Archive for the 'Weeds' Category

The ABC TV Gardening Australia programme tonight featured an article about Bridal Creeper, a member of the asparagus family (Asparagus asparagoides). This plant was brought into Australia as a garden plant and now is one of the most rampant and damaging weeds all over Australia.
There are a couple of patches on our block, growing in [...]

I came across a great web site whilst looking for possible garden uses for horehound. Not that we get much of it now. When we first moved here the horehound had tree trunks! After years of pulling the plants out and occasional spraying with glyphosate it is under control. A friend informed me that the [...]