I bought two punnets of flower seedlings 3 days agoAlready forgotten what they are. Petunias or Pansies. Each punnet set me back 20 cents. Potted them up. We will see if they survive and thrive. (2)
Wow, what a wonderful rose bush.Well, it will grow back in 6 months. What it was was 1.5 cubic metres of mass entanglement. It has taken me 3 weeks to cut back to the bare bones, and let me tell you, this bush was anything but happy about the short back and sides I inflicted upon... See More » (1)
Today the temperature reached 40 degreesMy suburb was 105 degrees. Tomorrow I am off down south to Mandurah for a week. I have several Geraniums in small pots outside. In the summer, these plants need watering twice a day as they are subject to the full force of the afternoon sun for at... See More » (1)
So much for preserving hollow bearing treesAn estimated 670 trees were bulldozed from a roadside north of Mudgee, displacing dozens of native birds and chicks. I really detest Governments that allow this wanton destruction.... See More »
A Grass Tree - Xanthorrhoea preissii, with 4 flower spikesThe flowering spikes can reach 4 metres - 13 feet. With thousands of flowers per spike. Some of these Grass Trees can live for 600 years Flower Spikes predominately grow vertically These ones liked to buck the norm Flowers of the Grass Tree. (5)
Some Plant facts for you.The Elephant grass found in Africa is named so as it is 4.5 meters high and even elephants can hide in it. Eating lots of onions will make you sleepy, as it acts as a sedative. Vanilla flavouring comes from the pod of an orchid, Vanilla planifolia.... See More »
These Norfolk Island Pines Trees were healthy 18 months agoLook at them now. Dropping needles. They are in a reticulated park so it cannot be drought stress. This is how they should look. These ones are less than a kilometre away (5)
