Clockwork
Ticking towards election day in an Indi garden
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Well-red
Berberis ‘Firecracker’ lights a blaze on the garden terrace ahead of our North East autumn fall.
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Morning pluck
What better destiny for an old variety of Normandy apple than tarte tartin on Easter Day?
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One hip clock
Fruits of the family Rosaceae in Wallasey-Beaumaris garden near Beechworth this afternoon.
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Japonisme
The Japanese clouds-and-sky Wisteria floribunda macrobotrys would find its way inside if only we’d let it.
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Bountiful hortensia
Hydrangea aspera villosa has flowered wonderfully this autumn in spite of a truly awful summer in our North East.
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Clockwise from left: Berberis thunbergii atropurpurea, Pyrus unknown and P. ussuriensis, Cercis canadensis, Magnolia stellata, and Prunus subhirtella pendula alba in fall…
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GARDENERS will savour autumn in Victoria’s North East when ‘Wallasey-Beaumaris’ near Three Mile Creek, south of Beechworth, and ‘Varrich’, in nearby Stanley,…
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HELEN Gordon had a keen eye for a fine garden. The English teacher at what was then Beechworth High School came in…
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THIS is the story of a secret garden. It is centred on a tree – one genealogical and one growing – a…
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