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Faye
assistant gardener
Australia
202 Posts |
 Posted - 06/12/2008 : 11:14:08
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Well I told ya all mum has been re-enthused! Guess what new plants are now subject to my TLC!
Lacey Aralia
 
Pink Hibiscus
 
Yellow Poinciana - Peltophorum pterocarpum
Faye
"Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, and little fleas have lesser fleas and so ad infinitum." DeMorgan
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2008 : 11:20:07
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All very pretty Faye..
It will be good seeing them all get bigger..
Wont be long and Pitta garden will look absolutely beautiful.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 06/12/2008 : 12:09:50
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A very pretty pink hibiscus They will all grow quickly for you up there.
I'm still waiting for the buds on my peltophorum to open.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 11:10:42
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John arrived a little while ago to do his 2 hours gardening.
Today he will be planting out 6 new plants,then looking for oil palm seeds.
New today are..
Hedychium coronarium......Common name white butterfly ginger.
Plumbago auriculata.......Common name royal cape.
Allamanda cathartica......Common name SUNEE
Mussaenda erythropylla....Common name Donna Luz.
Lysmachia GOLD clusters...Common name golden creeping jenny..ground cover.
Scutellaria ventenatii....Common name pink scullcaps.Ground cover.
Faye will post pics later.
John climbed up the ladder to get oil palm seeds, only to find there are none,can't
understand it,there were so many male and female clusters this year,.PITTA
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Edited by - pitta on 11/12/2008 11:14:56 |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 11:20:38
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Looking forward to seeing the pics. I used to have Lysmachia & the Scutellaria at a previous place - I really should look out for some again as they were good tough plants. Mussaenda was one of my mother's favourite plants.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 12:07:14
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 great pink of the H flower
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 12:44:28
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I have a few of those myself Pitta, you have a good selection there..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Faye
assistant gardener
Australia
202 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 14:47:40
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Our latest plants from Limberlost Nursery in Cairns. Hopefully the 'wet' season will start soon and they'll get a good start. Meantime the sprinkler is on!
Mussaenda Philippica 'Luz' Bankok Rose
 
Plumbago Auriculata (syn. p. capensis)
 
Allamanda Cathartica Compacta 'Sunee'
 
Scutellaria ventenatii
 
Lysimachia 'Gold Clusters'
 
Pot to be planted out!
White Butterfly Ginger - Hedychium coronarium
 
Faye
"Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, and little fleas have lesser fleas and so ad infinitum." DeMorgan |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 17:30:33
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All the new plants have been watered in, now as soon as its our turn for some natutal rain.HA.HA.
In this soil they will grow quickly.Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 18:41:36
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I'd love some of your soil here... if I could keep the kids out of it when wet 
Good choice of plants though one I won't plant here is the plumbago. We are still trying to get rid of it after 18mths. It had nearly smothered plants in a 3m2 area so we had to cut all the plants back and sprayed the plumbago several times with glyphosate including one time with pure glypho and it still comes back. 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 18:55:33
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Thanks Gail, I will keep an eye out for any feral behaviour.Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
Cooktown |
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 11/12/2008 : 19:15:26
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It may behave for you Gwen, Mary-Anne has one that seems ok but ours just kept sending up suckers anywhere up to 3m away from the main plant.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Faye
assistant gardener
Australia
202 Posts |
Posted - 18/12/2008 : 14:07:52
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Mums Christmas present - a little early. Two Mandevilla in a pot. I liked the look of the flowers. The one growing on the fence is in front of the 'nursery' and it attracted me to get one. They only had the white but ordered in the crimson.
 
 
  
Faye
"Great fleas have little fleas upon their backs to bite 'em, and little fleas have lesser fleas and so ad infinitum." DeMorgan
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 18/12/2008 : 14:54:54
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   I am a lucky ducky alright. After I treated myself to some plants with Kevins money. My 4 children have arranged
to put in and give them to their Mun for Christmas.[8D. I just love the 2 Mandevilla . I would like to put them on an archway. Pity I don't have a Tony.
The son who could do one ,{he's a welder} lives on Bickrton Island
not far from Groote Island, where another daughter lives. I'm sure
we will think of something.Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
7707 Posts |
Posted - 18/12/2008 : 15:12:04
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Mandevillea is a very pretty plant and the red and white together look beautiful... xmas colours too
Now that Faye is learning about gardening she could also give welding a go Sorry Faye, just joking  It is a pity you are so far away as Ian, my husband, is a welder too and could whip up an arch in no time. The only reason we don't have one is we have nowhere to put one that wouldn't look silly... you can't just stick them in the middle of the yard 
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 18/12/2008 : 15:41:43
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One of the easiest ways to make a arch is four star pickets and some tubing that will fit over the pickets then put some dog wire or chicken wire over it, but you do need a strong guy to belt the star pickets in
Love those Mandevilla I had a beautiful white one in Townsville named Snow White it was coming on really well around the pool fence then along came Cyclone Justin and the salt water overflowed everywhere I lost a lot of plants then.. I dont grow one here..
They are both so pretty..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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