Cape ivy (Delairea odorata, formerly Senecio mikanioides)
Cape ivy is a non-woody vine with thin but slightly fleshy, glossy leaves with angular lobes. The flowers are yellow and daisy-like, but lacking conspicuous petals, sweet-scented, and are produced in winter or early spring. Seed is small, with a ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Clipped Ivy
Some very common plants or 'garden workhorses' can look special when clipped and pruned into interesting shapes. A good example is Hedera canariensis, a species of ivy native to Tunisia and Algeria. A vigorous, evergreen, woody-stemmed climber, ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Recipe for Rhubarb Spray
As our confidence grows in the garden, it is amazing what can be achieved with some of the easiest to grow plants around. Few would dispute that ivy is un-killable and many people would never plant it in a million years but if you knew how good ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Invasive Plants Hint
One thing we all need to be a bit careful of is garden plants that become invasive and move into other peoples properties or into our natural bush land. Classic examples include Ivy (Hedera helix) which can be really invasive, the Cotoneaster ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Laura McGee Kvasnosky
Written by Laura McGee Kvasnosky, Illustrated by Laura McGee Kvasnosky The fabulous fox sisters return in three fresh, funny stories. This... Eugene has just moved in next door, and Zelda and Ivy are happy to find a new playmate. But with three ... [... more]
Random House |
Ronald Glassman
Ronald Glassman, Ph.D., M.P.H., is director and founder of the Ivy League Clinical Hypnosis Center in Manhattan and Mountainside, New Jersey, and is currently a visiting scientist and guest lecturer at Columbia University Medical School. He lives ... [... more]
Random House |
Ivy Compton-Burnett
A radical thinker, one of the rare modern heretics, said Mary McCarthy of Ivy Compton-Burnett, in whose austere, savage, and bitingly funny novels anything can happen and no one will ever escape. The long, endlessly surprising conversational ... [... more]
Random House |
Ivy Ruckman
Ivy Ruckman is the award-winning author of 14 novels for young readers. Rob: Don't worry. I'm weird, but I'm not dangerous. And I won't send you ads. P.J. Petersen and Ivy Ruckman TO: ALL OUR READERS From: Rob & Sara Subject: Our Story [... more]
Random House |
Geranium - Pelargonium
These evergreen bushy plants are commonly known by the name of ‘Geranium’. Botanically speaking, however, they are actually Pelargoniums. Ivy shaped leaves and snow white, pink or red flowers in spring and summer. Great as a small climbing plant, ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
English ivy (Hedera helix)
English ivy climbs up tree trunks, clinging by small clusters of aerial roots to the bark, unlike most climbers which have twining stems or tendrils. It has 3 lobed leaves, which are thin-textured and only slightly glossy, often with a slight ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Wheelie Bin Covers
As practical as they are, most people would agree that garbage bins are an unattractive addition to the garden - until now. Our House checks out the latest in garden design - wheelie bin covers. From ivy to conifer hedges, fields of flowers or ... [... more]
NineMSN OurHouse |
Weeds in the Bush
If you live in a bushland area or have a bush garden, be on the lookout for exotic weed seedlings. Things like English ivy (Hedera helix), wild asparagus fern (Protoasparagus aethiopicus), broad-leaved privet (Ligustrum lucidum), small-leaved ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
