Winter Plant Protection - June Garden To-Do List
Violets are a winter joy. Make a border of violets or plant in clumps in a bed. Runners can be taken easily from a friend's garden. Contrary to belief, they flower prolifically in full winter sun. Before planting, add plenty of humus to good soil ... [... more]
Better Homes & Gardens Australia |
Australian Plant Image Index
The Australian National Botanic Gardens manages a large collection of photographs and other illustrations of its activities and Australian botany. The bulk of the collection consists of identified Australian plant species, but there is also a ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Piggyback Plant
A bushy, evergreen foliage plant reaching about 35cm. It has a bushy, clump-forming, spreading habit and its long-stalked mid to light green leaves are soft, heart-shaped or rounded and covered with tiny white hairs, ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Plant Quarantine Station To Boost Fruit Tree Imports
With some rootstocks the evaluation process can take 10 years before the new material is ready for planting out. Plant material is brought into the country after it has been cleared by MAF-accredited nurseries overseas. The Pakowhai quarantine ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Plant Health Of Greenhouse Capsicums
Mechanically transmitted viruses can be spread by knives, hands, clothing, boxes, etc. Viruses can stay alive for over a year in living and dead plant material e.g. in seed, old plant or roots parts in the system, or ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Biotechnology Aids Plant Breeding
The major challenge presently facing breeders is to shorten the length of time required to develop new cultivars. This is where the use of biotechnology can assist. The objectives of plant breeding and improvement ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Plant Nutrition And Liquid Feeding For Flowers And ...
Plant nutrition, liquid feeding, or sometimes called fertigation, is supplying feed simultaneously with water through watering equipment. Liquid feeding supplies optimum amounts of all nutrients, including trace ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
New Plant Pest A Potential Problem For Potato, Tomato Crops
MAF's national adviser on plant pest surveillance, Barney Stephenson, said it was most likely the disease got into the country through imported seed, contaminated with the viroid. But it had proven difficult to find common factors in the seed ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Plant Photographs
For close up, flowers, fruit, whole plant, best of name (a subjective choice) click check boxes. If no boxes are checked all relevant photos from the Index will be found. No fields are mandatory but please exercise care in the structure of ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
The Centre For Plant Biodiversity Research
A collaborative venture between the Department of the Environment and Water Resources's Australian National Botanic Gardens and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization's Division of Plant Industry. Botanical Research, ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Plant Labels
Aluminium tags - computer generated embossed tags, fixed to the plant or to a stake at its base, recording plant name and propagation number associated with stocktake. The dimentions of the tags are 115mm x 22mm, about 0.5mm thick. Rockery labels ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Bibliography Of Plant Identification
Useful references to help in identifying native and introduced plants and finding out about the Australian flora. Myrtaceae (incl. eucalypts, melaleucas, callistemons (bottle-brushes), leptospermums (ti-trees)) Cryptogams (mosses, lichens, ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
