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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Muehlenbeckia complexa
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Muehlenbeckia complexa
..interesting comments about the species, but at close up there are worthy flower/fruit features.

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On 18/11/2012, Graeme Humphreys said:
I can't be sure. It may just be perspective but you may have here the swollen gall of the Pohuehue Gall Moth caterpillar Morova subfasciata (the S shaped broken branchlet). Neat animal. Unique to NZ. Males fly fast during the day. Females at night. Go figure.
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