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The sharp points on Acacia verticillata, Prickly Moses, are useful in deterring wildlife from gardens (Image: Kenraiz Krzysztof Ziarnek via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Guess who’s coming for dinner?

08/08/2024 admin 274 Views 0 Comments #Tree, Botanic gardens, Garden Design, gardening, horticultural, horticultural industry, landscape, landscape design, Ornamental trees, Shade Trees

By Gabrielle Stannus

While your clients sleep, their gardens may attract unwanted guests looking for a late-night feed. Australia’s many nocturnal animals are attracted to native plants and those exotic species we humans love for their edible and ornamental value. I spoke with Beverley Sherwood, Manager of the Plants of Tasmania Nursery, to find out how physical barriers, plant selection, and placement can help landscape designers and horticulturists discourage these unwanted visitors from the gardens we design and create.… Continue reading

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Photosynthate transfer through a common mycorrhizal network

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Photosynthate transfer from an autotrophic orchid to conspecific heterotrophic protocorms through a common mycorrhizal network

Does the ‘wood wide web really exist? Can speculation that parental plants nurture their young be justified? New research by a group including Katie J Fields at the University of Shefield in the UK has shown a definite transfer of carbon in the form of photosynthate essential for protocorm development.… Continue reading