Tart Cherries: A Hardy Fruit Crop For New Zealand
Tart cherries (Prunus cerasus) are widely grown in Europe (particularly Eastern Europe) and North America. Each of these regions produces a different type of tart cherry. In Europe, most tart cherries are of the Ripe fruit of Schattenmorelle at ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Convolvulus - Plant of the Week
Convolvulus mauritanicus is one of those plants that always does a good job. It is hardy, attractive, humble and very giving. Common name: convolvulus (not often called by its common name, 'bindweed') Description: Trailing perennial with small, ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Garden Express Offer - Agapanthus Black Pantha
Whilst Agapanthus can be wildly self seeding in some areas, they are a tough hardy plant that simply manages to survive in other areas with the harshest conditions. One new hybrid variety however has been cleared for planting in any garden, its ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Garden Express Offer Mondo Grass Borders
A ripper little border plant is the Dwarf Japanese Mondo Grass. It is really hardy, is easy to care for and is an easy way to delineate your garden beds from your pathways. Thanks to the Guru's friends at Garden Express Garden Gurus viewers can ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Gerbera
Hardy perennial with large (8-10cm) daisy-like flowers on 30-40cm stems emerging from a rosette of long large leaves. The flowering period is from late spring into autumn. Flowers come in singles or doubles with colours ranging from red, pink, ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Dwarf Sacred Bamboo
This plant is not a bamboo but a dwarf form of Nandina domestica, which grows naturally in Japan, China and south-east Asia through to eastern India. This little shrub is very tough and hardy - it almost seems to thrive on neglect! A low, rounded ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Verbena
Hardy, colourful trailing perennial that requires little attention and flowers throughout spring and summer. Flowers display in round flower heads of tightly-packed, single blooms. Colours include mauve, purple, pink, white and red, and often ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Print fact sheet - Camellias
Camellias are amongst the world's best flowering plants. They are hardy and disease resistant, most varieties have attractive, glossy green foliage, and they put on their fabulous flower display in the cooler months of the year when the rest of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Eutaxia Obovata
A hardy, compact evergreen shrub (30cm tall x 1m spread) with attractive yellow and brown pea shaped flowers in spring. A somewhat larger (1.5m tall x 2m spread), orange-red variety is also available. Requires a well-drained situation with a ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Callistemon
Shrubs or small trees (2-6 m) with brush-like flowers in shades of cream, yellow, pink and red. The attractive flowers are rich in nectar and attract insects and honey-eating birds to your garden. It is a very hardy plant and adaptable to both ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Print fact sheet - Foxhounds
Although this is a dog most people recognise, the Foxhound is quite rare in Australia. It's the dog seen in so many British shows and fox hunts. No significant diseases recorded Very hardy and sound animal. Foxhounds may have up to 10 puppies a ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Irish Draught Horses
Ireland's soil, climate and culture makes it one of the most horse friendly places on earth. The Irish Draught Horse benefitted greatly from these conditions and has evolved into a hardy versatile horse with a spirited but gentle ... [... more]
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