Flowering Plum
Prunus x blireana is one of the best spring flowering blossom trees. It is a cross between the cherry plum of the Middle East and the winter flowering plum of China and Japan. It is a deciduous tree growing to around 5m (15') tall, with slender, ... [... more]
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Best Azaleas
Azaleas are among the most popular and best flowering shrubs in the world. They grow well in most areas of Australia, from Brisbane to Perth and south and are a feature of many spring gardens. There are thousands of varieties of azaleas most of ... [... more]
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New Flowering Cherries
Don looked at a new flowering cherry, Prunus 'Millennium Sunset', which has been developed at the University of Western Sydney. This is the first release in what is hoped will be a whole series of early flowering and low chill stone fruit, ... [... more]
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Bonzer Bromeliads
Bromeliads would have to be one of the most diverse group of plants that are available to the home gardener. There are at least 46 different species in the whole group, all with different growth habits and shapes and flowering forms. They all ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Chinese Flowering Cabbage/Choy Sum
Choy Sum are perhaps the commonest form of Chinese greens sold in greengrocery, and are distinguished by the small yellow flowering heads that protrude from the bunch of leaves. the leaves are yellowy-green: distinguishable from Chinese Broccoli ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
Creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
A spreading groundcover, which can form extensive mats in wet areas. Leaves are divided into three toothed or lobed segments, often with pale markings towards the base of the segments, usually on a long leaf stalk (up to 35cm). Flowering stems ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Your Garden Questions Answered and Mitre 10 Competition
This week Neville had the answer to all those problems springing up now that winter is over. Is your passionfruit flowering but not producing fruit? Watering the plant overhead washes out the pollen so the solution is to water down below. Weeds ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Waterwise Flowering Plants
Having a waterwise garden doesn't mean it has to be dull. Quite the opposite. Kim takes a look at a whole range of plants that will add colour and interest to your garden without the need for lots and lots of water. Regular watering is really ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Early Spring Flowering Plants
The Burke's Backyard Spring Special features the following plants. Rhododendrons are one of the world's most beautiful cold climate flowering plants. There are between 800 and 900 different wild kinds of rhododendrons, as well as thousands of ... [... more]
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Azalea Sports
Burke's Backyard receives letters about confusing flowering plants that have two different coloured flowers on the one bush. For example an azalea may have magenta purple flowers with one branch of whitish flowers with a magenta purple edge. The ... [... more]
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Garden Express Offer: Spring Flowering Bulbs
Arguably the most exciting time of the year in the garden is during the spring. Particularly when all of the bulbs that you planted in the autumn put on their glorious show. Garden Express has put together a fabulous early bird offer on spring ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Flowering Peaches
The flowering peach, Prunus persica, was thought to have originated in Persia, hence its species name 'persica'. However, it has long been the subject of Chinese poetry, art and tradition, and may well have been brought into cultivation in China ... [... more]
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