22 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 22nd November 2025
Some time before 2020 (exact date unknown) I potted up some tiger grass (Thysanolaena latifolia) in a 9 L Air-Pot. More for the aesthetic than for root development as I really like the look of Air-Pot containe..
21 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 21st November 2025
I like to grow saffron in a 38 L Air-Pot. The 20 L Air-Pot works too but you can’t fit as many in :)
Mind you, when I first began with just three corms, I grew each one in its own 3 L Air-Pot as a hedge agains..
20 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 20th November 2025
I still don’t know why, but several of my potted citrus all decided to die together. It was very gradual and I wondered if the compost I had top-dressed them with was compromised in some way. Yet that didn’t e..
17 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Günter
First published 17th November 2025
This post was inspired by Günter, who both gave me these cuttings and provided all the following information and photos — thank you Günter!
Maybe you are reading this because, like me, you have never been able to grow drago..
01 Nov
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Title image above is copyright © Günter
First published 1st November 2025
Dragon Fruit ‘Purple Haze’ (Selenicereus guatemalensis × Selenicereus undatus) Rooted Cutting
Family: Cactaceae (the cactus family)
Genus: Selenicereus (includes several dragon fruit species)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Selen..
20 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Rob
First published 20th October 2025
Hello everyone, again keeping to the format of previous newsletters:
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Item 1: Things of Beauty
The Azalea Collection is both a Thing of Beauty Item as well as the Wollongong Botanic Garden feature for this newsletter.
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20 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 20th October 2025
The series on the The Wollongong Botanic Garden continues here, this time with a photo essay on its Azalea Collection.
From their website:
This collection features plants found in Asiatic regions including Chi..
17 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Ross
First published 17th October 2025
This post was inspired by Ross, who sent me photos of his wife’s orchid and his tomato plant in Air-Pot containers.
Ross said “The orchid flowered about two weeks after planting which was very unusual.”
Orchid in 7.5 L Air-Po..
17 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 17th October 2025
This is a sequel to Don't do This, Boys and Girls! — and again, please don’t try this at home!
As mentioned in that previous post, the roots of some species will go straight through the base of an Air-Pot if al..
14 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Jonathon in Bathurst NSW
First published 14th October 2025
This post was inspired by Jonathon in Bathurst NSW.
The timing was incredible as I had just written this on what not to do with roots and Air-Pot bases. When quite by chance and with no knowledge of this, J..
09 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Robyn in Dawesville WA
First published 9th October 2025
This post was inspired by Robyn in Dawesville WA, who sent me these two photos of her Coral Gum (Eucalyptus torquata) in a 38 L Air-Pot, inside a larger, decorative pot:
Coral gum in 38 L Air-Pot Container
co..
02 Oct
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd October 2025
Updated on 17th October 2025
Some years past I set aside two young Japanese maples, each in a 4.1 L Air-Pot Small Seed Tray, to grow on to bonsai. (The bonsai training pot equivalent wasn’t a thing then).
The ro..