It’s that time of year – Spring is in the air and the garden shows are ramping up. Recently I went to the Gardening Australia Expo in Sydney and got to see plenty of interesting things, like this beautiful desert rose (Adenium obesum hybrid).
The Yellow Sparaxis
Months ago I was trawling ebay searching for something unusual, something I hadn’t seen before. Naturally I was looking in the garden and plant section and was quickly rewarded with an offering of yellow sparaxis bulbs. Never having heard of yellow sparaxis I snapped them up without hesitation and planted them as soon as they arrived. Now I’m pleased to report that they are indeed yellow!
Bulbs in a Box
This week my bulbs arrived. Call me crazy but when I opened the box and saw all the little bundles my heart quickened and I got such a rush.
Visiting Open Gardens
The Australian Open Gardens scheme is a fantastic system which sees over 600 gardens opened to the public around the nation. Recently I’ve been making an effort to go and see some each weekend. Following are pictures from two of my favourites…
Bondi garden designed by Brendan Moar
The Ugly Duckling
They say it takes all sorts but when I saw these swan pots in a country nursery recently I found it hard to imagine them ever selling. I suppose you could argue that they are an improvement on the tyre swans which graced many gardens during the 80s…but only just!
These ugly ducklings grew up into ugly swan pots...
The Miraculous Indoor Plant
Recently I attended a talk by Adjunct Professor Margaret Burchett from the University of Technology, Sydney. She was presenting the findings of her 3 year study “Greening the Great Indoors for Human Health and Wellbeing”. Okay so the title is pretty naff but the findings were not!
