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PLANT OF THE WEEK #42: Dierama pulcherrimum
By Michael
Dec 22, 2020
Once you’ve seen Dierama pulcherrimum, the so-called ‘fairy’s fishing rod’, you never forget it.  And it’s not like anything else at all.  It’s unique in the plant wo
PLANT OF THE WEEK #41: Verbena bonariensis
By Jacquie
Dec 14, 2020
I first became acquainted with and thoroughly fell for Verbena bonariensis (tall verbena) around 20 years ago, when my sister came from the UK to live outside Canberra. She planted
PLANT OF THE WEEK #40: Miscanthus X giganteus
By Melanie
Dec 8, 2020
It seems difficult to remember a time before the use of ornamental grasses in the garden. However, there are some gardeners out there who remember that at one stage the only good g

PLANT OF THE WEEK #41: Verbena bonariensis
By Jacquie
Dec 14, 2020

I first became acquainted with and thoroughly fell for Verbena bonariensis (tall verbena) around 20 years ago, when my sister came from the UK to live outside Canberra. She planted it in her paddock-t ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #40: Miscanthus X giganteus
By Melanie
Dec 8, 2020

It seems difficult to remember a time before the use of ornamental grasses in the garden. However, there are some gardeners out there who remember that at one stage the only good grass in a garden was ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #39: Omphalodes linifolia
By Michael
Nov 30, 2020

Annuals don’t often feature on our Plant of the Week.  We too easily consider them horticultural lightweights.  But their sense of seizing the day – of making the most of the moment – calls us ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #38: Kniphofia 'Apricot Nectar'
By James
Nov 24, 2020

Q: When is a non-native plant arguably native?  A: When it is bred here.  Such is the case with Kniphofia ‘Apricot Nectar’.   Now before I get all red hot pokered by you lot for making such an ...

I Want my Book Back!
By Michael
Nov 17, 2020

I missed the Sydney launch of my first book.  I had pneumonia, and I couldn’t lift my head off the pillow.  My pillow was in Woodend, Australia. But what I’m eternally grateful for is that Brode ...