Cooling temperatures bring out the blooms
In a novel way of letting us know the season is changing, some species of plants naturally set flowers and bloom, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
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Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON has a hero plant this week – the Chinese plumbago with it's blue flowers and red autumnal foliage.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON has a favourite in feijoa cake. Now the fruit is ripening, she's happy to share her recipe.
While there are autumn bulbs to give colour, the shape of foliage can also play a big part in creating an interesting garden, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
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Native plant specialists prepare for busy autumn
“Autumn is a fabulous time for planting in Canberra,” says Cool Country Natives nursery owner KAREN BRIEN. Hers is Canberra’s only retail nursery dedicated to selling just Australian native plants
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Garden colour still for months to come
With plenty of plants that come into flowering as the weather cools, strategic planting can give the garden a riot of colour for many months yet, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
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Colourful daisies with all-year appeal
Marguerite daisies can flower all year, which makes them tricky to prune, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Don't let the snail-eating leopard slugs near the prized leopard plant, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Potted colour in the garden is a great way to have a good show of flowers and colour for the whole season, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
This has been the year of pests and diseases, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON is enjoying the colour from a new annual herb plant that she reckons is easy to grow.
While there are many plants we can grow that use less or little water, drought-tolerant plants also need to survive our cold winters, writes garden columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON says to keep an eye out for a special orchid growing wild that can be easily missed among grass and shrubs.
Vegetables, such as tomatoes, zucchini and capsicums, will be ripening in the summer heat and sun, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
What better way to start the New Year in the garden than with a project of, say, designing and building a sensory garden, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON showcases her seasonal favourites from a year in the garden.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON looks at another week in the summer garden.
"All dahlias, summer and autumn annuals should be in the ground and the last sowing of tomatoes, capsicums and zucchinis can be done for late-autumn cropping," says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Planting roses at this time of the year will need a lot of TLC to get them established through the summer heat. Probably best to wait for winter, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
