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!
copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
The smaller one is 40..
02 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
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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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
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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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
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..
16 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Peter from Nowra
First published 16th December 2024
Peter from Nowra (hi Peter, thank you so much!) emailed me this photo of his fiddle leaf fig, and I just stared in amazement.
Fiddle leaf fig in 38 L Air-Pot Container
copyright © Peter from Nowra
I said that tha..
13 Dec
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Art piece above is copyright © Sandra Johnson.
Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 13th December 2024
Hello everyone, it has been a long time since I have sent one of these! But with just over two weeks until New Year, I have made my apparently once-a-year newsl..
13 Dec
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Art piece above is copyright © Sandra Johnson.
Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 13th December 2024 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here also 13th December 2024.
This is the final post for the year, and what better..
13 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 13th December 2024
The Wollongong Botanic Garden occupies 27 hectares (67 acres) and features an extensive range of collections from succulents, to native Australian temperate rainforest, cycads, palms, ferns, azaleas, roses and..
13 Dec
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Art piece above is copyright © Deborah Redwood.
Title photo above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 13th December 2024
The Wollongong Botanic Garden runs a sculpture competition every two years, and the 2023 winner was this stunning piece by Deborah Redwood called Banksia.
Please..