ROOTS OF HOPE
The strong winds of winter often play havoc with our quicker growing trees. Because they grow so rapidly, they also, often, grow quite weakly....
TIS THE SEASON TO BE BERRY
We usually think of splashes of bright red berries burning through a frosty wintry scene but, although – thankfully – we don't get much...
SMALL POTS BUT BIG POWER PART 2
Following on from last month's article on more unusual herbs that cure, here is part 2. We have these plants, mentioned in the two...
SMALL POTS BUT BIG POWER PART 1!
I find the world of medical herbs fascinating. We had such a cornucopia of medicines all around us for thousands of years – Mother...
STUNNINGLY STONED!
As the lush growth of springtime slowly shrivels away during the summer, by now, we are often left with the backbones of our gardens....
THAT AESTIVATING FEELING
We all know that feeling when the mercury edges over 35C - we just want to find as cool a corner as possible and...
DRUNKEN PARROTS AND CANDY FLOSS
Once you've lived here a while and planted all the jacarandas and mimosas you want to, it can be a little difficult to find...
A DINOSAUR OF A TREE – THE QUEENSLAND BOTTLE TREE
One of the most fantastical trees, for me, has to be the brachychitonrupestris, Queensland bottle tree or kurrajoong and, luckily, it's one...
ASUN ROSES
A couple of months back I wrote about cistus and, with summer now approaching rapidly, I thought it would be useful to look...
