Grouping Yellows
A great ornamental plant for the garden is Golden diosma (Coleonema pulchellum 'Sunset Gold') which grows as a low bush to 1m (3') with bright yellow foliage and pink starry flowers. But it can be difficult to fit golden plants such as this into ... [... more]
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Mickey Mouse Bush
This South African native was once a very popular ornamental plant, but it's now a serious bushland weed in some areas of Australia. An evergreen shrub to 2m (6') tall. Ochna has glossy green leaves with wavy, finely serrated edges and bronze new ... [... more]
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Roly Poly Satinash
A native of the wet tropical rainforests between Townsville and Cooktown, the graceful roly poly satinash is an outstanding ornamental plant. It has glorious weeping foliage highlighted by flushes of red to pink new growth for most of the year. ... [... more]
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HortNews - Chilean Guava Rehabilitated As NZ Berry Bush
The chilean guava - a fruit once favoured by Queen Victoria - is being rehabilitated as a crop in New Zealand, where it has been grown for more than a century as an ornamental plant. DUNEDIN 27/8/2001 - The chilean guava - a fruit once favoured ... [... more]
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General control strategies
Fire blight is a disease caused by the bacterium Erwinia amylovora. It infects pears, apples and quince as well as ornamental plants of the Roseaceae family including cotoneaster, hawthorn and pyracantha. Blossoms are usually infected first and ... [... more]
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