Tag: Gardens
Geelong Botanic Gardens
The Geelong Botanic Gardens is well over one hundred years old. A new addition to the gardens though is a very contemporary water wise garden full of some very drought tolerant plants. The garden is made of drought tolerant plants from both here in Australia and around the world. These include cactus and succulent species, [...]
Posted: June 1st, 2009 under Gardens.
Tags: agaves, aloes, Botanic Gardens, drought tolerant plants, Gardens
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Garden Plants
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 [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2009 under Garden Plants.
Tags: Australian native plant, Banksia, drought tolerant plant, Eremophila, garden plant, Gardens, Grevillea, Proteas
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Phosphorus Toxicity
Phosphorus Toxicity in Proteaceae Garden Plants This is the story about a mistake I made in my new garden that for me at the time, was about as devastating as it could get. The remarkable thing about it though was as time went on I was nearly glad that I’d made that mistake. When we [...]
Posted: April 23rd, 2009 under Phosphorus Toxicity.
Tags: Australian native plant, garden, garden plant, gardening, Gardens, phosphorus toxicity, plant, proteaceae, Proteas
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