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Isopogon Formosus

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:47:10 +0000

Isopogon Formosus is a plant that you probably won’t find in many plant nurseries. It’s mainly restricted to Australian Native Plant nurseries probably because it can be considered in some circles to be difficult to grow. I’d successfully grown it before in my last garden so when I came across it about a year ago [...]

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Eremophila “Eyre Princess”

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:03:25 +0000

Eremophilas would have to one one of my favourite garden plants and one of my favourite Eremophilas would have to be Eremophila “Eyre Princess”. It’s now the beginning of spring in Melbourne and my Eremophila “Eyre Princess” is now at the height of it’s flowering season. At the moment it is just covered in purplely, [...]

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Alyogyne Huegelii

debbie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:05:08 +0000

Alyogyne Huegelii, aka the Native Hibiscus, is a shrub that you see from time to time in nurseries but rarely see in home gardens. I’ve often found this quite surprising though as it’s has so many great things going for it. It grows naturally in sandy and gravelly soils in arid areas of Western Australia. [...]

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Grevillea Rosmarinifolia

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:31:16 +0000

Yesterday a reader left a comment about Grevillea Rosmarinifolia on my article, Grevillea, How to grow. “I want to plant a fence line with the Grevillea Rosmarinifolia as I believe they are hardy and also have spiky leaves which will provide a barrier from unwanted people climbing the fence. I will require about 100 plants [...]

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Agave

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:34:32 +0000

It wasn’t until I started my new garden that I looked at growing Agaves. After I finished landscaping my front garden I decided I only wanted to fill it with plants that could survive only on rainfall and without any supplemental watering at all (once established). This was a tall order to place on most [...]

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Agave potatorum

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:28:31 +0000

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 [...]

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Agave attenuata

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 02:24:27 +0000

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 [...]

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Alyogyne hakeifolia syn Melissa Anne

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:18:18 +0000

I’ve grown quite a few Alyogyne hakeifolias over the years. The best feature of this Alyogyne would have to be the deep purple tulip type flowers which occur on mass over summer. There aren’t many plants around that actually flower this well over summer so it may quite possibly be the only plant you may [...]

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Eremophila Calorhabdos

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:45:09 +0000

One of the main reasons I like Eremophila Calorhabdos is because it is one of those plants that looks great even when it’s not in flower. That is of course if you follow one golden rule. You have to prune it. Nearly all Australian native plants look a lot neater and tidier when pruned after [...]

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Banksia Ericifolia

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 26 May 2009 06:12:39 +0000

There are several varieties and subspecies of Banksia Ericifolia that are available in nurseries today. Some are more garden worthy than others. In my last garden I grew two different varieties. The first was a variety called “Little Eric”. This was a great little Banksia that only grows to about 1.5 m in height with [...]

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My 7 Favourite Drought Tolerant, Australian Natives Plants.

Rebel Gardener — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:58:31 +0000

The words “drought tolerant plants” have different meaning to different gardeners. I once knew a gardener who believed if a plant was considered to be drought tolerant it meant that once you’d planted it you could then walk away and never have to water it again. The funny thing about it, in some respects this [...]

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Grevillea Thelemanniana

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:24:40 +0000

Grevillea Thelemanniana grey leaf form. I found this little Grevillea growing in my garden recently that I’d forgot that I’d planted nearly 3 years ago. An Eremophila ground cover had grown to cover about half of it and it wasn’t until the Grevillea started to flower that I really noticed it. Most of the other [...]

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Grevilleas – Drought Tolerant Plants

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 16 May 2009 04:08:59 +0000

Nearly all Grevilleas can be classified as Drought Tolerant Plants but some are even more Drought Tolerant than the rest. Grevilleas have long had a reputation as being drought tolerant plants. Mostly all the 300 plus species are native to Australia which is a continent well known as one of the driest continents on the [...]

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Grevilleas

Rebel Gardener — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:59:15 +0000

Grevilleas – some of the myths exposed. Grevilleas are a plant that have been used it gardens and landscaping for many years and despite this it still amazes me as to how many misconceptions there are about growing them, especially in the home garden. They are a genus of plants that grow mostly on the [...]

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Eremophilas

Rebel Gardener — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:09:15 +0000

Eremophila, a very under rated Garden Plant I never really appreciated what a great little garden plant the Eremophila was until I accidentally contaminated my garden soil with Phosphorus and killed most of my Banksias, Grevilleas and Proteas. The summer of 2006/7 was quite dry and to make matters worse we had water restrictions in [...]

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Banksia Seminuda

Rebel Gardener — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:10:15 +0000

Banksia Seminuda, a little known Tree that is under used in Gardens. This is a Banksia that I first saw in a book about 10 years ago. I found it interesting right from the start because it was one of the few Banksias that grow into a tall tree. It had a narrow upright habit [...]

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Garden Plants

Rebel Gardener — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 23:58:13 +0000

Over the last ten years the types of plants that I’ve been interested in has broadened and developed. The part of the world where I live has now been in drought for about the last 12 years. Now when I use the word drought I use it in reference to the fact the our average [...]

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