Or so it seems. Ipomoea Indica, or Blue Morning Glory, and its pink/white companion Calystegia Silvatica, aka Greater Bindweed, are both frost tender, so good Waikato frosts kept them under control. We don't get those frosts any more, and the Cambridge Convolvulus species are loving the warmth, the rain and the CO2.They are swamping our plantings and the Council's, along with ad-hoc plantings by other groups.

Cambridge Convolvulus species are climbing the riverbanks, the trees, the hills and the gullies. What can we do? We could just surrender, and become the Town of Convolvulus instead of the Town of Trees. You think I exaggerate? Go for a walk and see the hectares of rapidly-spreading convolvulus. One of the ad-hoc plantings is now a sea of convolvulus with lumps in it where the trees are. It was planted a bit over a year ago.

Here are some photos taken around the town this afternoon, January 10th, 2024.