Roses: Australia's Favourite Floribunda Roses
Floribunda roses are pretty distinctive since they mostly flower in clusters as opposed to Hybrid Tea roses (HT) that form long solitary blooms in the classical shape. Floribundas generally appeal to gardeners who grow roses for their display in ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Fruits & Nuts
The Mediterranean climate is one of the most idyllic for growing fruit and nuts. It is curious in the plant realm that you can bring alpine plants to a Mediterranean climate and they survive, you can also bring lots of tropical plants that thrive ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Kids Gardening
As a lad of 10 years of age I was given my first fruit tree to manage in my father's well tended garden. It was a large lemon tree near the chook run, that didn't grow anything under it, but it was mine. It was also the easiest way to get onto ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Growing hydroponic vegetables
Sure the idea of going into a Hydroponic supply shop seems to be only for the dope growers, but you can grow almost any plants without any soil or even soil-like media in a saturated nutrient solution, hydroponically. This may seem anathema to ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Bulbs: How to keep them healthy
Bulbs are not generally afflicted with lots of diseases or insect pest vectors. They grow rapidly flower, then die down and in doing so conserve their resources, concealing them from most insects. In common with many plants, pests and diseases ... [... more]
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Tomatoes:So you want to grow Tomatoes?
* Tomato cultivars listed by season, from very early to very late. 1 A Solanaceous history or mythology 2 Siting the home garden for the fruits of love 3 The annual program of maintenance * An alphabetical list of locally available cultivars 5 ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Planning your Garden: The Basics
There is a temptation to start a garden plan on paper or on a computer screen, but a garden really starts on the ground and when you newly acquire a garden, it pays to live with it for a while to get the feel of the seasons, before you start any ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Perennials: Means work!
When I started to plan a cottage garden for my wife Annie, I needed to rely on lots of colour and flowers early in the life of the garden so I had to rely on using annuals in great drifts. However as the garden has matured the perennials have ... [... more]
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Malcolm Campbell Talks at Homebush Sydney 2003
I was working in Sydney last week and gave lectures each day at the ABC Gardening Australia Live event at Homebush. There are three papers, selcet them from the list below to view them. 1. Up close budding grafting and rootstocks 3. Zen and the ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Fragrant Plants
Of course many plants that have fragrant flowers which are particularly attractive at night are also fragrant during the daytime. There are however many plants that seem to have a rise in the perfume levels in the late afternoon that is best ... [... more]
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Digging Deeper - citrus deficiencies
There aren't many home gardens in South Australia or in the West without a few citrus trees growing to perfection. I know the vagaries of "Fruit fly" in the Eastern states, make their growth less-than trouble-free and many wouldn't bother [... more]
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Digging Deeper - Moggies and Muts... Scram!
A few months ago the seed merchants Erica Vale Australia P/L introduced a range of seeds for cat-lovers to grow. "Cat Grass" Dactylis glomerata is claimed to provide moggie with vital nutrients and "Catnip" or Nepita cataria as anyone [... more]
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