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shiukopuppy's posts about: grevillia
Dec 26, 2007 | 12:56 AM PST
Tags: mangoes , zucchini , grevillia , bottlebrush
Could this be a mango? I've never really seen a mango tree and it looks like the flowers are as confusing as they were on my olive trees (which had lots of tiny flowers - most of which did not set fruit). I hope they are better than the hard and odourless mangoes at the supermarket.
My lettuces are doing well and I have enjoyed them in a few salads. Most of the zucchinis have flowered which means that I can look forward to eating them in a couple of months. In the floral garden, the bottlebrushes and grevillias keep flowering and the snapdragons and marigolds are vibrant.
Oct 4, 2007 | 4:38 AM PST
Tags: grevillia , cherry , Pomegranates , nashi , almond
Behold the latest flower - a yellow grevillia!
It's been busy and I
can't seem to get on top of things in the garden. But that is just part of lovely spring..
Lately, I fixed the vegetable cages and added new doors. I weeded them and planted some companion flower seeds for later.
I began clearing leaves that had come in with the recent heavy winds and I fertilized some fruit trees - almond, cherry, apple, nashi, citrus and pomegranate.
I read up and worried a lot about codling moth! It sounds very difficult to deal with without chemicals. I did notice lots of the friendly hoverflies who made me feel optimistic about the health of my vegetables.
Sep 29, 2007 | 11:34 PM PST
Tags: black tulip , grevillia , Cherries , raspberries
My grevillia above is blooming! I find it fascinating because it doesn't look like a flower, it's more like an alien! Hopefully some birds will come to appreciate it and eat it, though I'm not sure how..
Sadly, discovered the sparkly trails left behind by snails. It is that time of year and the evidence of snails everywhere. I used some environmentally friendly snail pellets but I hate their color and they break down quickly. There was another sale at the garden center so I bought a Lebanese eggplant seedling and a two-story marigold seedling. Then we decided to go to the nursery that sells native plants at a discounted price. I decided to plant some pink blooms near my front door so I bought a purplish boronia, a pink bottle-brush and another pink grevillia. We planted them near the front door this afternoon.
I was at the supermarket earlier today, and I couldn't believe that frozen cherries cost $19.99 per kg! and frozen raspberries cost $15.00/kg! ! (for reference, i think that a kilogram is about 2.2 lbs). I'm glad I'll be growing both fruits this year - will not waste a single one!
Other things that I find expensive at the shops are fresh herbs, snow peas and gourmet lettuces. So I'm going to have to be even more motivated to grow things. I did get some reduced lettuces (damaged) and gave some to my chickens to peck apart. I went outside and one of them was running around happily with some lettuce.
Sep 12, 2007 | 4:55 AM PST
Tags: wattle , hakea , protea , banksia , grevillia , kangaroo paw , callistemon , dedonia , Australia
This wattle flower in my driveway is blooming - it looks like it
grew wild here. I like its 'gum leaves'. The yellow puffy flowers had
to grow on me - I didn't appreciate natives when I was younger. Love
this wattle lots now!
Our native Australian flowering garden also has a wattle plant but it isn't blooming - probably because the soil is so terrible. Our other native plants include grevillias, banksias, hakeas, kangaroo paws, callistemons, dedonias and a protea (not native, but often mistaken for it!)
