summer, not January. The hottentot figs at the back of the beach in Budleigh have a few flowers on them too. They did at this time last year as well but the year before they didn't produce any flowers until well into the spring. Lovely sunny morning here. Currently (09:15), 7.4C, RH 84%, DP 5.0C, 1027.9 hPa (S), Wind 2 mph S. ________________ Nick G Otter Valley, Devon 83 m amsl http://www.ottervalley.co.uk |
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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:58:11 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling wrote:
On 29 Jan, 02:57, "Eric Ingham" wrote: wrote in message ... It's a lovely website run by Charles Winpenny. *I'm a regular. Jack Me too! His knowledge of the flora and fauna make it very special. Eric He's just updated it, click on recent photos 'Newquay' to see the ones I was refering to. Amazingly there is a hottentot fig in flower in the latest batch of photos. It is a meditteranean climate (from S African) plant, which normally flowers in Summer, not January. Graham Penzance The National Trust doesn't like Hottentot Figs growing on their land because they have been destroying every plant they see growing on Trust property on the Lizard. Vandals! -- MCC |
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![]() The National Trust doesn't like Hottentot Figs growing on their land because they have been destroying every plant they see growing on Trust property on the Lizard. Vandals! -- MCC- Warning - I'm going totally [OT] Don't get me going on the NT, there's a lot the NT they don't like which I do. When they bought Bedruthan steps to 'protect it' we got a visitor centre, enlarged car park, twee rock garden. They closed the path & they even tried to change the name. It was so totally unspoilt before. OK, the path needed sorting, but that was it. They sold 'protected' granite boulders from COT valley http://www.cornwall365.co.uk/cornwal...377_280507.jpg to Morecombe, where they are now cemented into the sea front. During the 'clean sweep' in Mount's Bay, they tried to prevent the sewage from the Mount being treated, because it would mean disturbing the cobblestones. Now the want to destroy the Hottentot figs. I like Hottentot figs, they grow well on exosed cliff faces where very little else can grow because of the exposure & salt, and give a wonderful show of colour. Graham |
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Now the want to destroy the Hottentot figs. I like Hottentot figs,
they grow well on exosed cliff faces where very little else can grow because of the exposure & salt, and give a wonderful show of colour. Graham The Hottentot Figs that grow in Budleigh Salterton cover a soft sandstone/mudstone part of the cliff that is very fragile and is easily eroded by the rain and the sea. It seems that the Hottentot Figs have helped to stabilise the cliffs somewhat and colonised parts of the cliff face that the native flora seems unable to do so. And as you say, they are interesting plants and do attract quite a lot of insect life, as well as providing shelter/homes for insects, birds, small mammals and reptiles in bad weather and the winter time. ________________ Nick G Otter Valley, Devon 83 m amsl http://www.ottervalley.co.uk |
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Graham Easterling wrote: {re Nat Trust] Now they want to destroy the Hottentot figs. I like Hottentot figs, they grow well on exosed cliff faces where very little else can grow because of the exposure & salt, and give a wonderful show of colour. Apparently, the NT claims that the Hottentot fig is threatening the Wild Asparagus (although I have no knowledge or interest other than loving Cornwall and especially the north coast). http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main..._asparagus.htm or http://tinyurl.com/2kzm2b I also do not have a clue if the NT is correct in its assertions but it clearly has it in for the Hottentot fig: On this page: http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main...cornwallv3.pdf "...The exotic looking pink and yellow flowers of the hottentot fig can be seen near to the lighthouse. Although it looks pretty it is actually a botanical bully and can smother our native flora." -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. |
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![]() "MCC" wrote in message ... On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 00:58:11 -0800 (PST), Graham Easterling wrote: On 29 Jan, 02:57, "Eric Ingham" wrote: wrote in message ... It's a lovely website run by Charles Winpenny. I'm a regular. Jack Me too! His knowledge of the flora and fauna make it very special. Eric He's just updated it, click on recent photos 'Newquay' to see the ones I was refering to. Amazingly there is a hottentot fig in flower in the latest batch of photos. It is a meditteranean climate (from S African) plant, which normally flowers in Summer, not January. Graham Penzance The National Trust doesn't like Hottentot Figs growing on their land because they have been destroying every plant they see growing on Trust property on the Lizard. Vandals! -- MCC There is an Independent newspaper article at http://www.independent.co.uk/environ...fe-399433.html which discusses Hottentot fig and other alien invaders. It seems that it will be illegal, if the schedule is accepted, to plant Hottentot fig even if it is growing outside your door. It clearly is causing competition problems in some places with native plant species. For example in Jersey it is smothering native heather and gorse and the same is true in Bournemouth where it is being removed from the cliffs to protect indigenous plants. Alan St Albans |
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