http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/10/11/forest-icing-sugar-%e2%80%93-clematis/ Our place, our voices Fri, 24 May 2013 12:10:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/10/11/forest-icing-sugar-%e2%80%93-clematis/#comment-14087 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:13:50 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=11021#comment-14087 Gidday Paul,
This particular icing sugar shouldn’t be a problem for you. With such big flowers, I’m picking that Clematis is insect-pollinated, when it is really plants with wind-dispersed pollen that give us allergy-sufferers the most grief. These websites might be useful: http://www.allergyclinic.co.nz/guides/26.html and http://www.allergy.org.nz/site/allergynz/files/Annual%20Pollen%20Calendar.pdf. While they list some preventative measures, short of not breathing, it is difficult to avoid wind-borne pollen.
Leon

]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2011/10/11/forest-icing-sugar-%e2%80%93-clematis/#comment-14082 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 01:52:45 +0000 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/?p=11021#comment-14082 How can I stop the “icing sugar” from making me sneeze and my eyes itch?

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