permaculture

[Russ Grayson <pacedge@magna.com.au>]

I guess Melbourne is as far south as they can grow. There's always tasmania - I lived there but saw no bunya pines. It is possible they could grow on the Tas east coast, where it is warmer and snow-free, but I wonder if it would fruit?

The tree's habitat is the mountains of SE Qld, so that is is cooler climatic than the coasts, which I guess makes the tree somewhat cold hardy.

...Russ

On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 02:10  PM, Scott Hitchins wrote:

> Hi Russ,
> I thought that you might be interested to know that I've seen large, healthy and very successfully fruiting specimens of Bunya Pine here in Melbourne (It impressed me, but not the owner of the car parked beneath it.).  Any idea how far south they will grow?
> -Scott H