The Gardener Magazine

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I’ve been writing articles about bonsai for more than 25 years, and every year at about this time I write about the very same thing: preparing for spring. And yet, for the last 25 years I have been caught off guard myself. That is because when spring

Blue Mountains Life

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Autumn is almost upon us and for gardeners it will be the last opportunity to visit and stock up at the popular Ross Conifers Garden Nursery at Tarana. After 52 years providing gardeners with beautiful high quality plants, Allan and Elizabeth Ross’s

Australian House & Garden

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Jason Chongue is passionate about promoting “moments of green” in our homes and city scapes. In this, his second book, Jason (founder of Melbourne design studio The Garden Society) focuses on small-space gardening, explaining how to choose, look afte

Watercolor Artist

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Downstairs from Tom Young’s home-based painting studio is the other place where the artist spends significant time: his “bonsai room.” There he keeps about 20 of the potted ornamental trees, the largest being no taller than 2 feet. “I move back and f

Amateur Gardening

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Tend your baskets every few days by deadheading, trimming any plants that are swamping others and, if necessary, replacing any failing plants. FOR bringing colour up to buildings and for decorating the vertical spaces of gardens small and large, you

The English Garden

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Proportion, symmetry and balance are the hallmarks of Michael and Frances Dobson’s elegant Cotswold garden. Rising in a series of lawned terraces, divided by low walls and yew hedging, the walled garden perfectly complements the Grade II* listed Geor

Woman's Weekly Living Series

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An evergreen shrub with attractive peeling bark and small bell-shaped flowers, known as the strawberry tree for its small red fruits. In sheltered, frost-free areas stalked bulbine bears star-shaped orange, yellow or white flowers on a tall stem. R

The Gardener Magazine

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You would think that I would have found plenty of spare time during the Covid-19 lockdown to work on my plants, but as things happen, I have been busier than ever. As a consequence, some of my bonsai have suffered from a bit of neglect. The Commiphor

Palm Beach Illustrated

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Far more than just a zen-chic desk accessory, bonsai trees are a stress-relieving art form with the potential to boost mental health by encouraging concentration and creativity. And, as a type of gardening replete with opportunities for mindfulness,

Architectural Digest India

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The origins of bonsai can be traced back approximately 2,000 years, to the Chinese practice of penjing, which involved recreating miniature landscapes. Sometime around the sixth century, Japanese diplomats and students travelling to China brought the

Home & Decor

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Take one look at Japanese artist Takanori Aiba’s tiny kingdom sculptures, where entire miniature communities are built around bonsai trees, and you’ll feel like Gulliver stepping foot on the imaginary land of Lilliput. The Japanese art of bonsai is

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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The name says it all with the seductively perfumed, fully double Adorable rose. With a fragrance reminiscent of citrus, lychee and apple, it won a People’s Choice Award at the National Rose Trial Garden of Australia in 2019, followed by the Silver Aw

The Gardener Magazine

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Bonsai growers often ask me for advice. Without even looking at their trees I can give them the most valuable advice they will ever get: “Water your plants!” Folks, it is that simple. Without water your plants will shrivel up and die. Yes, we all kno

Woman's Own

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1 One of the first signs of spring, yellow, white and purple crocuses are always a welcome sight, so plant corms in borders, grass or pots now, around 15cm deep, 10-15cm apart. 2 Rake leaves from your lawn and store in bin bags to rot down into le

Popular Science

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Trees are magnificent beings. They produce oxygen for humans to breathe, sequester carbon dioxide, and provide shade for many species, including birds, rodents, and humans. If you have a tree lover in your life, you’ve probably heard all these facts

Amateur Gardening

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Brighten your outlook and boost your mood by filling a window-box with a cheerful combination of tall red tulips (you can’t go wrong with the classic ‘Red Impression’), golden yellow wallflowers and orange primulas. Given a sheltered spot in partial

Garden & Gun

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The Memphis suburb of Olive Branch, Mississippi, is home to the country’s largest collection of miniature trees. Brussel’s Bonsai Nursery is roughly the size of New York’s Grand Central Station and stocks some 100,000 tiny trees, from $33 dwarf jades

Blue Mountains Life

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Thomson's Garden Centre has a rich history of selling Garden nursery supplies to the Central West for over 30 years. In this time the business has grown into a leader in it’s field supplying unbeatable prices on a massive product range with everythin

Woman's Weekly

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1 Water newly planted roses every two to three days in the growing season and established plants once a week. Direct water around the base of the rose, not leaves or flowers, as this can lead to disease. 2 Feed with a rose fertiliser around March or

5280 Magazine

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Harold “Hal” Sasaki’s hands move with swift precision as he winds a length of copper wire around a tiny dwarf jade tree’s trunk. The 82-year-old’s measured gestures reflect decades of pursuing perfection in the ancient discipline of bonsai, in which

Country Life

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Barry has been up since dawn trimming a few recalcitrant blades of grass and raking up six leaves. He's easily the first in the street to mow in the spring, but a surreptitious peer over the fence when putting the cat out last night revealed some new

BBC Wildlife Magazine

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As autumn arrives, spread fallen leaves over flowerbeds to provide a rich mulch as well as additional cover and foraging opportunities for many species. Now is the time to plant hedges and replace ornamental species with native ones, such as hazel an

The Gardener Magazine

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Most bonsai trees are styled to have a triangular silhouette. This is more obvious with traditional bonsai styles, i.e. Northern hemisphere trees, but is still relevant with our African styles like the baobab and the flat crown. However, sometimes yo

Harrowsmith

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In the 1950s and ’60s, Jane Jacobs revolutionized the concept of what a city is, and should be, and challenged modern notions of city planning and development. Around the same time, Rachel Carson was raising red flags about the dangers of pesticides

Amateur Gardening

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Sanguisorba ‘Cangshan Cranberry’ The raspberry red catkin-like flowers of this burnet float on top of wiry stems from August to October, allowing tantalising glimpses of the plants behind. They are succeeded by seedheads that look good in winter. H:

Woman's Weekly

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Get your grass looking its best by sprinkling with a lawn conditioner or fertiliser. Then trim your lawn around the edges to keep it looking tidy. To enjoy fuller, bushy plants in the summer months, pinch off the tips of your sweet pea plants and th

Better Homes and Gardens Australia

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Geranium Rozanne is the easy-togrow garden plant that has taken the world by storm. Adorned with gorgeous purple-blue flowers from late spring till autumn, she’s a long-blooming, colourful delight! Rozanne grows well for everybody, no matter how good

Amateur Gardening

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The big bold evergreen foliage is enhanced by pink or white spring flowers. An annual climbing alternative to clematis, the sparkling jewel-like yellow flowers keep coming for weeks. Grow a late flowering Viticella clematis such as white ‘Alba Luxuri

BBC Countryfile Magazine

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In established ponds, blanketweed (hair-like green strands, above) and duckweed (tiny floating leaves) can grow with relentless speed. Five minutes each day with a net can keep it under control. Check your net for pond animals before composting. Pond

SA Garden and Home

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Murray and Taryn Turner, their two children, Sophie (5) and Clark (4), Dalmatian, Maxi, miniature chocolate dachshund, Charlie Brown Ratatouille, and two fox terriers, Zulu Impi and Frankie. A large farm garden on Hlogomo dairy farm surrounded by pas