Mound Springs in Arid Australia
Arid Australia is probably the last place that you would expect to find many kinds of unique freshwater animals. ARID - climate with less than 250 millimetres annual rainfall, high evaporation and sparse vegetation. SEDGES - rush or grass-like ... [... more]
Australian Museum |
Turning Soil
There are a lot of us living with a false sense of security that we are getting enough winter rainfall and therefore the garden is going to be okay. After a long hot dry summer the soil surface is not quite as wet as you would like to think. In ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Mt Lofty Botanic Gardens
If you love the changing season and autumn toned leaves, then head 15 minutes up the freeway and visit the best cool climate garden in the state. The higher rainfall and acidic soils makes Mount Lofty Botanic Gardens the ideal place for growing ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Fertile Soil
The Bay of Plenty is one of the most fertile regions on the planet and the reason is in the soil. These are deep, rich, volcanic ash soils that receive incredible rainfall, between 1.2m to 1.8m per year. This is a great thing as far as kiwi fruit ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Westbrook Garden
Imagine having to create a garden on a steep, rocky hillside with very little soil, low rainfall and no town water. Against all the odds, Chris Coffey enthusiastically accepted the challenge of landscaping 1.5 hectares (3.5 acres) of land in the ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Symptoms associated with non-nutritional disorders
Symptoms associated with non-nutritional disorders - Drought stress, Bacterial leaf spot, Low temperature. Kiwifruit require a well distributed rainfall and high humidity36. A recent estimate of the amount of water transpired by mature kiwifruit ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
The 1998/99 trials
Calcium Chloride is showing good potential as a treatment for reducing rain cracking of cherries Calcium Chloride (CaCl2) solution, when applied in response to rainfall, reduced the level of cracking on cherries for two seasons on Central Otago ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Print fact sheet - Root Rot
One of the banksias (Banksia serrata) in Don's garden has died. In recent months high humidity and heavy rainfall in many areas of Australia have made plants in the protea family, such as banksias, proteas and grevilleas, very vulnerable to root ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Tropical Pitcher Plants
Pitcher plants, or Nepenthes, are amongst the most bizarre plants in the world. There are around 90 recognised species and most grow in moist, humid areas where they receive year-round rainfall. Many can be found in Borneo, Sumatra and the ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Underwood Home
New Zealand's temperate climate and good rainfall makes it the perfect environment for establishing plants and this is why it has some of the worlds most beautiful gardens. Helen and Peter Underwood's hectare of gardening bliss is located in the ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
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