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Australian Native Street trees 7-20mts
What started off as a ‘Lets identify this Casuarina’ turned into a full blown mission that blew our minds, of course we could have used AI, but where is the fun in that. What we found was the City of Melbourne Urban Forest website where you can find the tree you are looking at and…
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Pomaderris Elliptica: feature screening
After much sleuthing and a little bit of travel I have finally figured out which Pomaderris I saw flowering its head off in Cranbourne Botanical gardens last year. It only took a quick dash around Hobart Botanical Gardens, a few weeks ago, where I spotted it with a label! I am also guilty of planting…
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Calothamnus quadrifidus yellow : The younger sibling
This is the lesser known One sided bottlebrush, the sibling in the shadows if you will, of the very showy Calothamnus quadrifidus ‘Grey’. I love both of course, and I think this green leaf form of Calothamnus deserves to be utilised a lot more in the garden. Calothamnus quadrifidus ‘Yellow’ is a very hardy medium…
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What a Summer for Corymbia ficifolia!
This Summer of 2023 – 2024 has been extremely kind to out flowering gums, enabling them to put on a prolific show Australia wide. I’m not sure what has made them so happy, it could be adequate moisture whilst they are budding up or enough heat in the sun to make the blooms pop, whatever…
