Archive for the 'General' Category

I had an email today giving the new site for the ASGAP (Association of Societies for Growing Australian Plants) Web site. One item of news interested me. There is now a site where one can track down Australian native plants by their common name. Some people are critical of the use of scientific names for [...]

I have been quite surprised at the number of species which will germinate in the winter. I thought I had actually lost the seeds as they were put in so late. It is amazing that chilling actually will stimulate germination. At the moment I have a packet of Callitris canescens (preissii subspecies canescens, I think) [...]

At long last IT Whiz Son is in the process of helping me to put photos on the blog . He also showed me how to do these Smileys!
I offered the inducement, with tongue in cheek, of a chocolate cake by snail mail as a huge hint that I would like this. I was [...]

I am beginning to think that variegated plants are not as frost tolerant as their plain leaved relatives. The variegated form of Pandorea jasminoides looks a little the worse for wear at the moment. The upper leaves look ’soggy’ compared to the older leaves and the plain Pandorea in the pot next to it has [...]

Ian Roberts, the artist who runs Medika Gallery, runs a Bed and Breakfast cottage called Windmill Cottage situated between Blyth and Clare. He gave us a map to find it in order to admire the view and check out his arboretum.
What a great place. The view over the Balaklava Plains was marvellous. It was a [...]