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..
13 Dec
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Title image above is copyright © Kristi Ellinopoullos
First published 13th December 2024
The Wollongong Botanic Garden posts were inspired by a fellow cactus and succulent nut, the wonderful Helen in Melbourne — a customer and now regular pen-pal! (Hello Helen if you are reading this!)
It came up ..
28 Sep
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
First published 28th September 2024
Using an Air-Pot® requires a different approach to that of regular pots, and doing this ensures you get the most out of your Air-Pot®. This approach concerns:
the growing medium;
watering, and;
nutrie..
22 May
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
First published 22nd May 2023
This is a quick little post to complement any Dichondra repens and/or gotu kola listings on this site. What is the point in saying (in those listings) how similar the two are at first glance, without actually hel..
15 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 15th October 2019 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 15th March 2023.
Have you ever repotted a plant and wondered why the bottom of the potting mix is so incredibly saturated com..
06 Mar
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
First published 6th March 2023
Hello everyone, how we are already in March…?!
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Item 1: New Site
This one is first as it is the least important. But around the turn of the new year I was really getting fed up with the previous tw..
03 Mar
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Title image above is attributed to Oregon Department of Forestry, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
First published 3rd March 2023
Backstory
I first heard of biochar maybe back in the early 2000s. It sounded really, really interesting, but I was somewhat ..
28 Feb
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Title image above is attributed to Mike Jones, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
(This article was originally published 23rd February 2023 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 28th February 2023.
Please note that this post is somewhat technical, and assumes some of the wr..
17 Feb
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Title image above is attributed to Jynto, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
(This article was originally published 8th February 2023 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 17th February 2023.
The Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Molecule
CO2 is a simple molecule of two oxygen atoms each double-b..
02 Feb
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Title image above is copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
All text and images are copyright © The Caledonian Tree Co. Ltd
First reproduced here 2nd February 2023
When the tap root reaches the base, increased air in the growing medium dehydrates the tip, pruning it and stimulating lateral root b..
13 Jan
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Title image above is copyright © Optimate Group Pty Ltd
(This article was originally published 10th January 2023 here on our Jujube Tree Nursery site.)
First published here 13th January 2023.
I noticed random jujube trees looking a bit ‘not right’ one day in November 2022. And then almost overnigh..