My tropical digsFine fortunesThere are three potted specimens of the evergreen vine, Native Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia acuminata), growing comfortably among the…Aug 3
My tropical digsHappenstance and street treesA few months ago, on the eve of Christmas Eve — while looking out through the kitchen window to check whether some clothes I’d hung out to…Apr 8, 2023
My tropical digsSomething missingThe first twelve months spent writing this blog were quite easy going. Words poured forth with such gay-abandon that it virtually wrote…Jun 28Jun 28
My tropical digsSmall packagesOf all the plants I grew in Tasmania, alpine cushion plants were slowest. In the wild, they typically add just a millimetre or two of…Oct 13, 20231Oct 13, 20231
My tropical digsMore about birds and beesWe humans are easily drawn to the often magnificent, sometimes extraordinary creations of dedicated horticulturalists; big, blousy — some…May 4May 4
My tropical digsFine fortunesThere are three potted specimens of the evergreen vine, Native Dutchman’s pipe (Aristolochia acuminata), growing comfortably among the…Aug 3
My tropical digsHappenstance and street treesA few months ago, on the eve of Christmas Eve — while looking out through the kitchen window to check whether some clothes I’d hung out to…Apr 8, 2023
My tropical digsSomething missingThe first twelve months spent writing this blog were quite easy going. Words poured forth with such gay-abandon that it virtually wrote…Jun 28
My tropical digsSmall packagesOf all the plants I grew in Tasmania, alpine cushion plants were slowest. In the wild, they typically add just a millimetre or two of…Oct 13, 20231
My tropical digsMore about birds and beesWe humans are easily drawn to the often magnificent, sometimes extraordinary creations of dedicated horticulturalists; big, blousy — some…May 4
My tropical digsGone to potA few years after buying the land I once owned in Tasmania, I imagined an ornamental garden there that required as little in the way of…Oct 6, 2023
My tropical digsAdaptation 2For the last month or more my enthusiasm for anything garden-related has been wanting to say the very least (hence the longer time than…Mar 20
My tropical digsLive fast, die youngAnnual ornamental garden plants — pansy, petunia, snapdragon, love-in-a-mist, poppy, kiss-me-quick (not an annual, but it sounds good…Sep 8, 2023