Issue 2
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It is the year of the Grevillea – everywhere you look they a busting out with colors. Natives have loved our wet winter.
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Weigela rosea ‘Pink’ is a very hardy, deciduous shrub that produces stunning pink trumpet shaped flowers in the spring through to summer. It is called Strawberries and Cream and along with Granny’s Bonnet, Forget Me Nots, straw flowers are my favorite flower! One of the best all round shrubs for the garden. Pretty pink flowers…
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Birch Forest has an upgrade – now there are 21!
We decided that a rabbit proof fence had to be put around the Birch Forest as last year they demolished the Granny’s Bonnets in 1…
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Crab Apples – and Pomegranites
Crab Apples were a favorited of Edna Walling’s and Paul Bangay has them in his white garden at Stonefields – he calls them “2 week…
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Firewheel Tree – Stenocarpus sinuatus
Stenocarpus sinuatus, known as the firewheel tree, is an Australian rainforest tree in the family Proteaceae. The range of natural distribution is in various rainforest…
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Crepe Mytle
A deciduous, vase-shaped tree about 6-8m (18-25′) tall. It is often severely pruned and grown as a shrub 3-4m (10-12′) tall. Trusses of white, pink,…
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Angophora subvelutina (Myrtaceae) Tree
Angophora subvelutina, also known as the Broad-leaved Apple, is a native Australian tree belonging to the Myrtaceae family. It is a medium-sized tree, typically reaching heights of…
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Bromeliad – Billbergia zebrina
May Plant of the Month There is a part of the garden that I dont get to much. It is the far corner up the…
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Echinacea – a.k.a. Cone flower
We have always wanted to grow Echinacea’s (cornflower) – there are so many colors and the flower is vibrant and ubusual in it’s form. The…
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Garden Plans for 2025 at the Lane
This year (2025) has been a time of consolidating what we have and enhancing the existing garden beds – and garden maintenance schedule so we…
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Creepers and Climbers
We love the creepers and climbers – over arches, trellises, posts – so many and always when we are thinking what to do – we…
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Yellow Box Ironbark gets a prune – with a very large crane and tree climber!
The yellow box ironbark tree was very old and had stood like a sentinel at the front of the garden. It had died slowly and…
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