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TheGardenWhisperer
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11 June 2013
Re: Pea MulchLandscape & Garden Design
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Jun 11, 2013 7:53 pm
Make sure Pea Mulch is not used in summer without being covered with a rough course mulch. Straws (of all types) do not in anyway meet any standards for conserving water (regardless of what perceptions people have that it does). In winter this is not such a problem with high rainfall and low evap ra...
Make sure Pea Mulch is not used in summer without being covered with a rough course mulch. Straws (of all types) do not ...
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11 June 2013
Re: Nature strips without lawnsLandscape & Garden Design
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Jun 11, 2013 7:40 pm
West London park gets a grass free lawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew
West London park gets a grass free lawn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-50GjySwew
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21 May 2013
Re: Where can I buy viburnums in W.A.? AND trees!!!Landscape & Garden Design
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May 21, 2013 12:12 am
Use Grevillea olivacaea. The king of fast growing hedges. Best bought as tube stock and also that's the cheapest way to get them.
Use Grevillea olivacaea. The king of fast growing hedges. Best bought as tube stock and also that's the cheapest way to ...
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21 May 2013
Re: Does Anyone Know What This Tree Is?Landscape & Garden Design
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May 21, 2013 12:10 am
For gods sake, never ever plant a Robinia. Geeze, if you like the look and don't want to plant anything else, I'll come round yours dressed as one and stand in the yard if that's what it takes to have one less of these bloody trees planted.
For gods sake, never ever plant a Robinia. Geeze, if you like the look and don't want to plant anything else, I'll come ...
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21 May 2013
Re: How to kill Gazania's??Landscape & Garden Design
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May 21, 2013 12:08 am
Tree blackberry and woody weed killer. Add seasol to it, some dishwashing liquid (a few drops) and spray in the morning, not before rain. It's going to take heaps of goes. Other ideas are voodoo, fire, nuclear weapons
Tree blackberry and woody weed killer. Add seasol to it, some dishwashing liquid (a few drops) and spray in the morning,...
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20 May 2013
Re: Grass on south facing sideLandscape & Garden Design
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May 20, 2013 11:58 pm
I'd avoid the ryes. Way too much for water. Anyway when ElNino returns, you'll be left crying about the dead grass. Lawn alternatives would be a better suggestion. lawn camomile, Dichondra, Dodonaea ceratocarpa, Hemiandra pungens, Casurina Cousin It,
I'd avoid the ryes. Way too much for water. Anyway when ElNino returns, you'll be left crying about the dead grass. Lawn...
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20 May 2013
Re: Palms for resort style landscapeLandscape & Garden Design
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May 20, 2013 11:50 pm
Mother inlaw?
Mother inlaw?
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20 May 2013
Re: Low hedge - PerthLandscape & Garden Design
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May 20, 2013 11:49 pm
Really hard to get in WA. WA growers (there's only two here with the licence to grow it from the best I know) aren't growing it like years ago. A really good plant but it is one of the plants that's had Myrtaceae rust appear. WA is free of it. The plants though have to be brought into WA and its get...
Really hard to get in WA. WA growers (there's only two here with the licence to grow it from the best I know) aren't gro...
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20 May 2013
Re: Anyone had success growing Wasabi?Landscape & Garden Design
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May 20, 2013 11:44 pm
That's insane! Have a go! Never grown it but how cool is the idea. :) It's easy to grow your own rice. A bath tub from the tip is a great start. A base of zeolite as a growing medium or expended clay. (zeolite is way better) and away you go. Erecting a shade structure with white light shade cloth of...
That's insane! Have a go! Never grown it but how cool is the idea. It's easy to grow your own rice. A bath tub from the ...
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20 May 2013
Re: Grevillea and Citrus in the same garden?Landscape & Garden Design
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May 20, 2013 11:34 pm
It will mean you never use mainstream gardening methods. So that means, no citrus fertilisers and rubbish like that. Go totally organic. Soil prep will require zeolite, perlite 10-20% organic material and around 5kg of sand a m2 (in clay soils) or 5kg of clay a m2 (in sandy soils). The use of compos...
It will mean you never use mainstream gardening methods. So that means, no citrus fertilisers and rubbish like that. Go ...
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20 May 2013
Re: Mop top robinia - do they really sucker?Landscape & Garden Design
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May 20, 2013 11:21 pm
It is absolute insanity to plant these and IMO down right irresponsible. It puts a great deal of stress and aguish on other people who wish not to be a part of the lanscape concept of a home 4 doors down the road. They won't sucker in just your garden. It will be the gardens of every one surrounding...
It is absolute insanity to plant these and IMO down right irresponsible. It puts a great deal of stress and aguish on ot...
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18 May 2013
Re: Re-doing frontyard to combat weeds - feedback please!Landscape & Garden Design
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May 18, 2013 2:04 pm
Oh, don't be shy on taking the concept further by using up the verge area with low plantings and ground covers.
Oh, don't be shy on taking the concept further by using up the verge area with low plantings and ground covers.
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18 May 2013
Re: Re-doing frontyard to combat weeds - feedback please!Landscape & Garden Design
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May 18, 2013 2:02 pm
the use of newspaper just doesn't sit well with me. It will channel water along the surface under the mulch away from the root zone. Not a method I'd advise to do. Not saying things wont work, just that they become far less efficient and retards successes perceived. On another note the garden looks ...
the use of newspaper just doesn't sit well with me. It will channel water along the surface under the mulch away from th...
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18 May 2013
Re: Molasses and how to use itLandscape & Garden Design
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May 18, 2013 12:53 am
Instead of using a standard 9l watering can with say a cupful of molasses at the bottom diluted, would it be possible to reuse a 2l Seasol hose on pack, then attach the hose and spray over the garden much like you do for seasol. Might be easier for those with larger areas to cover. If so, what sort...
Read through the thread. Yes it can be done and is explained with pictures (from memory)
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24 April 2013
Re: Hedging Plant WALandscape & Garden Design
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Apr 24, 2013 1:13 am
I say that from experience in growing them on a large scale. One of the single most pest prone plants in the horticultural industry. The chances of needing to use pesticides on them is fairly predictable for those growing them to sell to retail outlets and landscapers.
I say that from experience in growing them on a large scale. One of the single most pest prone plants in the horticultur...
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24 April 2013
Re: SOAKWELLS - How easy are they to put in and install ?Landscape & Garden Design
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Apr 24, 2013 12:25 am
I trust they dug them deep so there was in excess of 300mm from the top of the soak well to the surface or best to height of house slab? Plenty of peeps out there with a smile and a shovel, that will drop a soak well in quick and shallow. Nice to hear of someone doing it well... Soak well.
I trust they dug them deep so there was in excess of 300mm from the top of the soak well to the surface or best to heigh...
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23 April 2013
Re: Help with landcaping planLandscape & Garden Design
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Apr 23, 2013 10:58 pm
Guys, be aware, as popular as the Rhoeos are, they are an extremely toxic plant. If you have little kids, best avoid these. Cascade Lily Pillys can look pretty impressive. One of the few I'd ever use. Great splash of colour in cooler months :)
Guys, be aware, as popular as the Rhoeos are, they are an extremely toxic plant. If you have little kids, best avoid the...
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23 April 2013
Re: New Plants from cutsLandscape & Garden Design
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Apr 23, 2013 10:52 pm
What can't you :) Most of what you buy in a garden centre has been grown from cuttings. That which has not has been done in a lab as tissue cultures by plant breeders from plants that can normally be done by cuttings. Cuttings are most commonly made with soft wood, semi hard wood or hard wood depend...
What can't you Most of what you buy in a garden centre has been grown from cuttings. That which has not has been done in...
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23 April 2013
Re: Fusillade around Dianella's?Landscape & Garden Design
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Apr 23, 2013 10:41 pm
:)
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23 April 2013
Re: Particular plant in PerthLandscape & Garden Design
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Apr 23, 2013 10:40 pm
They make a fantastic hedge. I recall being involved in a landscape that years later was featured in WA's habitat liftout in the Weekend West Newspaper. To see the Dodonea's established and cared for as we suggested, exceeded our expectations. Regular clipping, they'll get better and better. Soon th...
They make a fantastic hedge. I recall being involved in a landscape that years later was featured in WA's habitat liftou...
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