02 Apr
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd April 2026
By far the best all-round pest control method is to simply exclude them. This is of course often easier said than done, but for many many set-ups exclusion netting is the most efficient and practical way to ensure..
25 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 25th February 2026
People always do a double-take whenever I mention that I have carnivorous passionfruit! Though apparently it is more accurately a protocarnivorous passionfruit. Here is the flower of the protocarnivorous passi..
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..
07 Aug
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 7th August 2021
My background is microbiology and biochemistry, but I developed an intense interest in botany much later, and wow, that discipline just does your head in, as investigating what exactly a fruit is reveals!
(Just..
24 Jul
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 8th December 2020 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.
First published here 24th July 2021.
Edited to include the public domain image below, of a flower’s anatomy, not available at time of original post...
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