12 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 12th June 2025
Hello everyone, again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things of Beauty
The Lone Pine descendant is both the Thing of Beauty Item as well as the Wollongong Botanic Garden feature fo..
12 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 12th June 2025
If you love alliums (of genus Allium) — onions, garlics, leeks, shallots, chives, and garlic chives — but are unfamiliar with society garlic, you may well need to become acquainted!
The name ‘society’ garlic comes..
11 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 11th June 2025
Some strong winds recently snapped at the base a bunch of canes growing at an angle out of a tall concrete pot. Decision made: it’s processing time!
Sugarcane is typically processed anywhere between twelve and eig..
11 Jun
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First published 11th June 2025
Introduction to the Structure of Sugarcane
Sugarcane is super easy to propagate — possibly the hardest part is deciding which of the three different ways suits you best!
(There is a fourth way not covered here, an..
04 Jun
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Title image above is a still taken from a video by Sabine Hossenfelder entitled “AI Slop Is Spreading In Science, Too”
First published 4th June 2025
Science has been corrupt(ed) for ages. I can’t point to a specific decade or even century, but I know I’ve been jaded since the 90s, and I came to th..
01 Jun
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st June 2025
Botanical Bits
Botanical name: Smallanthus sonchifolius
Family: Asteraceae (the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family: includes daisies, sunflowers, Curio sp. succulents)
Growth: Herbaceous (no woody stems)
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01 Jun
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First published 1st June 2025
Yacón (Smallanthus sonchifolius)
Family: Asteraceae (the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family: includes daisies, sunflowers, Curio sp. succulents)
Genus: Smallanthus (includes Yellow Leafcup)
Botanical/Bi..
07 May
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Art piece above is copyright © Andrew McGill.
Title photo above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 7th May 2025.
Last December 2024 hubby and I had a wonderful time exploring the NSW Riverina area. The town of Lockhart abounds with sculptures, and we spent a good few hours explori..
07 May
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 3rd November 2020 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 7th May 2025.
This post is for people with small (or no) yards, or who otherwise can’t or don’t wish to set up an outdoor com..
07 May
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 7th May 2025
Iwas inspired by this local tree:
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to dig up a self-seeded bottlebrush (Melaleuca sp.) sapling by our water meter (!) and bonsai it, so into a 4.1 L Air-Pot small seed tray it went! ..
06 May
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First published 6th May 2025
On Bulbs
“Bulb” in the botany world has a very precise meaning — it is the underground stem (yes, stem) of a plant, made of fleshy leaves and used for food storage during dormancy.
A bulb is an organ. Other plant or..
01 May
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First published 1st May 2025
Saffron (Crocus sativus)
Family: Iridaceae (includes freesias, gladioli, and crocuses)
Genus: Crocus (includes crocuses)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Crocus sativus
Crocus, from Latin crocus, from Ancient Greek κρόκος..