Hello and welcome to iGarden. Anyone who knows me will know that I am 'The Compulsive Gardener' - I love everything about gardening.
Allow me to share some of my enthusiasm and interests in gardening with a focus on the plants I know best and those that do especially well in my own Sydney garden.
This is more than just about plants: it's also about the people involved in gardening; their books and gardens; planting schemes; choosing appropriate plant types; colour selection... There is plenty to think and read about in iGarden.
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Some years ago now, I had a chance conversation with another gardener about the cultivation of hybrid fuchsias ... Read On »
See the full list of what's flowering in my garden this month.
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November is one of the prettiest months of the year in our Sydney gardens. Read More »
As spring-flowering shrubs and climbers finish blooming, prune them back. Deciduous flowering shrubs such as Weigela and Deutzia should have about one-fifth of the old flowered canes cut out completely at ground level, to encourage new growth, with the rest of the canes being shortened back by about one-third, to a newly developing shoot. Evergreen exotic and native shrubs such as Rondeletia, Brunfelsia and Callistemon can be given a firm overall trim.
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