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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
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
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 gratef

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 ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #37: Cistus x argenteus ‘Silver Pink’
By Michael
Nov 10, 2020

I don’t know how or why I first acquired, much less planted, three Cistus ‘Silver Pink’.  I know that I had absolutely no interest in, or attraction to them.  The only cistuses I loved were wh ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #36: Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus
By Michael
Nov 3, 2020

I here confess that despite my best intentions to maintain an objectivity when it comes to plants and their merits, there have been a few influences in my life that simply override my best attempts, o ...

PLANT OF THE WEEK #35: Fothergilla major
By Ashley Awramenko
Oct 27, 2020

I was first introduced to the beauty of Fothergilla major by the late gardener Colin Little, who regularly opened his stunning Dandenong Ranges garden ‘Hillcrest’, located in Sherbrooke, Victoria, ...