The Camellia is by no means the first shrub that comes to mind when thinking about trees and shrubs that grow well in the subtropical regions of the world but none the less these breathtaking flowering plants do have a place in gardens in this climate zone and given the right soil preparation, location and care can be grown successfully, rewarding their owners with some of the most stunning flowers that the floral world has to offer. Continue reading The Queen of the Winter Flowers – Camellias
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Aloe Aloe!
Had the pleasure of dropping and catching up with the man behind Aloe aloe nursery – Michael Dent and this aloe was flowering right at the front gate – what a stunner ‘Capricorn’ is growing to around 1.5m.
Winter is their time to shine, producing an abundance of flowers.
Pop into your local nursery and pick up a copy of Searles About the Garden to read my article on these stunning hybrid aloes
Gallery – Floriferous Natives for Urban Gardens
This is a busy shrub growing around 2m. It bears yellow pea shaped flowers with red markings.
This is the pink form of rice flower commonly used in flower arrangemenst it also makes a great backyard shrub. Comes in white also.
The Hovea is a fast growing shrub to 2m bearing purple pea shaped flowers in spring.
hebaceous perennial bearing the infamous papery daisy-like flowers in a range of colours.
This particular tea tree cultivar is a favourite amongst many a home gardener for it’s delicate pink flowers. Growing to around 1.5m.
A wonderfully hardy native shrub growing 1m. it also comes in a pink and a white flowering form.
Growing to around 6m the flowers are actually white and it is the calyxes that appear afterwards that are red.
This iconic Australian native flowering plant can be grown in the subtropics if given excellent drainage and good airflow around the plant itself.
Thryptomene saxicola ‘F. C. Payne’
Compost Tea, Pomegranates and Spurtopia!
A bumper crop of clips here across two episodes!
How to make compost tea
Pomegranate woes – looking at fruit that has split and soft sunken patches.
Visiting an urban edible paradise in Brisbane’s inner city suburb of New Farm ‘Spurtopia”
Continue reading Compost Tea, Pomegranates and Spurtopia!
The Coucals of Mt Crosby
Here I visit the wonderful garden of Jan and Jim Flannigan “The Coucals of Mt Crosby’ in the western suburbs of Brisbane. Continue reading The Coucals of Mt Crosby
Claire Bickle 