Instead of reaching for the insecticide or insect repellent, a group, consisting of seven- to eleven-year-olds, were exposed to an insect revolution at ARC Ento Tech Ltd at Somersby, NSW. The event was organised by the Horticultural Media Association of Australia.… Continue reading
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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)
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
Read MoreBy John Fitzsimmons
Most people in horticulture are familiar with the big-ticket plant nutrients, readily focusing on the familiar NPK summaries. However, shelf labels, catalogues, and online searches often include other nutritional references that may be less familiar and/or less understood.… Continue reading
Read MorePhotosynthate 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
Read MoreBy Dale Arvidsson
Conifers are among the oldest and most diverse groups of plants on Earth. They have existed and evolved for more than 300 million years, surviving ice ages, changing climates, and mass extinctions. These plants have adapted to a wide range of habitats, living just above sea level in the tropics to over 3000 metres in altitude and above the timberline of the world’s highest mountain ranges.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Daniel Fuller
Flowers are great, but they’re fleeting. A good landscape design includes plants with eye-catching foliage that will provide aesthetic value month after month, year after year.
Ozbreed has bred several new native cultivars with foliage full of interesting colours, shapes, and textures.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy John Corban
The new financial year has begun, and if you have not already done so, now is the time to analyse your P&L from the year just finished.
By following my three simple steps, you can analyse your numbers and percentages.… Continue reading
Read MoreWhat ethical sourcing means for your bottom line
These aren’t just idle thoughts for consumers. They are important criteria for making buying decisions – and businesses are increasingly aware of the need for making ethical sourcing decisions.
Australian markets are becoming more and more connected to international systems, organisations, and influences.… Continue reading
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In 2007 all company activities were combined in the revolutionary Priva Campus Building in De Lier, Netherlands
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Dutch company Priva last month marked its 65th year of business with a list of major new products and technical developments at Green Tech 2024 in Amsterdam.
Priva was founded in 1959 by Jan Prins and his uncle Cor Valk as Valk en Prins to import heaters for greenhouses; heaters that were safer and cleaner to use than existing solutions.… Continue reading
Read MoreBy Patrick Regnault
Humic and fulvic acids are used as bio-stimulants to promote plant growth and increase nutrient availability and uptake. The ornamental horticulture industry is looking to reduce its environmental impact – think of all the fertilisers used on lawns and gardens, sport fields and parklands.… Continue reading
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