AGAPANTHUS "ADVENTURE"
Last week I let Dickson off the lead to chase a rabbit we’d seen on the bank by the crematorium chapel. He promptly disappeared from sight and I assumed he had chased it for some distance and was going to return once he lost the trail. After 45 minutes of wandering up and down the main road, calling from time to time, I heard a small whimper, followed by silence and then another tiny whimper. Unusual leaf shaking movement amongst the agapanthus border above the bank suggested the source of the occasional tiny whimpers. Oh yes, that’s where he was – stuck in the triffid-like jungle of the agapanthus border, deep amongst the thick root growth, unable to find a way out. Clearly it hadn’t occurred to him to bark to let me know he was stuck. Obviously the rabbit knew its way through the thicket and had escaped, leaving our short-legged dog disorientated and trapped. Thanks to hardy gumboots I was able to trample into the depths of thicket to pull him out and get him safely back on the lead to take him home for a drink and dinner. We shan’t go near those triffids again for a while!!!!!!!
Agapanthus thrive in New Zealand and have been listed on various weed registers since 1996. There are several places in the cemetery where they provide useful borders and boundaries, but cemetery staff and gardeners work hard to keep them under control by periodically cutting them back and deadheading them.
Last week I let Dickson off the lead to chase a rabbit we’d seen on the bank by the crematorium chapel. He promptly disappeared from sight and I assumed he had chased it for some distance and was going to return once he lost the trail. After 45 minutes of wandering up and down the main road, calling from time to time, I heard a small whimper, followed by silence and then another tiny whimper. Unusual leaf shaking movement amongst the agapanthus border above the bank suggested the source of the occasional tiny whimpers. Oh yes, that’s where he was – stuck in the triffid-like jungle of the agapanthus border, deep amongst the thick root growth, unable to find a way out. Clearly it hadn’t occurred to him to bark to let me know he was stuck. Obviously the rabbit knew its way through the thicket and had escaped, leaving our short-legged dog disorientated and trapped. Thanks to hardy gumboots I was able to trample into the depths of thicket to pull him out and get him safely back on the lead to take him home for a drink and dinner. We shan’t go near those triffids again for a while!!!!!!!
Agapanthus thrive in New Zealand and have been listed on various weed registers since 1996. There are several places in the cemetery where they provide useful borders and boundaries, but cemetery staff and gardeners work hard to keep them under control by periodically cutting them back and deadheading them.
