The Rebel Gardener

Grevillea Pink Ice, a Gem amongst the Gravel. One of my favourite things to do where shopping for plants is to search through the “sale” plants at the back of the nursery. Not only because sometimes you can pick up a bargain but also because sometimes you can find a gem in amongst the rubbish. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Do you really need a Greenhouse or Heated Propagating trays? There are plenty of articles and websites on the internet where you can learn how to propagate plants from cuttings. Most require some degree of expertise, a greenhouse or heated propagating tray and a bit of an investment in your cost and time. But here’s [...]

This is a fantastic Grevillea that I grew once before in my last garden. It’s normally sold as Grevillea Deua Flame or just Deua Grevillea. The reason that I like it so much is that it grows fairly quickly and always seems to be covered in flowers. The other great thing about this Grevillea is [...]

Powerfeed is a fertilizer that is made by the same company that make Seasol. I use it because it was the liquid fertilizer that had the least amount of Phosphorus in it. I’d also used it before on other non Proteaceae plants but now days I mainly just use on my Proteaceae plants when they [...]

Seasol, a liquid seaweed extract used as a plant tonic. Seasol is a gardening product that I’ve been using for years and as far as I’m concerned it’s my No 1 gardening accessory. It’s made from seaweed extract and it’s basically a tonic (not a fertilizer) for plants. It helps make your plants more resistant [...]