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PLANT OF THE WEEK #82: Stipa gigantea
By Richard
Nov 30, 2021
The best view of our back garden is from the new clothesline.  This wasn’t intentional. From the clothesline, the old metal shed barely encroaches on my peripheral vision, the g
PLANT OF THE WEEK #81: Euphorbia 'Craigieburn'
By Michael
Nov 23, 2021
It’s all too rare in this age of plants with huge glossy labels for a new release to totally eclipse its horticultural predecessor.  It seems like the imperative for the novel a
PLANT OF THE WEEK #80: Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
By Michael
Nov 16, 2021
Were you gardening in the days before Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ became available in Australia?  I remember poring over British garden books, and yearning – like actually achi

PLANT OF THE WEEK #81: Euphorbia 'Craigieburn'
By Michael
Nov 23, 2021

It’s all too rare in this age of plants with huge glossy labels for a new release to totally eclipse its horticultural predecessor.  It seems like the imperative for the novel and the new trumps tr ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #80: Nepeta 'Six Hills Giant'
By Michael
Nov 16, 2021

Were you gardening in the days before Nepeta ‘Six Hills Giant’ became available in Australia?  I remember poring over British garden books, and yearning – like actually aching – to be able to ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #79: Geum 'Tangerine'
By Michael
Nov 9, 2021

There’s been a twenty-or-so year hiatus in my growing of Geum ‘Tangerine’.  Now I have it back, I wonder how I survived without it. According to the Woodbridge nursery website, it was Dennis No ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #78: Tulbaghia 'Fairy Star'
By Michael
Nov 2, 2021

I’m a rather reluctant fan of Tulbaghia ‘Fairy Star’.  Why reluctant? Firstly, there’s that truly horrid, simpering name.  Secondly, I rarely see ‘miniaturising’ of any plant as adding t ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #77: Malus toringoides
By Michael
Oct 26, 2021

Quick one today, as there’s not a lot to say.  I’ll let the pics do most of the talking. Everyone knows the crabapples, and if you’re after a white flowering one, you’re kind of spoiled for c ...