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Aerial view of the property showing the location of the Inala Jurassic Garden Inala (Image: Inala-B Moriarty)

A global collection of Gondwanan flora in Tasmania

04/11/2021 admin 811 Views 0 Comments

By Dr Tonia Cochran

The Inala Jurassic Garden is a privately-owned botanic garden located on South Bruny Island, south-eastern Tasmania. Its relatively remote location, on an ‘island off an island off an island’, is rather a fitting place for a garden which features living plant families whose ancestors thrived on the ancient Gondwana supercontinent before it split to form today’s southern land masses – quite the Jurassic Park, with its plant equivalent of dinosaurs that are still with us today.… Continue reading

A high traffic area on market day and a beautiful view (Images supplied by Turfbreed)

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Historic Coal Loader site offers perfect green roof platform for Nara Native Zoysia

04/11/2021 admin 842 Views 0 Comments

By Sandra Godwin

Each week thousands of people visit the Coal Loader at Balls Head, Waverton in New South Wales, to enjoy the fresh air and million-dollar views across Sydney Harbour. It’s a far cry from the days when workers laboured under a thick layer of black dust to unload coal from bulk carriers and transfer it onto smaller, coal-fired steam ships.… Continue reading

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Re-vegetation or ecological restoration

04/11/2021 admin 788 Views 0 Comments

By Patrick Regnault

As we become more environmentally conscious, individuals or communities in rural or regional areas may wish to re-vegetate part of their land to improve the local biodiversity. To be of full benefit the planting has to serve the local fauna, be a future seed bank for the local flora, and increase soil health.… Continue reading

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Galangal – hard to say easy to eat

03/11/2021 admin 758 Views 0 Comments

By Clive Larkman

As a botanist with a passion for correct plant nomenclature and growing the right plant, the difference between regular garden plants and the edible/medicinal sectors is huge. Although the nursery industry isn’t known for accuracy in naming and growing correctly identified plants, it does try to get it right.… Continue reading

Functional, low management requirements and innovative urban massed succulent planting

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Mass planting and groundcover trends – a challenge for industry?

01/10/2021 John Fitzsimmons 1016 Views 0 Comments

By John Fitzsimmons

In any pursuit, templates can be a valuable aid to consistency and uniformity. The landscape industry is no different. Yet success can become its own worst enemy, especially when formulae become cliches and stifle innovation and creativity, and when cookie-cutter ideas no longer meet current and future challenges.… Continue reading

Bronze Nothofagus gunnii (Deciduous Beech) leaves provide a sculptural introduction to the Entry Zone (Image: Chris Lang)

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Introducing the Tasmanian Flora Entry Zone

01/10/2021 admin 833 Views 0 Comments

By Chris Lang

The Tasmanian Native Section and adjacent areas have undergone substantial change in accordance with long held plans to redevelop Tasmanian flora displays through the northern region of the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. A significant landscaping effort, which commenced during September 2020, has resulted in the establishment of the Tasmanian Flora Entry Zone.… Continue reading

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Professionalism and good quality plants benefits all

01/10/2021 admin 789 Views 0 Comments

By Lee-Ann Officer

Being a professional refers to making a livelihood in an activity or field of endeavour for financial return. A professional, as opposed to an amateur, conforms to the technical and/or ethical standards of a profession, and it is a permanent career with added accountability.… Continue reading

Phytophthora in Xanthorrhoea

Botanic Gardens

Preventing plant pandemics

01/10/2021 admin 916 Views 0 Comments

By Dr Brett Summerell

Plants, like us, are constantly challenged by a rapidly evolving array of disease-causing organisms that are spread around the world with increasing speed and frequency. Newly arrived pathogens can have devastating impacts on naïve plant species and can even dictate what plants can be grown, where plants can be grown and even if visitors can be allowed into an area.… Continue reading

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Bottlebrush beauty

01/10/2021 admin 854 Views 0 Comments

Label: Callistemon citrinus ‘Demesne Rowena’

ACRA Registration 330 (October 1989)

Family: Rutaceae

Origin: Callistemon ‘Demesne Rowena’ is a manipulated cross between Callistemon ‘Splendens’ and Callistemon ‘White Anzac’. These are both forms of Callistemon citrinus. The cross was performed by Mr.… Continue reading

Correa ‘Federation Belle’ flower (Image: ANBG)

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The Belle of the garden

01/10/2021 admin 932 Views 0 Comments

Label: Correa ‘Federation Belle ‘

ACRA Registration 815 (May 2000)

Family: Rutaceae

Origin: A chance seedling in the garden of Sarah Caldwell, Mole River Station which is in the Torrington area in northern NSW. It is thought to be a hybrid between Correa ‘Marion’s Marvel’ and perhaps a form of Correa reflexa var.… Continue reading