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Gardening / Of beetles, elms and ash trees
One of the displays at Rosemoor garden at Great Torrington in Devon. MORE than 60 million Dutch elm trees have died over the past century, but in Australia we are fortunate to not have the disease...
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Gardening / More to weeping than meets the eye
A seven-metre-wide Prunus subhirtella rubra or weepingcherry tree. BE careful when deciding to prune weeping cherry trees because the preferred time for flowering weepers is immediately after flowering...
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Gardening / Stressed trees start shedding leaves
WITH summer’s heat and minimal rainfall our trees are suffering. As the water table continues to fall, trees are already starting to shed their leaves and autumn has only just arrived! Burning leaves...
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The flower power of good pruning
Plant hibiscus syriacus now for next year’s autumn colour. WHEN I featured Crepe myrtles recently some readers have reported plants that have been in for several years were not flowering well. Cedric...
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It’s time to be planting evergreens
“AUTUMN time is planting time”, as the saying goes, and time for putting in evergreen trees and shrubs. Then in winter it will be time to plant deciduous ornamental trees and shrubs and fruit trees....
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Plant that keeps on keeping on
Everlasting straw flowers… particularly popular in countries with long, cold, snow-bound winters. THE problem with cut flowers is they don’t last long, but among the odd exception is a remarkable...
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Colour through the colder months
AS winter approaches, readers have asked for suggestions on hardy shrubs that provide colour through the colder months. Cedric Bryant. The first that comes to mind is the camellia family. The Camellia...
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Winter shrubs for bigger blocks
The gosh-wow plant… Osmanthus aurantiacus READERS continue to ask for suggestions on hardy shrubs that provide colour in late autumn months and through the winter. Cedric Bryant. There are many annuals...
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Go native for a splash of winter colour
Winter-flowering callistemons… a light prune after flowering is beneficial. THE range of native plants in flower during the colder months puts a lie to the idea that winter gardens lack interest....
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The timeless lure of lemon-scented plants
Lemon-scented verbena… a must for gardens. LEMON-scented plants have been popular since ancient times for their culinary, medicinal and fragrant uses. Cedric Bryant. When visitors walk through our side...
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Yes, but Emily didn’t have to dig the bluebells up!
WRITER Emily Bronte wrote of the common bluebell that “a fine and subtle spirit dwells in every flower”. Cedric Bryant. While readily available here, a word of warning; the English bluebell...
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Good time to sort out the garden
Give the garden a lift for a winter project. WINTER is the ideal time to reassess your garden. It’s looking bare, the leaves have fallen and there will be few flowers until the bulbs emerge in spring....
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Joy of a silver birch against a blue sky
Silver birch against a clear blue sky. THERE are few more stunning sights than the golden yellow leaves of silver birch (Betula pendula) against a clear, blue sky. Cedric Bryant. I planted silver birch...
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Avoid tears at rose-planting time
IT’S rose planting time and every year I get questions from readers on why their new roses have died. Cedric Bryant. The secret to survival is that when buying roses, always look for two-year-old...
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Making the most of euphorbia
An attractive combination of euphorbia and wisteria photographed at an historic home in Yass. One of gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT’s favourites is the euphorbia family. And it’s a big family with more...
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Artichoke with a majestic presence
The “majestic” flower buds of the globe artichoke Gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT is transfixed by the “majestic” globe artichoke, a very decorative plant that can be grown for its silver leaves and...
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Blossoms that herald spring
Crabapples for fragrant flowers and fruit. Gardening writer CEDRIC BRYANT has some suggestions of picking the best blossom trees to welcome the spring. NOW’S the perfect time of the year to plant...
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Dry argument when talking plants
The mass of white flowers of the drought-tolerant Mexican orange blossom. In the garden it’s important to look for plants that are drought tolerant rather than drought resistant because...
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The buzz about loving bees
Bees love open flowers to get to the nectar. BEES and frogs are important indicators of the state of the world’s environment. Cedric Bryant. It’s unsurprising that we take bees for granted given,...
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Grumpy / ‘Ashamed’ of shameful profligacy
Occasional Grumpy columnist, CEDRIC BRYANT, of Watson, can’t get over the wastefulness of the tram-launch knees-up. ACCORDING to a well-known overseas tourist publication last year Canberra was rated...
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