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wemyss_castle
wemyss_castle
21 June 2010

Costa's Garden Odyssey on SBS

Costa's Garden Odyssey on SBS
1, 2, 3

love it love it love it!!

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wemyss_castle
Jun 21, 2010 10:28 pm
wemyss_castle
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
17 June 2010

WA Garden week This year April 8th to 13th 2010

WA Garden week This year April 8th to 13th 2010
1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Like they cost this much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jun 17, 2010 12:56 am
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
17 June 2010

Is it too cold to top dress?

Is it too cold to top dress?

You guys rock :) Make sure you don't use gymickie and tackie lawn topdresses sold by bulk soil joints. Get an organic and preferably certified wonderfully composted soil…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jun 17, 2010 12:48 am
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
16 June 2010

Wall Creepers

Wall Creepers

I once spent 2 years removing a climbing ficus or creeping fig from a property. It covered a little wall about 3x2. it's roots went the thickness of a football down to a…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jun 16, 2010 11:29 pm
TheGardenWhisperer

Robyn Gordon

Robyn Gordon

yeah they will be fine. Just don't fertilise. They won't get better till it warms up more than likely so your going to need patience. :) Even if they haven't done this in…

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TheGardenWhisperer
May 05, 2010 12:02 am
TheGardenWhisperer
Grevillea Vale
Grevillea Vale
4 May 2010

Roses

Roses

Thanks guys! I think i'll try the cd's.

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Grevillea Vale
May 04, 2010 11:40 pm

Roo paws in Gero

Roo paws in Gero

Yep but with the Macropidias they last only a few years. but IMO are the nicest of all the roo paws :) So worth it :) The macros tend to not like wet feet either. Yellow Gem…

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TheGardenWhisperer
May 04, 2010 11:28 pm
TheGardenWhisperer

Worm farm

Worm farm

This is a short article about the benefits of worm castings in controlling pests http://www.soilfoodweb.com.au/index.php ... Itemid=143

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TheGardenWhisperer
May 03, 2010 4:52 pm
TheGardenWhisperer

Dodonaea viscosa purpurea

Dodonaea viscosa purpurea

The leaves will be doing that due to the cold nights we are having. My main concern is not so much what was growing on the roots (many plants naturally have growths) but…

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TheGardenWhisperer
May 03, 2010 4:39 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
room4acubby
room4acubby
17 April 2010

Passionfruit

Passionfruit
1, 2

I have to side with Redman and Onc on this one. I am onto my second Nelly Kelly Passionfruit (got about 8 great fruiting years from my first one). The second was only…

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room4acubby
Apr 17, 2010 9:09 pm
room4acubby
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
5 April 2010

Trying to identify neighbours plant

Trying to identify neighbours plant

:) Good one Kexkez :) Don't confuse this one with Prunus Blireiana when purchasing one ;)

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TheGardenWhisperer
Apr 05, 2010 5:42 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
Rowena
Rowena
2 April 2010

Please be patient

Please be patient

Your great value Fu. :D :D :D Your words of wisdom are really appreciated :D

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Rowena
Apr 02, 2010 11:53 am
Rowena
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
13 March 2010

Treated Pine Sleepers for Vegie garden dorders

Treated Pine Sleepers for Vegie garden dorders

I'll say no, and a few others will say yes. I am fairly sure it is allowed but would I do it for A veggie bed? No ;) I prefer the use of the metal cory raised beds. Here…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Mar 13, 2010 5:19 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
andy
andy
8 March 2010

Options for narrow Sides of houses ?

Options for narrow Sides of houses ?

we have 1.2M on one side and 1.8M on the other . I have decided to concrete the sides ,this is also good for the slab of the house as per BCA recommendations that no…

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andy
Mar 08, 2010 7:24 am
keen
keen
4 March 2010

Which Hardenbergia is that ?

Which Hardenbergia is that ?

No worries, will do. Cheers.

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keen
Mar 04, 2010 12:17 pm
grasstree
grasstree
27 February 2010

Removing grass from underneath Olive trees

Removing grass from underneath Olive trees

I use Fusilade to edge my Empire around gardens. I have made sure no ornamental grasses are used in the gardens. I mainly use Lomandra, Liriope, and Dianella next to the…

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grasstree
Feb 27, 2010 10:17 am
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
23 February 2010

Scale

Scale

If they are coastal brown ants they'll be back in no time with that stuff. You can also call the Ag Dept and send them a sample of the ants. Just get some on some sticky…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Feb 22, 2010 11:38 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
17 February 2010

H&L Package - Landscaping - What do you get?

H&L Package - Landscaping - What do you get?

little to no grass and lots of low shrubs is the most sustainable version. That surrounded around the boundaries with taller shrubs and open areas in between with small…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Feb 17, 2010 8:25 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
7 February 2010

Green Mulch

Green Mulch

For your retic work use 13mm Netafim TechlineAS in the beds. Lay on the soil and cover with mulch. For lawn areas stick with gear drive sprinklers and the "Rainbird gear…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Feb 07, 2010 8:58 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
5 February 2010

Climber for front fence

Climber for front fence

Well the mix of productive and non productive may not actually be so different. The set up you suggest means the areas considered non productive are habitat creating…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Feb 05, 2010 2:29 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
Rod1949
Rod1949
29 January 2010

Grape Vines Love the Perth Hot Spell

Grape Vines Love the Perth Hot Spell

If you do get it Rod, and that is likely with the humidity we've been getting, try using something like "Ecorose" instead of a traditional…

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Rod1949
Jan 29, 2010 9:43 am
nessbrown
nessbrown
23 January 2010

Need help with Fence Colours and Plant Suggestions!!!

Need help with Fence Colours and Plant Suggestions!!!
1, 2

Hahaha, nice one Fu.... Yeah I will keep that in mind LOL. At least I trained my last dogs to use the pebbled area and they even preferred to use it (shy dogs liked the…

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nessbrown
Jan 23, 2010 8:21 am
Lex
Lex
23 January 2010

Retaining Walls

Retaining Walls

My pricing has been $26.00 per post - for 45mm wall height $14.00 per panel - 1170mm Does this sound reasonable?…

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Lex
Jan 23, 2010 7:58 am
Lex
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
19 January 2010

Could EZ be "grown through" a buffalo / couch lawn

Could EZ be "grown through" a buffalo / couch lawn

:lol: :lol: :: yeah, yeah but it isn't couch and that's that. If it were an uncontrollable menace, I wouldn't use it. It doesn't go anywhere the depths of couch. And the difference…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jan 19, 2010 9:56 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
18 January 2010

Charlie Carp

Charlie Carp

It is a great product but when you are looking at a shelf with powerfeed and charlie carp next to it, the powerfeed will be the better value for money product ;) Charlie…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jan 18, 2010 12:42 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
18 January 2010

Small Tree near Septic & Leach Drains

Small Tree near Septic & Leach Drains

Bloody fantastic idea :) You can grow any grape you like and I personally suggest wine varieties. The flavour craps on table grape varieties but they are smaller and have…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jan 18, 2010 12:40 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
16 January 2010

Seaweed as a mulch

Seaweed as a mulch

Seaweed can be good sometimes but don't expect it to be better than seasol ;) The seaweed we fine on our beaches is not even close to having what King Island Bull kelp…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jan 16, 2010 9:08 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
Kristi
Kristi
13 January 2010

Frontyard Blitz

Frontyard Blitz

Wow! That looks fantastic! Love the little garden beds. And what an awesome job on the paving ::

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Kristi
Jan 12, 2010 11:49 pm
Kristi
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
9 January 2010

Plants for Pots

Plants for Pots

Hey sounds like some excellent choices. The Emerald arch is a little tougher than the Tas Red and in theory these guys shouldn't do so well for us here but the reality is…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Jan 09, 2010 8:54 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
29 December 2009

What plant is this?

What plant is this?

It's a citrus of some description but due to all citrus having incredibly similar features and even some having the same, you'd need a crystal ball to work out what is…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Dec 29, 2009 1:16 am
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
22 December 2009

Horticulture with Greg Gilbert

Horticulture with Greg Gilbert

This guy has sooo much to share. :lol: Many of you, including myself, can relate to his passion for plants. Yes it will steal 4.55mins of your life but heh, I bet you learn…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Dec 22, 2009 12:22 am
TheGardenWhisperer

Just in case some of you are interested in something different for the day :) The Gigey Daylily festival is happening on December 5th 2009 :)

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TheGardenWhisperer
Nov 19, 2009 12:30 am
TheGardenWhisperer

One book that has recently got our attention is simply called "Plant" and would make for one of the most important books in any gardeners collection. Hands down. Put…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Nov 18, 2009 7:04 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
Candylea
Candylea
25 October 2009

Great Gardens workshops

Great Gardens workshops

Damn it! I missed the one in Success .. :( was down there yesterday tooooooo ::cry::

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Candylea
Oct 25, 2009 9:52 pm
Candylea
maggie
maggie
12 October 2009

Looking after lawns

Looking after lawns

I have applied Seasol with something wetting in it, with a blue srew top. It laredy looks greener. I also changed the 3 standard pop up sprinklers that the lawn was on…

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maggie
Oct 12, 2009 9:12 am
nessbrown
nessbrown
3 October 2009

Need ideas for plants to line inside of fenceline!!!!

Need ideas for plants to line inside of fenceline!!!!

Hi Fu, Thank you so much for all that!!! I have gone and had a look at both, but it seems like the leucospermums require a little more humidity and sun than Canberra has :(

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nessbrown
Oct 03, 2009 11:12 pm
Sunny
Sunny
30 September 2009

Landscape Australia Expo

Landscape Australia Expo

The Australian landscape industry is putting on Expos around Australia. Great for landscapers but I can't see why someone looking to plan a new…

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Sunny
Sep 30, 2009 1:09 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
29 September 2009

Unknown Plant

Unknown Plant

na, but email it to me. Call Henry at Boogaards, he grows it from time to time.

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TheGardenWhisperer
Sep 29, 2009 12:15 am
TheGardenWhisperer
cmooring
cmooring
15 September 2009

What would you do?

What would you do?

Chris, you need to get along to one of these workshops :) http://www.greatgardens.info/events.php The best in the business present these…

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cmooring
Sep 15, 2009 12:39 am
cmooring
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
5 September 2009

Home shed workshop

Home shed workshop

There's a heap of PDFs available, which one are we looking at? http://www.stratco.com.au/products/gard ... esheds.asp

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TheGardenWhisperer
Sep 05, 2009 5:25 pm
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
12 August 2009

Designing a courtyard

Designing a courtyard

Righto M!ssy :lol: Check out my stickys at the top of the landscape forum. In particular the links for various states landscape associations. You will find no shortage of…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Aug 12, 2009 12:15 am
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
TheGardenWhisperer
11 August 2009

Grevillea

Grevillea

Oh and if you think you have buggered your Proteaceae (ie one of the above plants) and you see the leaves going yellow with brown ends, bung on some Iron chelate or…

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TheGardenWhisperer
Aug 11, 2009 12:19 am
TheGardenWhisperer
locus
locus
12 July 2009

Can anyone ID these two plants for me? :)

Can anyone ID these two plants for me? :)

Dracaena Black Knight and I could even tell you the nursery that grew it from the pot :lol:...That is pretty sad :( The second is a tropical…

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locus
Jul 12, 2009 11:23 pm
locus
Pauline
Pauline
26 June 2009

Why design your Landscaping now?

Why design your Landscaping now?

Thanks Fu Manchu for that site. From that, I checked out www.spacedesigns.com.au and found some inspirational photos of realistic landscaping that I think we can all…

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Pauline
Jun 26, 2009 4:59 pm
picklemouse
picklemouse
18 May 2009

Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape

Would you consider an edible garden as part of the landscape

Does anyone have any pictures or plans of their edible gardens they would like to show?

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picklemouse
May 18, 2009 8:44 am
picklemouse
to_do_list
to_do_list
6 May 2009

Welcome to Lacebark

Welcome to Lacebark
WA

Welcome Lacebark...nice to have another guru on the forum.

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to_do_list
May 06, 2009 8:42 am
to_do_list

Can these plants be transplanted?

Can these plants be transplanted?

If you are looking at getting right out of the ground then that can be really hard sometimes. Sharpen the spade up with an angle grinder or spend some time on the edge…

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TheGardenWhisperer
May 03, 2009 10:20 pm
TheGardenWhisperer

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