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10 Aug Newsletter 10th August 2025
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Title image above is copyright © Helen Flynn First published 10th August 2025 Hello everyone, again keeping to the format of previous newsletters: ********* Item 1: Things of Beauty The Lone Pine descendant photographed by Helen Flynn in Victoria is one of the Things of Beauty Item for this newsle..
10 Aug Two Matchstick Bromeliad Inflorescences
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos First published 10th August 2025 Bromeliads have the most amazing infloresecences* (flower spikes*), and the inflorescence of the pink-and-blue matchstick bromeliad (Aechmea gamosepala var. gamosepala) is no exception! * A more accurate descrip..
03 Aug The Curious Nature of the Cook Pine (Araucaria columnaris)
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos First published 3rd August 2025 The Araucaria genus comprises twenty species, now native only to the southern hemisphere, though they were once worldwide from 66 to 200 million years ago. The Bunya Pine (Araucaria bidwillii) and Hoop or Moreton..
01 Aug Plant of the Month: August 2025
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos First published 1st August 2025 Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) Family: Geraniaceae (includes Geranium and Pelargonium) Genus: Geranium (includes the cranesbills (the true geraniums)) Botanical/Binomial Name: Geranium robertianum Meaning o..
01 Jul Plant of the Month: July 2025
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos First published 1st July 2025 Chinese Jujube (Ziziphus jujuba Mill.) Family: Rhamnaceae (includes buckthorns; Rhamnaceae is also known as the buckthorn family) Genus: Ziziphus (includes Indian Ber) Botanical/Binomial Name: Ziziphus jujuba Mil..
25 Jun Kel's WA Saltwater Paperbark (Melaleuca cuticularis) Bonsai in an Air-Pot Container
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Title image above is copyright © Kelly Trevisan First published 25th June 2025 Kel and I first “met” when she rang one afternoon from Queensland, to discuss Air-Pot bonsai containers and her new baby, a Western Australian Saltwater Paperbark (Melaleuca cuticularis). This was a week before Cyclone ..
25 Jun Lone Pine Descendants in Victoria
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Title image above is copyright © Helen Flynn First published 25th June 2025 Following the Lone Pine article, two pals have since shared their own sightings in Victoria of this magnificent tree. How could I not do a followup and help spread the word?! Local pal Sandra was first, seeing a tree here,..
23 Jun The Importance of Soil pH to Plant Health
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Title image above is attributed to CoolKoon [CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)] (This article was originally published 16th April 2019 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 23rd June 2025. [This post] examined the chemistry behind pH, where we saw how pH..
23 Jun The Chemistry Behind pH
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd (This article was originally published 9th April 2019 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.) First published here 23rd June 2025. Most people have a vague concept of pH in that it has something to do with acidity and alkalinity, but what exac..
22 Jun Part 2: Questions Concerning the Set-up of a Root-Pruning Container
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Title image above is copyright © Ezehelm First published 22nd June 2025 This post is my reply to Ezehelm’s questions in Part 1, in the original inline email style. Please note: the images in Part 1 are not of an Air-Pot®. The name ‘Air-Pot’ is a registered trademark and can only be used for Air-Po..
22 Jun Part 1: Questions Concerning the Set-up of a Root-Pruning Container
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Title image above is copyright © Ezehelm First published 22nd June 2025 This post arose from questions Ezehelm left — and tried to leave, poor thing! — under this post. The commenting system on this blog is really not designed for mini-essays, and Ezehelm sent what he tried to post as a comment, t..
12 Jun Newsletter 12th June 2025
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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: ********* 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..
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