impish
Senior Member
Most beautiful! I reveal here my most-disliked temperament: showing the "other side of the coin". We have inherited here in some of our warm Southern States, an environmentally-challenging vine named Kudzu. It can literally envelope entire trees, shutting off their supply of light:This is a place called the bay of islands. This is Russell. I'm not named after this place but I do love it up there.
We go there every 4 or 5 years. It's in the north island. Pohutakawas every where. Beautiful tree.
Pronounced Poe hoota kar Wah.
Russ
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu#Ecological_damage_and_roles