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Gardening crimes against nature
The banks of waterways should not be sprayed There is a wonderfully self-satisfied confidence in many gardeners that their hobby is good for the environment and that they are working with nature. On t… more →
Tikorangi The Jury Garden
Gardening crimes against nature
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wrote 3 days ago: The banks of waterways should not be sprayed There is a wonderfully self-satisfied confidence in man … more →
Plant Collector: Astelia solandri
wrote 3 days ago: The quiet charm of self sown Astelia solandri While we don’t have the global monopoly on all astelia … more →
Garden lore: Friday 17 May, 2013
wrote 3 days ago: Garden lore “In the plan of human conduct there is a marked difference between the mind which sees b … more →
Plant Collector: tree dahlias
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wrote 1 week ago: The only resemblance these dahlias have to trees lies is in the astonishing size they can reach in t … more →
Garden lore: May 10, 2013
wrote 1 week ago: Garden lore “If you wish to be happy for a day, get drunk; If you wish to be happy for a week, kill … more →
Fruity facts (pragmatism over romance)
wrote 2 weeks ago: Apples are a reliable crop for us The whole concept of a home orchard seems to evoke romantic images … more →
Plant Collector: Dichroa versicolour
wrote 2 weeks ago: Dichroa versicolour – flowers all year round here It is a member of the hydrangea family and g … more →
Garden lore: Friday 3 May, 2013
wrote 2 weeks ago: Garden lore “The area of a handsom Garden may take up thirty or forty Acres, not more.” Philip Mille … more →
A prickly tale - plants doubling as burglar deterrents
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wrote 1 month ago: It would have saved a lot of effort had one of us looked up Yucca whipplei before we planted it 20 y … more →
Plant Collector: Koelreuteria paniculata
wrote 1 month ago: Koelreuteria paniculata – it may be a long wait for flowers in our climate There is nothing ra … more →
Garden lore Friday April 19, 2013
wrote 1 month ago: Garden lore “My garden, that skirted the avenue of the Manse, was of precisely the right extent. An … more →
Our towering pines
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wrote 1 month ago: The rich tapestry epiphytes that has developed over many decades If asked to name the tree least lik … more →
Plant Collector - Acer griseum
wrote 1 month ago: Acer griseum – it’s mostly about the wonderful bark Mention maples and most people think … more →
Garden Lore: Friday 12 April, 2013
wrote 1 month ago: Garden lore “Now us the time to thin out the carrots…” (is) an observation which always makes … more →
At the end of a golden summer come the autumn bulbs
wrote 1 month ago: Colchicums, not autumn crocus Autumn. It is indubitably autumn. I can no longer pretend it is just t … more →
Garden Lore: Friday 5 April, 2013
wrote 1 month ago: Garden lore “What is a weed? I have heard it said that there are sixty definitions. For me, a weed i … more →
A gem of a garden
wrote 1 month ago: The front garden of Number 11 in tawny and red tonesTiny gardens have not featured large on my radar … more →
Plant Collector: Cyclamen hederifolium
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wrote 1 month ago: As early as January the first flowers on Cyclamen hederifolium start to appear on parched soils, tho … more →
Banned plants in New Zealand
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wrote 1 month ago: The offending Lilium formasanum I have to start with a mea culpa today. Last Friday I featured Liliu … more →
