Cart: 0. Rapidly growing smothering vines. The Grass Grub are usually found at a depth of approximately 15cm, making them somewhat difficult to control. Carex - Green Ornamental Grass; $8.50. For those of you who are interested in the mechanics, Mark killed off the weeds and dead-headed the nasty carex we have through there to reduce future seeding. I have tried them and they don’t suit me. NZ $4.95 Description Soft and lush bright green ground cover for paths, walkways and shady areas. I would like more large grasses for variety but have failed to source additional options so far. Fast growing NZ Ngaio (Myoporum) provides good shelter for slower growing trees. Now I just think experience and instinct will serve me better than a paper plan. In New Zealand alone, the average yard has a chance of being home to at least one of six types of common grasses, if not more. Leptospermum scoparium Manuka Red tea tree. 5. In the late autumn of May, the grass plumes are beautiful. Here, you can find a vast amount of articles from GARDENA which will help you with your garden work or give you new and creative ideas. Cool season grasses are suitable for cooler areas and where the lawns can be maintained. A hardy and attractive grass. We also stock garden tools, fertilisers and garden art in our shop. Grasses are great space fillers. I want it to be more seamless so the current thinking is that we may opt for a granulated bark mulch which can be spread across both garden and paths. What I don’t understand is how Mark stays so clean, despite gardening as much as I do. Very dwarf in habit and reputedly never needing to be mown. Garden designers love using ornamental grasses, and you will too when you see how easy it is to create a beautiful show. First off, let me say that I love the look of large ornamental grasses year-round for garden interest. One of our most popular perennials, with its glossy green foliage and December flowering. Delivery. We wll not be dispatching any more orders until the new year when they are back to normal. Identify the problem. Compact, tighter grasses like NZ native Carex sp. This entry was posted in Abbie's column and tagged Abbie Jury, gardening with Bindweeds/ Convolvulus. This is part of a much larger area that we are gently bringing in to an entirely new garden and Mark did draw up the entire space to get the proportions right for the separate sections. Check out answers to common problems and tips to courgette success. They have creamy fragrant white flowers in late spring and summer followed by white-blue berries. We have a wide range of products including flowers, vegetables, fruit trees, grasses and shrubs. (Score 8) 24. Nov 13, 2016 - Explore GardenGirl's board "Grasses for Gardens" on Pinterest. All Bosch Apps. Sort by : Refine List . There Are Grasses And Strappy Plant Varieties Available At The Plant Store. String lines were used to make sure that this formal green structure was straight. I will keep readers posted on progress. Nor do we want more lawn. Often know by the following botanical synonyms - Stipa arundinacea and Oryzopsis rigida. I drew up a planting plan and expected to be out there with my large piece of graph paper, keeping fairly closely to that plan. Useful and low maintenance makes them great to sort out large scale plantings such as farm driveways, bunds, commercial landscaping and mass plantings to comple December 2020; November 2020; October 2020; August 2020; May 2020; April 2020; Watson’s Garden Ltd. 17 Bell Street Otaki 5512. We won’t mulch immediately. But now that I have a plan, I am impatient to get started. Despite their names, swamp flax (harakeke or Phormium tenax) and mountain flax (wharariki or Phormium cookianum) both grow in mountainous and coastal areas throughout New Zealand. It is digging over-large plants in hard, compacted soils that is difficult and heavy work. Because, in colder climates, and particularly the UK where we drew inspiration for this project, gardens are not expected to perform all twelve months of the year and most of the herbaceous material is fully deciduous. The idea of a “grass garden” has somewhat morphed into “grasses and other plants with long, narrow foliage and spear-shaped foliage”. 4. My eyes on the ground are better than a paper plan. My favourite grass of all. (Score 8) Very common. Maybe. Mark would like more flowers so I am working in a bit more colour as I find plants that I think will be able to compete. I have promised some divisions to a colleague but there will be A LOT of miscanthus, Stipa gigantea and Calamgrostris ‘Karl Foerster’, along with our native Anemanthele lessoniana, toetoe (now an austroderia but formerly known as a cortaderia) and a large but graceful brown tussock that we have yet to find the name of. That is because GARDENA offers a complete range of all that is required — for Watering, Lawn Care, Tree and Shrub Care and Soil and Ground Care. I was worried that I had too much Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’ until I took a closer look this morning. Already have an account? It is especially beautiful in fall container arrangements and autumn gardens. However, Kikuyu can be a useful grass to use as a heat and drought tolerant grass lawn in northern and coastal parts of New Zealand. Immersive, not pictorial, to coin the phrase of English writer, Tim Richardson. But the flowering plants are all secondary to the movement of the grasses. These days, rather than a poor man’s garden, it is an economical couple’s garden. Fountain-shaped forms and ‘wispy’ grasses like blue oat grass (pictured above) can create a soft edge. Buy and sell Grasses & flax on Trade Me. New Zealand native grasses and tussocks are an iconic part of our landscape, and are a very versatile, and no-fuss way to create a stunning native landscape. Shrub and grass shears. Big miscanthus flopping after only 10 months, All it took was three lengths of jute string to restore order and form. But crunch time is coming. Rather than list what is in bloom each month – plant lists can get very dull – I would comment that even I am surprised at how much bulb material I have added to get that seasonal spread and I shouldn’t be surprised because it is me who has planted every single one of them. Free Shipping on Orders $250 or more - Widest Range in NZ - Garden Design. May 16, 2019 May 16, 2019. It is the range of material we can grow that makes these borders work all year round. Verbena bonariensis, alstromeria and hemerocallis also give extended blooming to justify their places. Notifications Search. Looks good planted with the other coloured grasses and flaxes. Every day. There are grasses for damp or dry soil, shady as well as sunny situations. Grasses. Please acknowledge the photographer (Tony Foster) or bushmansfriend.co.nz To use these photos or images for commerce contactbushmansfriend.co.nz © 2020 Bushmansfriend | Website by eDIY, High Altitude Mountain Daisies (Celmisia Semicordata), Mt Cook NP, Canterbury, New Zealand, Buy this Photographic Print at AllPosters.com, Phyllocladus trichomanoides Tanekaha Celery Pine, Pomaderris kumaraho Kumerahou, Gumdiggers soap, Prumnopitys taxifolia, ferruginea: Matai & Miro, Pseudowintera colorata Horopito peppertree, Hedycarya arborea Pigeonwood, Porokaiwhiri. It isn’t really the grass garden that I envisaged at the start. Test Garden Tip: Northern sea oats is a fast spreader, so plant in a container or other spot that will keep it in bounds. For me it is a new skill to be focusing my mental energy on a radio discussion rather than on writing – often the ideas are similar but the process and skills in communicating them are very different. This central court is too prominent and too large to experiment with random ‘wildflowers’ (not wild in NZ of course). Grasses don’t always have to be the star of the show, in fact they make great supporting actors. Grasses for sale in New Zealand. This week, I plan to dig and divide all the clumps of large grasses that I planted at this time last year. My patch is like passage-way to the side of all this, albeit a passage-way in full sun that is about 10 metres wide by 30 metres long; at around 300sqm it is larger than some urban dwellers get in life. Miscanthus, as mentioned above, is a key feature and the only fully deciduous grass I have used. Kikuyu is a hardy, creeping grass common in coastal areas of New Zealand. Most gardeners in cold climates put their gardens to bed for the coldest months and retire indoors to their very warm homes, or at least to the shelter of the garden shed if they are determined. Lawns are most commonly of cool season grasses but in warm regions, particularly coastal areas, warm season grasses can be used for lawns. Postscript: I have zero intention of lifting these grasses in the court garden every year. None of this would be possible had I kept to a very restricted plant palette. We do not want an actual tennis court. Grasses & flax for sale in New Zealand. Courgettes or zucchinis are a summer vege garden staple for many Kiwi gardeners. Open Auckland Botanic Garden's Facebook Page in a new tab; Open Auckland Botanic Garden's Twitter Feed in a new tab; Open Auckland Botanic Garden's Instagram feed in a new tab 3. Don’t let me put you off using ornamental grasses, I certainly think they have their place in the modern low-maintenance garden, but you need to select the best performing varieties. It’s deer resistant, drought-tolerant, and can handle life by the seaside. When I first started writing about our new sunny borders last year, a reader commented that she would be interested to see how we managed year-round interest in them. Only then will we mulch. With just a few tall Verbascum creticum and foxgloves in white and pale apricot (we have both a-plenty) and maybe Ammi majus and some white daisy type plant which I have yet to find. Autumn and spring are the best times for lawn care in New Zealand. What to do with the central court in our new garden? We want even the path to meander informally without sharp definition. A prairie on steroids perhaps? Feed your lawn in spring and autumn with a specialised lawn fertiliser. Much of this is only eleven months. One thing I have learned from experience is that if you dig and divide often, it is not a big task to be feared. His father could not afford to buy in all the material to plant up the large garden across several acres so applied himself to raising a lot of it. They also provide interest in the fall and winter garden, becoming key features ogf the garden during the cooler months with their spectacular feathery plumes. Finally I have a place for those giant, thuggish salvias that can reach well over two metres tall and they certainly come into their own in April and May. Buy and sell Grasses on Trade Me. By their very nature grasses bring a natural element into the garden, so whether you use them as a specimen plant, a ground-cover, in a rock garden, by a waterway, in damp or shady places, in a coastal garden, in containers, or in environmental plantings, they make a fabulous edition to your garden. From memory, Bury Court’s garden is fully deciduous in that English and Northern European style. I am hoping I just miss-filed February’s photos because I am sure there was plenty going on in the gardens, it being full summer. Don’t tell me about knee pads. Solid and strappy, New Zealand flax is a versatile garden player. A big, blank space. I repeat again, a lot of thought has gone into the plants to be used – a few years of thought and observation. Flagged that plan. $8.50. The New Zealand grasses and similar tufted plants make ideal compliments to trees, shrubs and ground-covers that may be used in landscaping an ornamental border. Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ I took out of the twin borders because it is too rampant. A practical field guide to New Zealand's native edible plants. Work starts. A man with a rotary hoe can be a wonderful thing. Coarse Grasses* Annual and perennial grasses seed readily infest fine turf lawns. I am sure I will have to refine the plantings at least once in the early years and don’t want all that gravel incorporated into the soil. Height/Spread: Upright or arching habit, 1-1/2 to 12 feet tall and 1-1/2 to 10 feet wide. My gardening mother stayed clean by always bending. What happened in February? Garden vacuums/leaf blowers. GARDENA is the preferred brand for millions of home and garden owners worldwide when it comes to garden care. For inspiration, professional advice and the latest in NZ gardening trends, Palmers is the place to be. Most grasses in the Lomandra family are suited to full sun or lightly shaded locations. As well as offering an enjoyable garden shopping experience, our Garden Centres host a range of other fantastic retailers including cafes, gift shops and florists. On a windy site, an entire garden mass planted in flaxes and grasses is easy-care and easy on the eye. Much of this is only eleven months. “Immersive, not pictorial”, I say to myself. It doesn’t need to be divided that often but I wanted more plants. There is no hard landscaping and next to no ornamentation in these borders and I have no plans to add any. (Score 8) Can be difficult to control. Neither do I want sharp edgings to the paths (which are about 1.8 metres wide to allow for plant flop). Bamboo stakes are used to define the areas to be be cultivated and to get the curves right. Buy and sell Grasses on Trade Me. I have been planting what I loosely refer to as “my grass garden”. It just won’t be instant. June is the quietest month and the grass plumes of the miscanthus are particularly beautiful with the lower light angles. This is also the month when our most successful snowdrop – Galanthus S Arnott – flowers. The next two waves will be Elegia capensis and Astelia chathamica. Taranaki Rhododendron and Garden Festival. Proven Winners. Verbascum creticum, a tall, large flowered biennial. I don’t want plants that I have to dig and divide every year. While I would love to try the perennial meadow style pioneered by Nigel Dunnett and the Sheffield Movement (Pictorial Meadows) that so entranced us at Trentham last year, I also know our limits. (below left) They are perfect in a Fall garden as they dry . Amateurs do graph paper gardens and then, when religiously followed outside even though proportions don’t translate well, these remain forever looking like graph paper gardens. Contact; You are here . Instant effect, Mark calls it. These are not twin herbaceous borders. By August, we are warming up. Lawn Grasses for NZ New Zealand has both warm and cool regions. Carex - Red Ornamental Grass ; Previous Category Next Category. . Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! They are still standing, erect and pale and have not been beaten down or fallen apart in heavy rain and wind, as well-established clumps often do. Ornamental grasses are fairly new to the landscape scene—they've increased in popularity in the past couple decades. And that may be true in some climates and some styles of gardening – an extension of the no-dig garden philosophy, even. It will happen. It appears to be sterile. It is also deer-resistant and is drought-tolerant once established. In regions experiencing drought, native and ornamental grasses are a smart and show-stopping part of the landscape. Meri Kirihimete me te Hape Nū Ia! I wrote about this back in February and progress is being made. The resident cat at Bury Court in 2014. With dodgy knees and a dodgy lower back, I kneel. It isn’t even the summer garden we initially called it, though it looks good in summer. Speedwell. New Zealand flax creates high drama in the garden with bold architectural structure and upright spiky foliage. Postscript: I am a dirty-kneed gardener. See more ideas about native garden, landscape design, native plants. I may try it further out in the garden but in a smaller area. I have been gently building up plants for a few years now so what are going in are reasonable large divisions. Within this solid framework, other plants are in defined clumps, not scattered cottage-garden style. I have seen this mistake made in other people’s gardens. From memory, we had a particularly wet spring followed by an unusually hot, dry summer extending well into autumn. . $8.50. Waves of grasses (the Oudolf influence) in a limited selection. It is to be the new grass garden, drawing on lessons learned from both Piet Oudolf and Christopher Bradley-Hole. Visit our GARDENA magazine to get inspiring ideas and tips on how to create the garden of your dreams. The first task will be to clear the area of grass and weeds and then rotary hoe it. (Score 8) Very common. There are only four waves across the whole garden and I don’t think that is too much. I say one year, but that is from when I first started planting the new grass garden. It is probably why I have not been writing as much recently. Much of this is only eleven months. Site Conditions. These are relatively extended discussions we have and it takes quite a bit of combined concentration, especially at that hour of the morning. This court area is about 15 metres wide and at least 30 metres long. (Score 7) Tolerates many lawn herbicides. Looks good planted with the other coloured grasses and flaxes. For those of you who are interested in grasses, I offer this update on performance of others I have used: Chionochloa rubra (our native red tussock) is brilliant. NEW ZEALAND FLAX Phormium tenax, P. cookianum and hybrids. Here are gardening expert Helen Young's top eight varieties suited to Australian gardens that are also water-wise, heat-tolerant and resistant to pests and diseases. We do try to have these in stock but … Moody miscanthus in the autumn light . In that large, geometric area, confined by a hard-edged boundary, I envisage an immersive experience – wandering informal paths through plantings that are shoulder high (at least when in flower), predominantly grasses. Tools for Home & Garden. Not exactly Bury Court but planting has started. The strong orange colouring makes this a very popular choice. A nice contrast to Scleranthus, the NZ Moss. USDA Growing Zones: 9 … Anemanthele lessoniana - Monotypic species endemic to New Zealand, commonly grown as a ornamental grass throughout the world. Many are ideal for gravel gardens, prairie planting, wildlife gardens and are great to add to the cutting garden; others perform well in containers. Words: Jenny Somervell This is the article I needed to read 30 years ago. We have yet to do the paths which I want covered in soft honey coloured hoggin, which I discovered is crushed limestone. Andrew Crowe, Gardener's Encyclopaedia of NZ Native Plants by Cave, Paddison, Trees and Shrubs of New Zealand by Poole and Adams, High Altitude Mountain Daisies (Celmisia Semicordata), Mt Cook NP, Canterbury, New ZealandMcCormack, Gareth18 in. It needs space around each plant so that its attractive fountaining habit can be admired. Plants in Grasses. Cordyline banksii. Weed control from the start is critical, especially with big grasses. Ornamental Grasses are beautiful plants that add texture, color and movement to the landscape. Winter-dormant grasses don’t offer much colour in cool months, but they can add interest thanks to drying seedheads, or movement. I say one year, but that is from when I first started planting the new grass garden. I have planted the first waves using Miscanthus ‘Morning Light’, Stipa gigantea, Chionocloa rubra and Calamagrostris ‘Karl Foerster’. My Cart. The early narcissi are in flower; my trial patches of ‘Peeping Tom’ made me smile each time I saw them. Cordyline australis Ti Kouka. Clear away existing grass and weeds, then apply a layer of lawn preparation mix. Bush cabbage tree. What we lack in budget, we have, I hope, made up for in sustained thought and discussion over a fairly long period of time, along with the trialling and analysis of most of the plant material. I wasn’t sure how they would respond to such rough treatment but they thrived and looked good all year. They help create a natural or less contrived feel to a garden, move in the wind and require litlle … Cool season grasses also require higher mowing heights due to slower growth and the possibility of attracting weeds or disease. Proper toetoe are now classified as austroderia and I think it is A.fulvida that I sourced through Trade Me – the only three plants I had to buy for this whole new garden. Every home should have at least one. Carex comans 'Green' Carex comans 'Green' is an interesting little ornamental grass. They are obviously not that popular in this country. 30cm x 40cm. Log in. Daisy. Shop Today! I add Chatto, because we eventually worked out that one of the aspects that makes her dry garden so charming is that each plant stands in its own space, not jostling for room and melding into its neighbours as in classic herbaceous plantings where one aim is to have no ground space visible. My spacings on paper were too close. I am at the tweaking stage now, the foundations are all in place. I tried to make sure that I photographed this new area each month to track the performance and today I went through and organised the photos by date so I could see the sequence. Flowers are the bright and bold stars of a garden, but grasses are the frame that can make them sparkle. It is just that it is very dominant at this time of the year. The hallmark of Bury Court was the sharp edged, geometric design filled with billowing grasses – a signature style of English designer Christopher Bradley-Hole. Top 20 Garden Weeds. Cool season grasses are suitable … The wretched sparrows took out every one of the main flowering but they have persevered and continued to put up new flower spikes. 0800 82 00 00 (Sales) 0800 82 00 01 (Customer Support) Email us Auckland PO … Cool Season Grass. Carex - Red Ornamental Grass V310 - container, volume 310cc. Carex testacea. It is a brilliant tall grass and only throws up a few unwanted seedlings. Oxalis. It's all about texture rather than colour. 30cm x 40cm. The garden is still in its early stages, just a year down the track. Lawns are most commonly of cool season grasses but in warm regions, particularly coastal areas, warm season grasses can be used for lawns. (Score 8) Very common. in a wide range of different temperatures and weather conditions. In the world of gardening, I am not sure that there is much that is more exciting than starting planting a new garden which has been years in mental incubation. Ixia, babiana, sparaxia, narcissi, snowdrops, crocosmia, moraea, albuca, Aurelian lilies, ipheion and more have all found their home here but in clumps, not drifts or dots. Dutch garden designer Piet Oudolf is credited with popularising the 'new wave' style of perennial planting, which mixes drifts of flowering perennials with ornamental grasses in a natural style.. We have spent a fair amount of time and energy examining meadow gardens and wildflower gardening over the years. Home ; Buy Plants . Having narrowed down the plan, I set about refining the plant palette and building up the material to go in. Even the somewhat coarse blue Dutch iris and a pure yellow gladiolus that looked crass in the more refined rockery look right at home in this bigger and bolder planting. Grasses. Ornamental grasses can be used to great effect in our gardens, from providing a calming presence to more exuberant flowering plants to being the only focus of the design. Kneelers with dirty knees unite, I say. I have decided against the fine gravel mulch I had thought I would use. I thought it may be fine in the more spacious grass garden but it is too rampant. These photos, taken from either end, are dated May 16, 2019. Well I do know. The variegation looks too much like spray damage to me. Stay up to date. The solution was simple. It was too large for her and fell apart too readily. THE PIONEER OF GARDENING WITH GRASSES. In the future. April 25, 2020. I am looking forward to their flowering next year. Indeed, I am surprised how positively thrilling I am finding it to be out in the space actually putting the plants in. This ornamental grass is loved for its interesting seed heads, which hang off the stems and look like wind chimes. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. If you’re looking to get to grips with lawn care, you might like to know a little bit about that greenery in your own backyard. What knits it together visually are the repeated large blocks of key plants like the Iris sibirica, yellow Phlomis russelliana, Dietes grandiflora and Albuca nelsonii and the rhythm of a limited range of large grasses threaded throughout. Grasses & flax for sale in New Zealand. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Cordyline Red Fountain & other miscellaneous Jury-bred plants, inspired by the work of Christopher Bradley-Hole at Bury Court, What a difference a year makes (flowering through 12 months). It is a rectangular, formal shape bounded by a low brick retaining wall (still under construction) and the long sides defined by formal plantings of Fairy Magnolia White (to be pleached in due course and clipped hedges of Camellia Fairy Blush. A blank canvas of about 450 square metres. Create Account. July is our bleakest, coldest month but already there are the camellias in full bloom (we have five of them scattered along one side) and the extensive avenues and surrounding hedges of michelias (particularly ‘Fairy Magnolia White’) are coming into flower. Welcome. See more ideas about ornamental grasses, landscape, grasses garden. The rest, I think, will be fine for some time. will give a tighter, more formal look. They are an antipodean interpretation of the New Perennials movement and I chant like a mantra the words ‘rhythm’, ‘drifts’, ‘billowing’, ‘repeats and echoes’. While flowers are the flamboyant stars of the garden, the supporting cast is sometimes overlooked. In a garden, it looks striking next to lime green and silver grasses and plants such as oat grass or sweet potato vine. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I am constantly mindful that this must be a low maintenance area. I expect the rates of growth to slow. Stipa gigantea (Golden Oats) – an attractive enough grey-green, fine-leafed grass but the main appeal is their ethereal, large flower heads on tall spikes. and provide welcome texture and color in the Winter. Cabbage trees are found throughout New Zealand in a variety of habitats. We have never seen gardening as instant gratification and there is much work to be done in this new area before we are ready to share it in a few – or maybe several – years’ time. I have been asked whether this garden has been planned on paper and for a while I felt somewhat shamefaced to admit that it has not. It is native and is referred to as New Zealand wind … Visit us here. New ground – plants love new ground. A hardy and popular grass due to the silvery green colour of its foliage. Indeed, I often shed my trousers in the laundry before I enter the house. Expansive herbaceous plantings leave huge gaps in winter and nobody expects them to bloom all year round. Mark is rotary hoeing. Garden saws/secateurs. Mark still wants to move the propagation houses often seen to the side of the photos and that may take another year or three. Grasses for sale in New Zealand. And I have found a suitable space for Doryanthes palmeri. There is a school of thought that digging and dividing perennial plants is an unnecessary activity, devised by those who like to make work. Mark laughs at me and regularly tells me I should not be allowed indoors. The Plant Store Offers A Variety Of Shrubs, Trees, Climbers & Other Plants On A Discounted Rate. I say one year, but that is from when I first started planting the new grass garden. So much of the plant material we use is evergreen and we expect to be wowed by something every week of the year. If any readers have other suggestions of tall grasses that are available in NZ, I would be pleased to hear. Ornamental Grasses for the Garden. But already the new season is starting. All images and content are copyright to Bushmansfriend New Zealand educational instituions, their teachers and students are welcome to use these images. Because our soils are so wonderfully friable, we will allow the first couple of flushes of weeds to germinate and rake them off. Please read our condtions of sale here. It also looks good in spring, different but equally pleasing in autumn and has enough interest to carry it through winter. I took this photo last Saturday, April 25. I am optimistic. It is beautiful when it puts its flowers up in late spring but it is altogether too strong, spreading rapidly with its expanding root system. Cool Season Grass. Because we are not buying in the plants but relocating them from other areas in the garden and from small accumulations in the nursery, it is more work digging and dividing than simply knocking out of pots. Trained garden designers learn to plan on paper and good ones know how to relate open space and proportions to paper measurements. Garden Grass (Ornamental Grasses) Learn Garden Grass which makes your landscape attractive, Ornamental Grasses, and more information about grasses.Generally, we do not give any place in our garden to grass, but do you know that you can use a variety of Garden grass in your garden to enhance the charm of a beautiful landscape and garden. It is a whole new approach to composing with plants for me. Last Sunday, Tony and I were talking about hybrids and species. Learn to plan on paper and good garden grasses nz know how to create the garden bold... 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