It’s easy to get yourself totally confused and muddled when immersed in the heady world of horticulture – hybrids, cultivars, cross pollination…the list of terms goes on and on. But, there is one horticultural concept that we are hearing a lot more of – grafting, and it’s one that home gardeners need to get their [...]
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Most garden plants are propagated in nurseries, but some can be harvested from the bush: Grass trees Xanthorrhoea spp. The most common source of these plants is clear-felled logging coups. Native trees are harvested along with grass trees, ferns and orchids. The devastation caused by [...] Rainforest Rescue had its first planting day on 17 February 2008 and it was a great success. The Plant a Rainforest Day, conducted north of the Daintree River, had over 50 volunteers planting over 850 young rainforest trees in less than two hours. The planting was held on private land on Cape Tribulation Road. The owners [...] As a qualified horticulturist, soil scientist, and all-round know-it-all when it comes to plants, I am generally asked how to grow things, rather than how to kill them. But, of late, I have noticed a shift. My inbox is full of requests on how to kill an Aussie icon… the lawn. Now, normally I would [...] A lot of plants we grow in gardens can be grown easily from seed. Sometimes it’s the only way to grow the plant, such as some heirloom varieties offered by seed companies like Diggers (click here to see our information sheet on heirloom varieties). And some plants can’t be propagated any other way. Seeds themselves vary [...] A cutting is a piece of stem, a leaf, or root that develops roots when placed in suitable medium and in the right conditions. It’s very satisfying as a gardener to gently knock the potting media from a cutting after waiting and caring for it for weeks or months, and seeing a nice group of fat [...] There are thousands of wonderful garden plants available that do not threaten our unique Australian ecosystems. There are some that we definitiely need to avoid as they very effectively escape and take over our natural areas. It is often difficult for the gardener to know what is an invasive plant and what plants are OK. [...] “Garden plants are the biggest source of weeds in this country totalling 70% of Australia’s combined agricultural, noxious and natural ecosystem weeds”. (CSIRO 2005 Report ‘Jumping the Garden Fence’). Governments and volunteers dedicate enormous resources to controlling invasive plants that destroy biodiversity. Weeds in the garden create a chore that needs to be attended to in [...] Indoor plants are generally easy care plants that for one reason or another we kill on a regular basis. They are worth persisting with, though; because the best of them remove toxins from the air (see our information page ‘Benefits of Indoor Plants’ for an explanation of this). Often known only by its common name of [...] The best of indoor plants remove toxins from the air (see our information page ‘Benefits of Indoor Plants’ for an explanation of this). There are only two howeas and they are both native to Lord Howe Island. The Kentia Palm is called Thatch Palm on the island because of its use in this way. Kentia Palms were [...] |
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