Below is our old Amorphophallus video from a year ago. If you watch the two videos and you see how much the Titan Arum has grown! Amorphophallus species give you some of the weirdest and most amazing plants on our planet. There are 200 species, many of which are in cultivation. They vary in size […]
You may have heard of Permaculture and wonder what it is. Permaculture is a system for gardening, horticulture or agriculture that keeps the system in balance by using ways that do not deplete the earths natural resources. There are guidelines for permaculture. We will give you a few. 1.Is Permaculture for You? Some treat permaculture […]
Sustainability means to be able to keep a system going long term without exhausting its or your resources and then falling in a heap ie your garden, yourself or other enterprises. Here are some things to consider 1. YOU. Your garden is there for your peace & joy. It brings you back to nature and […]
For many of us the first thing we learn about pollen is that it makes us sneeze in spring if we have an allergy to it. But this is the airborne dust sized pollen and there are many many other types. What is Pollen? Pollen is the male gamete sent out by a plants male […]
DIABETES PLANT SAMBUNG (Gynura procumbens) Notes from Isabelle Shippard It is a hardy perennial, of the Asteraceae family to which daisies belong, and includes many plants useful to man, eg. German chamomile, echinacea, sunflower, calendula, dandelion and St. Mary’s thistle. The plant is well known in South East Asia, with folklore medicinal uses in China, […]
This month we have the privilege of introducing you to some of the rarest Cycads in the world today & then showing you some on video. Read about how rare and special these plants are. These are not only rare ancient plants but plants of great beauty and botanical interest. Often available at our nursery. […]
Ferns are an amazing and very diverse group with over 10,000 species. Their differing structures have evolved over 360 million years. They are vascular plants which means they have a vascular system for transporting nutrients and water as do the flowering plants (angiosperms) and cone bearing plants (gymnosperms). Because of this vascular plants can evolve […]
Did you know applying vermicaste (worm poo) onto your plants is very beneficial to them…& even more so during winter. You rarely hear about this because the big fertiliser companies have all the advertising dollars & also pay the ‘garden gurus’ …yes they need to get paid. Vermicaste has billions of beneficial plant microbes that […]
Get some more love in your life!! …..simply by equipping yourself with a place for Anthuriums. Anthuriums are known as Love Hearts because both the leaves and the flowers are shaped like a heart! Also called Flamingo Flower. Anthuriums are one of the worlds most popular flowers. Anthurium andraeanum is the most well known and […]
Here is a video showing just how easy it is to develop an inspiring garden in a very small space. The backyard we visited in the video is only 10 meters by 5 meters!! Yet within this small space there are over 300 very interesting plants!!! Watch the video above and let it speak for […]
