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Digging Deeper - Moggies and Muts... Scram!
Green Fingers AU — 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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Roses: Australia's Favourite Floribunda Roses
Green Fingers AU — 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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Malcolm Campbell Talks at Homebush Sydney 2003
Green Fingers AU — 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 - Tall Bearded Iris
Green Fingers AU — Tall bearded Irises are evergreen herbaceous plants with swollen rhizomes that develop at the surface, as opposed to the bulbous Iris species that seasonally produce dormant bulbs. The tall bearded varieties and cultivars flower from Mid ...More…
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Digging Deeper - Tillandsias
Green Fingers AU — Tillandsia is a genera of Bromeliads predominantly from South America. You will recognise at least one Bromeliad as the "Pineapple" and may know of at least one Tillandsia as "Spanish Moss", Tillandsia usneoides which drapes ...More…
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Digging Deeper - Bulbs: How to keep them healthy
Green Fingers AU — 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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Digging Deeper - Perennials: Means work!
Green Fingers AU — 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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Digging Deeper - Fruits & Nuts
Green Fingers AU — 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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Tomatoes:So you want to grow Tomatoes?
Green Fingers AU — * 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
Green Fingers AU — 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 - Kids Gardening
Green Fingers AU — 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 - citrus deficiencies
Green Fingers AU — 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 ...More…