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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 9th March 2025
One night I grabbed a normal-sized garlic bulb for dinner, and found it to be impossible to separate any cloves from it — the entire bulb turned out to be a single clove!
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06 Mar
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(This article was originally published 5th March 2025 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 6th March 2025.
[Here I wrote about making your own cactus/succulent mix], which isn’t relevant [to the Jujube Tree Nursery site]...
01 Mar
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First published 1st March 2025
Vriesea philippocoburgii
Family: Bromeliaceae (the bromeliad family)
Genus: Vriesea (includes silver vase [urn plant])
Botanical/Binomial Name: Vriesea philippocoburgii
Meaning of Name:
Vriesea, after Willem Hend..
03 Feb
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Art piece and image above is copyright © Helen Flynn
First published 3rd February 2025
Hello everyone, and Happy (belated!) New Year! I plan to make these newsletters monthly or bimonthly from now on just so you know, though future ones may not be as prolific as this one turned out to be. (You can..
02 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
(This article was originally published 21st January 2025 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 2nd February 2025.
Last December hubby and I had a wonderful time exploring the NSW Riverina area. If we hadn’t parked where we..
02 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 2nd February 2025
These are hedge bags, I love them to bits, and have them everywhere!
And if you think they’re being used to dump garden waste then you are almost correct!
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The smaller one is 40..
02 Feb
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First published 2nd February 2025
Just as I am a sucker for succulents, I am also a sucker for pretty much anything variegated, and couldn’t help but bring this baby home the other day from a garden plant sale!
There was no label, the people wh..
01 Feb
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First published 1st February 2025
Agave univittata ‘Quadricolor’
Family: Asparagacease (includes Asparagus, Agave, Yucca, and Hosta)
Genus: Agave (the agaves)
Botanical/Binomial Name: Agave univittata ‘Quadricolor’
Meaning of Name:
Agave, from..
19 Jan
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 19th January 2025
Should you ever get sticker shock looking to buy succulent potting medium in bulk, and you think “It really is about time I made my own”, then maybe this post is for you!
Please note that I’m talking about bulk..
19 Jan
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
(This article was originally published 18th August 2020 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 19th January 2025.
Microbes Generally
‘Microbes’ means ‘germs’ to most people, and yet maybe one in a billion microbial species ..
18 Jan
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Art piece and image above is copyright © Helen Flynn
First published 18th January 2025
I just want to share people’s beautiful things with the world — like this one and this one — and believe me this amazing glass tile mosaic is no exception!
When pen-pal Helen from Melbourne sent me the photo bel..
18 Jan
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First published 18th January 2025
I am a sucker for all things ‘succulent’. ‘Succulent’ being a very broad definition in botany of any plant that has fleshy leaves or other parts which store water.
‘Succulent’ comes from the French succulent, w..