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GROW WHAT WHERE – A BRILLIANT GARDEN REFERENCE

Rebel Gardener — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 02:58:48 +0000

If you’d like to discover the Magic of Australian Native Plants then GROW WHAT WHERE will make your Plant Selection Simple and Easy so you Can’t Go Wrong . . When I first came across the gardening book “Grow What Where” it was at a very opportune time. We’d just bought a new house that [...]

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Clay Soil

Rebel Gardener — Thu, 20 May 2010 06:09:09 +0000

Gardening in Clay Soil is often regarded as somewhat of a handicap by most gardeners, especially those gardeners that have preference for growing plants that do require a well drained soil. Most of the popular West Australian natives and South African Proteas that naturally grow in sand and well draining gravels and loams have a [...]

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Callistemon salignus

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:31:34 +0000

Callistemon salignus is a bottlebrush that is probably the least spectacular of the bottlebrushes when in flower. The reason why I’ve included it here is because it has so many other special qualities. It grows fairly vigorously, it is very drought tolerant, can be grown in heavy soils that don’t drain very well and the [...]

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