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Australia's Best Shed Competition
Burke's Backyard — For the terms and conditions for our competition, click here For the full details of the Trojan Tools to be won in the Best Shed competition, click here For photos of some of the entries so far, click hereMore…
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Carrot growing tips & recipes
Burke's Backyard — Carrots are one of the best vegies you can get kids started with in the garden. They don't take up much space, either, so even if you have only a small patch of sunny ground available, you can get a small crop of carrots growing. Carrots (Daucus ...More…
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Nasturtium - Plant of the week
Burke's Backyard — This wonderful plant is often taken for granted. As well as producing brightly coloured, cheerful flowers, it is the ideal plant for a child's first garden. The seeds are large and easily handled by little fingers, and the plants are easy to ...More…
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Wonga-wonga Vine
Burke's Backyard — The Wonga-wonga vine, (Pandorea pandorana), is a fast-growing Australian native climbing plant. It can be found in eastern Australia from Queensland to Tasmania growing vigorously over tall trees. It is also a spectacular garden plant. Pandorea ...More…
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White Potato Creeper
Burke's Backyard — This week's Plant of the Week is the white potato creeper. A member of the Solanaceae or nightshade family, it is a classic, widely used plant in Australian gardens that perhaps should be used even more. Description: A moderately vigorous, ...More…
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Sweet Peas in Pot
Burke's Backyard — Don showed how easy it is to pot up some dwarf sweet peas for an impressive result. Sweet pea seeds are traditionally sown on St. Patrick's Day (March 17), but in cool climates they can be sown in August and September. At this time of year sweet ...More…
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Orange Trumpet Creeper
Burke's Backyard — There is one climber which, when it flowers, seems to attract more interest than just about any other. It's commonly known as the orange trumpet creeper or Pyrostegia venusta. Pyrostegia venusta. It is a member of the Bignonia family ...More…
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Orange Trumpet Creeper
Burke's Backyard — The orange trumpet creeper is a South American native which puts on a spectacular display of brilliant orange flowers from winter through to spring. The genus name is from the Greek and refers to the colour of the flowers (pyro = flame and stege ...More…
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Native Wisteria
Burke's Backyard — Japanese or Chinese wisterias are stunningly beautiful plants, but they do have limitations. Some gardeners don't like the fact that they lose their leaves in winter, and they don't really suit planting schemes featuring Australian natives. The .. ...More…
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Muehlenbeckia
Burke's Backyard — Paula O'Hara planted a climber (Muehlenbeckia complexa) on an ugly, cyclone wire fence. In just 12 months the vine had almost covered the fence, and in three years she had an 'instant' hedge! The only problem is that muehlenbeckia is very ...More…
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Mandevilla 'White Fantasy'
Burke's Backyard — Don looked at an outstanding new hybrid mandevilla bred in Japan. 'White Fantasy' has gorgeous white flowers with just a touch of pink in the bud. Mandevilla 'White Fantasy' (a hybrid of Mandevilla boliviensis) A moderately vigorous ...More…
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Grape Vine
Burke's Backyard — Don looked at two climbers that will give sunshine in winter and shade in summer, as well as fabulous autumn colour. A vigorous, self-clinging deciduous climber, which adheres firmly to slightly rough surfaces by means of disc-shaped suckers at ...More…