Archive for 'Information'
Pruning your Alyogyne Huegelii
How to Prune Alyogyne Huegelii and other Australian Native Plants.
From time to time I get emails about pruning Australian Native Plants and the feeling I quite often get is that there are many gardeners that have a misconception that Australian Natives don’t like to be pruned.
And this really couldn’t be further from the truth. Banksias, [...]
Posted: February 26th, 2010 under Alyogyne, Pruning.
Tags: Alyogyne Huegelii, Australian native plant, Pruning
Comments: 1
Growing Agave Attenuata in a Pot
Agaves are plants that lend themselves to be easily grown in pots and Agave attenuata is no exception. Because of it’s drought tolerance it’s a plant that won’t drop dead if you forget to water it every second day over summer. Another great thing about Agave attenuata is that it’s really easy to propagate from [...]
Posted: December 20th, 2009 under Agave, repotting plants.
Tags: Agave, Agave attenuata, agaves, Propagating, repotting
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Eremophila “Big Poly”
When I first came across Eremophila Big Poly (E Bignoniiflora x E Polyclada) I thought of it more as just another addition to my collection and just grew it in a pot for about 2 years. It wasn’t until I planted it into the ground though, that it actually came into it’s own.
The first thing [...]
Posted: November 27th, 2009 under Eremophila, Hedge.
Tags: Big Poly, Bignoniiflora, drought tolerant plants, Eremophila, Eremophilas, Hedges, Polyclada, quick growing
Comments: 1
Make your own Rain Barrel
Rain Barrels are these days becoming very popular with gardeners as they come to realize the benefits of using rainwater in their garden as opposed to tap water. One important fact about rain barrels is that they can fill quite quickly with rainwater and then overflow, so in some respects they aren’t the most efficient [...]
Posted: October 15th, 2009 under Rain Barrels.
Comments: 8
How to Grow a Windbreak
Growing a windbreak can help drought proof your garden and one of the quickest ways to achieve this result is to water the plants you’ve selected as your windbreak much as possible. So what I’m doing is using water and in the case rainwater to ultimately save water in my garden.
One of the things that [...]
Posted: September 18th, 2009 under Hedge, Windbreak.
Tags: Callistemon Salignus, Harvesting Rainwater, Hedges, windbreak
Comments: none
Bonsai Bottle Tree
In my article about “How to Bonsai Australian native plants” I wrote about my Brachychiton rupestris, aka the Queensland Bottle Tree, that I’d been growing in a pot for sometime. I was contemplating turning it into a Bonsai.
Now as I’ve said before I’ve always liked Bonsai but never had the patience to do it properly. [...]
Posted: July 9th, 2009 under Bonsai, Brachychiton, Garden Plants, Information.
Tags: Bonsai, Bottle Tree, Brachychiton Rupestris
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Agave potatorum
Agave potatorum is the first Agave I ever bought, as I remember I was attracted to the bluey coloured leaves. The great thing about this Agave is that it is really easy to propagate from. It grows lots of pups and has been propagated from now about 3 times.
In the photo above the original Agave [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2009 under Agave, Garden Plants, Gems, Information, Plant Propagation.
Tags: Agave, Agave potatorum, drought tolerant plant
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Agave attenuata
Agave attenuata certainly is an Agave that has become quite popular in Australian gardens in recent times. It’s large fleshy leaves really are quite attractive. The only problem with this plant is that as it grows a trunk it tends to fall over. Because of this though it is probably best to give it some [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2009 under Agave, Garden Plants, Information, Plant Propagation.
Tags: Agave, Agave attenuata, drought tolerant plant
Comments: none
Transplanting Plants
Transplanting Plants – How to do it Correctly.
A while ago I wrote an article about how I transplanted a Grevillea Caloundra Gem and despite doing nearly everything wrong, still got a successful outcome. Today though I thought it might be much better to write about transplanting plants the correct way.
Now before I start I need [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2009 under Information, Transplanting Plants.
Tags: Bonsai, King Protea, Multicrop Plant Starter, phosphorus toxicity, Protea cynaroides, Seasol, Transplanting Plants
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Bonsai
How to Bonsai Australian Native Plants
The art of Bonsai is something that has always interested me but was something I was always reluctant to take up mainly because of my lack of patience. Recently though I came across a gardening blog with a video of a Banksia Ericifolia Bonsai. It was amazing to hear how [...]
Posted: June 18th, 2009 under Bonsai, Information.
Tags: Acacia Howittii, Banksia Aemula, Banksia Integrifolia, Banksia Serrata, Bonsai, Brachychiton Rupestris, Seasol
Comments: 2



