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A Chesapeake Bay Estate – Garden & Gun https://www.allforgardening.com/1938637/a-chesapeake-bay-estate-garden-gun/ #GardeningMaryland #InTheGarden #maryland
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Another winter-flowering grevillea doing well this year in the garden after a hard prune last year is the G. banksii prostrate form.
This form only grows to about 30cm tall and spreads to well over 2m wide creating a striking groundcover or cascading feature (mine is on the edge of a raised rockery bed and spreads out over the edge of the wall).
Rarely see either this or the regular small tree form of this variable species in nurseries down my way - but occasionally can get the even more compact prostrate form sold as 'Ruby Red'. This is also a great plant - I have one in the garden but it is currently 'under renovation' and not flowering at all.
#Grevilleas #InTheGarden #Gardening #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Bloomscrolling
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Grevillea 'Dorothy Gordon' is already flowering again in the garden after a hard prune (with the hedge trimmer) in winter. This is a great hybrid Grevillea for using as either a feature planting or a dense screen (with regular pruning).
Parentage is G. sessilis x G. paradoxa according to the breeders - which always surprises me a bit. Definitely worth a spot in any native garden with at least some water available (and no heavy frosts). Not hard to find in nurseries at different times - but not sure why growers don't have larger numbers available right across the year.
#Grevilleas #InTheGarden #OzPlants #Hybrids #Gardening #NativePlants #NativeGardening
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So many blossoms, so little time!
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Dendrobium speciosum variations starting to flower this week (client's garden). This widespread orchid is common on rocky outcrops around my Tilba Tilba home but not sure I've seen a lot out in the wild yet so far this year.
#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #InTheGarden #Nature #BloomScrolling #Dendrobium
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Grevillea intricata is another white-flowering WA species putting on a good winter show this year. Grafted plants (on G. robusta) can be long-lived in the east and form dense tangles of intricate foliage in the garden at Corunna, NSW - with a mass of flowers also featuring from winter into spring.
Unfortunately its rarely seen in nurseries - but is sometimes available at native plant sales. Always worth picking up a plant or two for the foliage alone!
#InTheGarden #Grevilleas #GraftedGrevilleas #Ausflora #Ausplants #Gardening #Biodiversity #Winter #Bloomscrolling
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Been trialing the hybrid Grevillea 'Cupid's Dream' in several gardens for over a year now and while the flowers are showy I'm not sure I'm totally sold on the overall shape and vigour of the plant in local conditions (far south coast NSW).
When this Kings Park developed hybrid first became widely available a few years back I thought it might make a nice modern (and more compact) update to the classis 1970s pink-flowering hybrids like 'Pink Surprise' and 'Misty Pink' which are unfortunately rarely seen in nurseries now - at least down my way! But not sure yet - 'Cupid's Dream' might not have the same impact on a smaller bush.
It's interesting to see the change in the complexity of hybrid grevs since the 70s. Back then a pink grevillea was simply a showy white-flowering species crossed with a showy red-flowering species. 'Misty Pink' (1975) was G. banksii (compact red flowering form) x G. sessilis (white). 'Pink Surprise' (1976) was Grevillea whiteana (white) x Grevillea banksii (red). By comparison a modern pink hybrid like 'Cupid's Dream' (2010) has a lot more going on with its breeding - parentage is G. concinna ssp. lehmanniana × G. bipinnatifida] x pollen parent (G. 'Sylvia' × G. 'Misty Pink')!
Hopefully all this work will eventually create another classic - will see how my garden plants go over this spring/summer :)
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My single Grevillea subtiliflora has been looking great this winter in the garden with flowering kicking off in May and still going now at the end of August.
This WA species is not that well known and rarely seen in nurseries - I've had two grafted plants (both on G. robusta) that I picked up at native plant sales do well over the years in Corunna NSW, but these are pretty much the only plants I've ever seen available! In the wild it has a fairly widespread distribution but still has a priority three conservation code (Poorly-known).
Like most of the early white-flowering WA grevilleas the flowers have a sweet scent. These grafted garden plants often have seeds, flowers and new buds at the same time over the long flowering period. The intricate, fine foliage is also attractive and not as prickly as most of its close white-flowering relatives!
#InTheGarden #Grevilleas #GraftedGrevilleas #Ausflora #Ausplants #Gardening #Biodiversity #Winter #Bloomscrolling
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Taming a Wild Kentucky Landscape – Garden & Gun https://www.allforgardening.com/1930983/taming-a-wild-kentucky-landscape-garden-gun/ #GardeningKentucky #gardens #InTheGarden #JonCarloftis #Kentucky #lexington
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The first Monarch Butterfly to visit my garden this summer. #monarch #monarchbutterfly #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #flutterby #beauty #beautyofnature #nature #naturesbeauty #floraandfauna #photography #naturephotography #naturephotographer #garden #gardening #inthegarden #mysecretgarden #butterflybush #butterflybushes #Papilioglaucus #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens
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A North Carolina Waterfall Haven – Garden & Gun https://www.allforgardening.com/1926831/a-north-carolina-waterfall-haven-garden-gun/ #Cashiers #GardeningNorthCarolina #Home&Garden #InTheGarden #NorthCarolina
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio Glaucus). #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #flutterby #beauty #beautyofnature #nature #naturesbeauty #floraandfauna #photography #naturephotography #naturephotographer #garden #gardening #inthegarden #mysecretgarden #butterflybush #butterflybushes #Papilioglaucus #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens #pennsylvaniagardening #pennsylvaniagardener
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio glaucus) in the garden. Central Pennsylvania. #swallowtail #swallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtailbutterfly #easterntigerswallowtail #butterfly #butterflies #flutterby #beauty #beautyofnature #nature #naturesbeauty #floraandfauna #photography #naturephotography #naturephotographer #garden #gardening #inthegarden #mysecretgarden #butterflybush #butterflybushes #Papilioglaucus #pennsylvania #pennsylvaniagarden #pennsylvaniagardens
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IN THE GARDEN | What to do in the garden this season https://www.allforgardening.com/1816681/in-the-garden-what-to-do-in-the-garden-this-season/ #garden #InTheGarden
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What to do in the garden this season https://www.allforgardening.com/1814495/what-to-do-in-the-garden-this-season/ #garden #InTheGarden
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'Scarlet Moon' is currently easily the most popular winter flowering grevillea in my garden with bees, butterflies and a myriad of smaller flying beasties enjoying the numerous red 'toothbrush' flowers.
'Scarlet Moon' was one of the first hybrids coming out of the Kings Park, WA breeding program led by Digby Growns to be widely available in SE NSW. Parentage is G. nivea x 'Crowning Glory' which has created a bushier, more spreading version of G. nivea with softer foliage and (more) larger flowers.
Pretty reliable on the east coast where it is often seen in nurseries now. Provides a great winter display - and is always popular with pollinators.
#Grevilleas #InTheGarden #OzPlants #Winter #BloomScrolling #Pollinators #NativePlants
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Late autumn weather east of Bermagui, NSW. It's been pretty nice working outside when heading into winter feels more like heading into summer ... although I might not be so happy out in the garden(s) by the time we actually get to summer this year ;)
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Hakea 'Burrendong Beauty' is starting to flower in local gardens. This is a really nice hybrid hakea which came up in the Burrendong Arboretum and despite having WA parentage does well in SE NSW summer humidity if the drainage is pretty good. This one has been planted (client's garden - terraced beds) for almost a year now and has starting to fill out a little more this autumn. Will eventually be pruned slightly into a neater mound.
Not uncommon in east coast nurseries although usually only once or twice a year. Always an eye-catcher when in flower.
#Gardening #OzPlants #InTheGarden #Hakeas #BloomScrolling #NativePlants #Winter
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In the Garden: how to grow big, beautiful peonies in your garden this spring | Local https://www.allforgardening.com/1743621/in-the-garden-how-to-grow-big-beautiful-peonies-in-your-garden-this-spring-local/ #garden #gardening #InTheGarden #JohnsonBrothersGardenMarket #peonies
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At a gas station, in the garden, at Clinton Lake – armadillos have lived in Kansas for decades, and you’ll be ‘seeing them more and more’ | News, Sports, Jobs https://www.allforgardening.com/1732742/at-a-gas-station-in-the-garden-at-clinton-lake-armadillos-have-lived-in-kansas-for-decades-and-youll-be-seeing-them-more-and-more-news-sports-jobs/ #AndYou #AtAGasStation #AtClintonLake–ArmadillosHaveLivedInKansasForDecades #garden #gardener #gardening #InTheGarden #OtherNews
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In the Garden: refresh old garden beds without replacing all the dirt | Local https://www.allforgardening.com/1728702/in-the-garden-refresh-old-garden-beds-without-replacing-all-the-dirt-local/ #BedPreparation #garden #gardener #gardening #InTheGarden #JohnsonBrothersGardenMarket