01 Apr
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 1st April 2025
Egyptian Walking Onions / Tree Onions (Allium × proliferum)
Family: Amaryllidaceae (includes Amaryllis, Agapanthus, Clivia and Scadoxus)
Genus: Allium (includes onions, leeks, garlics, chives)
Botanical/Binomial..
30 Mar
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Title image above was created by Kristi Ellinopoullos from images copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
First published 30th March 2025
Introduction to the Air-Pot Bonsai Training Pot
Air-Pot® bonsai training pots are phenomenal containers designed specifically for bonsai enthusiasts:
• their sq..
29 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 29th March 2025
Using an Air-Pot® requires a different approach to that of regular pots, and I wrote of this here.
In this older post I mentioned how quite a bit of medium will fall through the bottom until a natural bridge form..
14 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 14th March 2025
This photo essay continues from Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4.
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14 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 14th March 2025
This photo essay continues from Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
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14 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 14th March 2025
This photo essay continues from Part 1 and Part 2.
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14 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 14th March 2025
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14 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 14th March 2025
Updated 29th March 2025
In what is becoming a semi-regular series on the The Wollongong Botanic Garden, this post is a photo essay on the Rose Garden within.
From that website:
Our Rose Garden is designed in the..
13 Mar
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Title image above was created by Kristi Ellinopoullos from elements at https://xkcd.com/3046/
(This article was originally published 4th March 2025 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 13th March 2025.
[Back on 4th March 2025, T]he latest xkcd comic [was] this one on stromat..
09 Mar
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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!
copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
copyrig..
06 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
(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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338
Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
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..