WHAT? Coriander actually has a purpose?
Coriander actually has two purposes, making your tastebuds zing, I’m team coriander and attracting beneficial insects to our garden.
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Dirty Clothes can lead to Healthy Garden
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So it's no surprise my laundry and home cleaning is garden orientated. Laundry, Cleaning... Garden? How does this even happen.
Read MorePassionate about Passionfruit
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Trevallan stocks Passionfruit Panama Red and Gold through the warmer months of the year. This is one of the easiest fruiting plants to grow that will always repay you in kind with an abundance of fruit, no matter where you live.
Read MoreThe best way to eat Mulberries is Naked
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Mulberries can be trimmed to keep them manageable or left to grow wildly huge in your yard. There is nothing better in life than sitting under a mulberry tree, stuffing your face with juicy red mulberries. If you do decide to trim, leave your trimming to late autumn as the fruit will be on the new growth come spring.
Read MoreGrowing Nectarines in Ipswich
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The first nectarine was grown spontaneously as a bud sport. Which means that it grew morphologically different from the rest of the plant, which was a Peach tree. The basic difference is that Peaches have a fuzzy skin, while in Nectarines the fuzzy skin gene is recessive. Trevallan usually stocks Sunnybelle Nectarines, a low chill variety.
Read MoreElaeocarpus
Elaeocarpus are one of my all time favourite native tree speices. Two of my favourite cultivars for home gardens are Elaeocarpus reticulatus Prima Donna and Elaeocarpus eumundi.
Read MoreLeptospermums - Spoilt for Choice
Easy to grow, exceptionally hardy Australian native is happy in full sun to light shade. It can handle most soils and once established will handle a little dry and a light frost. Plus flowers are brilliant wildlife attractors
Read MoreLeptospermums - Aussie Blossom Range
The Aussie Blossom Range is a beautiful range of Leptospermums that have masses of stunning flowers in a range of pink shades that cover the bush for about 8-10 weeks in winter and early spring.
Read MoreBackhousia citriodora
Lemon Myrtle (Backhousia citriodora) is an absolute delight for any garden. It is a small growing tree (around 3-5m) with leaves that release a strong lemon scent when crushed or after rain. I love breaking off a few and throwing them on the lawn before I mow. It makes mowing so much more enjoyable!
Read MoreMy Flowers bring all the Bees to the Yard
Here are a list of some of my favourite bee attracting plants. When I say bee I mean all bees. Some plants will attract European bees and some will attract native bees. I don’t discriminate, I love them all and want all of them visiting my garden! This list is not exhaustive it’s just a list to get you started.
Read MoreMacadamia tetraphylla
Macadamia tetraphylla is native to southern Queensland and northern New South Wales and is now classed as a vulnerable in the wild. Macadamia tetraphylla has a higher sugar content than Macadamia integrifolia. Having a higher sugar content makes it really yummy when eaten raw but can lead to burning when used in baking.
Read MoreBeaded Chandeliers and Gourds
Sharon walked into the shop one day, jeans, boots and work shirt. She looked like she’d rode into town on her horse. I soon found out she’d been out working her horses all that morning. She tentatively asked if I’d like to see some of her work, she described them as hanging ornaments…. what she showed me blew me away.
Beaded Chandeliers was a more adapt description. Made from recycled necklaces and special beads. Each piece handmade and designed even the wrought iron holders were made by Sharon’s friend especially for her chandeliers.
These Chandeliers are so hard to photographer so I can’t ever really show you the true beauty of them but here is a little video of them … I have mine situated near a lamp and at night I love watching the shadows play on my walls.
Alocasias
Alocasias are fast becoming a must have indoor plant. You will need a bright or really well lit area in your home for these babies. They tend to turn their leaves to face the light, so not great for dark areas.
Read MoreAnthurium ambianum
Most anthuriums we see today are a form of Anthurium ambianum. This form can handle the cool (though it hates the frost) and low-light conditions. In warmer areas, these grow well outside in the full shade or you can grow them indoors.
Read MorePhilodendron Mican
I love Philodendron Micans as they have lovely deep green almost black velvety, heart-shaped leaves that are iridescent. On the backside is a deep beautiful red colour. t. It loves hanging down from the top of a bookshelf and being forgotten about but I’m also training one up a coir fibre pole as it’s perfect for skinny places in home where I need height without bulk.
Read MoreRhaphidophora decursiva, Dragons Tail
Rhaphidophora decursiva. In it’s native environment it climbs up things like trees and rocks using its aerial roots to grip to the trunks or surfaces of rocks. In a pot inside I suggest you get a chunky iron bark stake or a nice trellis for it to climb up. We had a stake at home and ours has twinned itself around it, to form a thick green pole.
Read MoreMuehlenbeckia platyclada
Muehlenbeckia platyclada comes from the tropical regions of New Guinea and Solman Islands. In its natural habitat it can handle sun but needs lots of moisture and humidity. I have found an exceptionally well lit indoor spot is perfect for this plant.
Read MoreRhipsalis Disocactus
Rhipsalis are an interesting plant as it’s belongs to the cacti genus but don’t really behave how we would expect a cactus to behave. They hate full sun, the much prefer a warm shady spot and they like a little moisture around them. In their natural habitat you would find them in the tree canopy. So I find growing them inside, in a small pot in which they can ultimately hang down the sides is perfect.
Read MoreMonstera adansonii
Monstera adansonii and Monstera adansonii ‘Monkey Mask’, Both of these adansonii’s have dark green leaves’ that have small holes inside the leaf literally looking like a piece of Swiss cheese.
Read MoreFicus elastica
Ficus elastica is in my eyes a brilliant indoor plant and for me no where near as temperamental as the fiddle leaf. It’s one that was showing it’s worth when house plants were cool in the 70s.
Like all ficus, these bad boys are grown to make a statement. Huge glossy leaves make this plant look fake or too perfect.
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