Monthly Blog Index
The index below will allow you to browse all my past blogs based on the month of the year. Simply move your mouse pointer over the month to display the list of blog titles. Move your mouse pointer over any listed item to get brief details of the article, then click on the link for the full blog.
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Jan
- January
- 07 Jan 09: Summer belles
- 21 Jan 09: Horribly hot
- 10 Jan 10: A frieze of frangipanis
- 16 Jan 10: Tall summer volunteers
- 24 Jan 10: Tough little shrubs for summer
- 31 Jan 10: A different Hydrangea
- 09 Jan 11: Some New Year's resolutions
- 16 Jan 11: Summer vines
- 23 Jan 11: Ageing gracefully
- 30 Jan 11: Tough Tulbaghia
- 08 Jan 12: Happy New Year
- 15 Jan 12: A neon rainbow
- 22 Jan 12: Playing gardens
- 29 Jan 12: Colour inspirations
- 21 Jan 09: Horribly hot
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Feb
- February
- 05 Feb 09: Trees!
- 12 Feb 09: Tropical colour
- 22 Feb 09: Prairie-dwellers
- 07 Feb 10: Butterfly bushes
- 14 Feb 10: The turf lily
- 21 Feb 10: The colour orange
- 28 Feb 10: Graceful grasses
- 06 Feb 11: Summer garden blues
- 13 Feb 11: Dressing for the job
- 20 Feb 11: Grooming the garden
- 27 Feb 11: Bright whites
- 05 Feb 12: Plant stars
- 12 Feb 09: Tropical colour
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Mar
- March
- 02 Mar 09: Befriend Begonias
- 11 Mar 09: Surprising bulbs
- 17 Mar 09: Fab Fuchsias
- 24 Mar 09: Winsome windflowers
- 31 Mar 09: Shady characters: Plectranthus
- 07 Mar 10: Mistaken identities
- 14 Mar 10: Taking cuttings
- 21 Mar 10: The allure of aroids
- 28 Mar 10: A bromeliad solution
- 06 Mar 11: Cottage garden fragments
- 13 Mar 11: Warm autumn flowers
- 20 Mar 11: Gardening gadgets
- 27 Mar 11: A shift of season
- 11 Mar 09: Surprising bulbs
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Apr
- April
- 09 Apr 09: Autumn glory
- 18 Apr 09: More begonias
- 26 Apr 09: Sassy Sasanquas
- 04 Apr 10: Fun with colour
- 11 Apr 10: Deep purple
- 18 Apr 10: A day at the fair
- 24 Apr 10: A stroll amongst Amaranthaceae
- 03 Apr 11: Strange flowers
- 10 Apr 11: A walk in the Botanic Garden
- 17 Apr 11: Boots and brollies at Bilpin
- 24 Apr 11: Scented leaves
- 18 Apr 09: More begonias
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May
- May
- 03 May 09: Salvias in autumn
- 10 May 09: Autumn daisies
- 17 May 09: Autumn leaves
- 24 May 09: Meet the Acanthus family
- 31 May 09: Belrose Nursery: end of an era
- 02 May 10: More Salvia in autumn
- 09 May 10: More autumn leaves
- 16 May 10: Ruthless gardening
- 23 May 10: A walk in the bush
- 30 May 10: Dusky leaves
- 01 May 11: More on autumn salvias
- 08 May 11: Exotic leaves
- 15 May 11: Autumn carpets
- 22 May 11: Beautiful bark
- 10 May 09: Autumn daisies
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Jun
- June
- 07 Jun 09: Growing South African plants
- 14 Jun 09: Winter greenery
- 21 Jun 09: A feast of berries
- 27 Jun 09: Hot winter colour
- 06 Jun 10: Oranges and lemons
- 12 Jun 10: Plant sculpture
- 20 Jun 10: Leaves of gold
- 11 Jun 11: Bella Umbria
- 19 Jun 11: In a Renaissance garden
- 26 Jun 11: An extraordinary garden
- 14 Jun 09: Winter greenery
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Jly
- July
- 06 Jul 09: The sweet scents of winter
- 12 Jul 09: The lure of camellias
- 19 Jul 09: Orchid lessons
- 26 Jul 09: More winter flowers
- 04 Jul 10: Frost!
- 11 Jul 10: A walk in a rainforest
- 18 Jul 10: Buds of spring
- 25 Jul 10: A stroll amidst camellias
- 03 Jul 11: Winter solace
- 10 Jul 11: Good-looking leaves
- 17 Jul 11: Baby blooms
- 24 Jul 11: Pondering on trees
- 31 Jul 11: Sprinter pottering
- 12 Jul 09: The lure of camellias
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Aug
- August
- 01 Aug 09: Hello hellebores
- 09 Aug 09: Salvias in wintertime
- 16 Aug 09: Footprints of spring
- 23 Aug 09: Blooms from dry climates
- 30 Aug 09: Amazing Amaryllids
- 01 Aug 10: Sunny Sunday
- 08 Aug 10: Winter white
- 15 Aug 10: The lure of gardening books
- 22 Aug 10: Ponderings on pruning
- 29 Aug 10: Pretty in pink
- 07 Aug 11: On bare branches
- 14 Aug 11: Fluffy flowers
- 21 Aug 11: Back to nature
- 28 Aug 11: Annual delights
- 09 Aug 09: Salvias in wintertime
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Sep
- September
- 01 Sep 08: A perfect start
- 08 Sep 08: Capricious spring
- 11 Sep 08: Early spring blues
- 22 Sep 08: In the limelight
- 06 Sep 09: A garland of daisies
- 12 Sep 09: Hot colours of spring
- 20 Sep 09: Spring-flowering corms
- 27 Sep 09: The azalea question
- 05 Sep 10: Look up to epiphytes!
- 12 Sep 10: Baby leaves
- 19 Sep 10: Rambling through spring
- 26 Sep 10: Be kind to pot plants
- 04 Sep 11: Easy irises
- 11 Sep 11: September shrubs
- 18 Sep 11: Beautiful bracts
- 24 Sep 11: Hens and gardens
- 08 Sep 08: Capricious spring
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Oct
- October
- 17 Oct 08: Bold South African bulbs
- 26 Oct 08: Iris time
- 03 Oct 09: A quilt of begonias
- 11 Oct 09: Succulent flowers
- 18 Oct 09: Perennial favourites
- 25 Oct 09: Purple snow
- 01 Oct 10: A profusion of spring annuals
- 10 Oct 10: A trip to the country
- 17 Oct 10: Silver in the shade
- 24 Oct 10: Tough customers
- 31 Oct 10: Finding new treasures
- 02 Oct 11: Survival tactics
- 09 Oct 11: Ageing and gardening
- 16 Oct 11: A Sydney cottage garden
- 23 Oct 11: Cheerful geraniums
- 30 Oct 11: Poppies!
- 26 Oct 08: Iris time
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Nov
- November
- 07 Nov 08: Easy-care shrubs
- 16 Nov 08: Salvias in bloom
- 24 Nov 08: Acanthus and kin
- 01 Nov 09: Shady whites
- 08 Nov 09: Colour echoes
- 15 Nov 09: Unusual vines
- 21 Nov 09: A very Sydney garden
- 29 Nov 09: Rehydrating the Hydrangeas
- 07 Nov 10: Spots and splashes
- 14 Nov 10: Dreaming spires
- 21 Nov 10: Hydrangea time
- 28 Nov 10: A living tapestry
- 06 Nov 11: November bulbs
- 13 Nov 11: Spillover plants
- 20 Nov 11: An amazing wall
- 27 Nov 11: Self-seeding spires
- 16 Nov 08: Salvias in bloom
- Dec
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