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  • Why Do Plants Die? - Feb 6, 2025

    Dear gardening friendsDrove past this Ivory Curl Tree growing in Menangle.I love how the flower colour goes so beautifully with modern houses. I also love how quickly this tree flowers. New home owners are so impatient but this tree rewards you quickly with these fragrant flowers. The foliage colour which has green and cop...

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  • Grow Free Plants From Cuttings! - Jan 31, 2025

    Dear gardening friendsMy son Dan has fallen in love with bees, and he's been busy spitting up the hives we have, and making more. More hives means more honey, and he's hoping to sell his honey, so he can pay for more boxes and frames. It's a work in progress. We live in Brownlow Hill just outside of Grassmere, and it just happen...

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  • We Are Open This Long Weekend!!! - Jan 23, 2025

    Dear gardening friendsWe are open all this Australia Day long weekend. Sunday and Monday our trading hours are 9-4pm.If you've been planning a visit this could be your best chance. Zoom zoom, stop procrastinating. Camden is famous for its Jacaranda trees in November but maybe it should be famous for its Crepe Myrtles in Ja...

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  • Amazing Native Tree For Your Garden! - Jan 17, 2025

    Dear gardening friendsI've come home after a couple of weeks on holiday to this amazing Supertunia "Jazzberry". I ranted and raved about these in spring and I know a lot of our followers bought them, I hope you're having success like this too. I planted one plant only into this huge terracotta pot. I used Tim's Best Potting mix....

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  • Secret Garden Discovered? - Jan 10, 2025

    Dear gardening friendsOur Crepe Myrtle "Tuscarora" is looking fabulous on our front lawn. This is probably my favourite colour for street planting. It comes out almost red then it fades to this colour. It gets absolutely covered in big bunches of crepe like flowers. It's grown about 6 metres high by 4 metres wide. It won't inter...

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