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PLANT OF THE WEEK #23: Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii
By Michael
Aug 4, 2020
If Euphorbia characias subsp. wulfenii suddenly disappeared from our plant palettes, imagine the hole it would leave! What else would we ever find to flower at this time of year, s
PLANT OF THE WEEK #22: Rosemary 'Tuscan Blue'
By Michael
Jul 27, 2020
Have you ever thought about how few shrubs there are that carry within their structure any strength of form?  A number have a predictable shape, but form – which says more about
Thirty years to the day
By Michael
Jul 24, 2020
It’s thirty years today since I was first published, in The Age, Melbourne.  It felt totally tectonic.  I was convinced that my life would never be the same from that moment on

PLANT OF THE WEEK #22: Rosemary 'Tuscan Blue'
By Michael
Jul 27, 2020

Have you ever thought about how few shrubs there are that carry within their structure any strength of form?  A number have a predictable shape, but form – which says more about the visible ‘forc ...

Thirty years to the day
By Michael
Jul 24, 2020

It’s thirty years today since I was first published, in The Age, Melbourne.  It felt totally tectonic.  I was convinced that my life would never be the same from that moment on.  And it turns out ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #21: Persicaria affinis
By Matt Reed
Jul 21, 2020

I stood there gazing at the Purple-leafed birch grove freshly planted not 12 months after Black Saturday had levelled my garden. Planted in burnt, organic poor, compacted soils in a gravel garden, the ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #20: Viburnum tinus
By Michael
Jul 14, 2020

Maybe it’s time for a truly low-glam plant.  Every garden needs modest, background plants to create the stage on which the ‘A-listers’ can really shine.   They’re as important as the ‘extr ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #19: Kniphofia sarmentosa
By Peter
Jul 7, 2020

While the sun has just broken through the cloud this afternoon, most of today has been cold, wet and gloomy.  The garden is looking sparse, partly because it’s winter and partly because I’ve just ...