The Layered Bulb Pot

The Layered Bulb Pot1. Take one large pot at least 25cm deep and 30cm wide. Make sure it has good drainage holes in the base. Self-watering pots are not recommended for bulbs. 2. Choose a good quality bulb planting mix and begin with a layer of about 5cm in the base of the pot. Place about 12 large bulbs, such as tulips or daf...

The Heritage Garden

“Most people come to see the roses and to be inspired by what can be created in such a short time.”   “Wander down a lawn walk covered with arches draped in exquisitely perfumed ‘Souvenir de la Malmaison’ roses.”   When you visit the Heritage Garden at Sevenhills in the beautiful Clare Valley, you would swear that ...

Precious Pomegranate

“The urn-shaped flowers would be unappealing were they larger, but as they are they enliven the garden like a set of party lights.”     Set against the bleached timber fence in the lower part of the orchard among the silver wormwood hedge is a solitary pomegranate tree, Punica granatum. I call it a tree – I like the...

Graham On Growing Citrus

There is hardly a garden in Australia that doesn’t have at least one citrus tree. Once only the domain of the traditional quarter-acre block, now balcony and courtyard gardeners are enjoying growing citrus by selecting dwarf varieties and growing them in tubs, even espaliering them.   It is interesting to note that, after...

Performance Review

“It will take me several years of disappointment before I finally rid myself of any particular plant. I hang on to old, tired plants longer than I should.”“I have a friend whose confidence in plants and gardening is so exceedingly low that she cannot part with anything that has blessed her with any form of growth whatsoever.”“Th...