South American Bulb That Grows on Rock

IMG_2449Flowering bulbs are often associated with a cool temperate climate, did you know there are many interesting easy to grow bulbs better suited to Australian east coast growing conditions that love higher humidity and our wet summers? Hippeastrum aulicum actually grows on trees, in rock crevices or among rocks as in this Paradisus garden for John & Susan Trathen’s Balgowlah garden. Maybe there’s a sheltered spot for some of these swish Sth American flowers hippeastrum species, to add late Autumn colour to your garden too ..         

 

Designer RBG Sydney Planting for Your Garden

Exciting Designer Planting that are good garden “doers” for your home garden
THIS Wednesday 11th March 2.30pm-4.30pm at

RBG Sydney Growing Friends Nursery

(next to Maiden Theatre & Herbarium on Mrs Macquaries Road).

GROWING FRIENDS PLANT SELECTION FOR LANDSCAPE TRADE OPEN DAY  

Now this day is especially for the trade to increase awareness of the possibility of having plants grown under contract, why shouldn’t YOU benefit also …? Sales to home owners for their gardens also welcome !!  Production Grower Greg Lamont and I can answer questions you may have on these new plants I’ve helped select, that focus on benefits for use as well as their ornamental virtues as shown on the link above.

Near non-transparent from ground level, excellent fence concealer
Hibiscus insularis, near non-transparent from ground level, excellent fence concealer

So if you’re searching for something special for that difficult spot or just always on the look out for good garden plants, why not add something special from the Royal Botanic Gardens to your home garden ..

Exceptional Plants, new to RBG Growing Friends Plant SALE

Hibiscus boryanus
Hibiscus boryanus

GROWING FRIENDS PLANT SELECTION FOR LANDSCAPE TRADE OPEN DAY

Wednesday 11th March, 2.30 till 4pm

Dear Plant Lovers,

Click on the above link to reveal a recent expansion on RBG Growing Friends SALE listing, at the very peak of this lush high summer for exceptional plants for your garden. These are species I’ve recently been helping to release more availability to you at this exciting point of sale. Hope to see you there, where I’l be explaining more on how these durable and beautiful plants could be just the right one for that difficult location or to add extra sparkle as feature to your home garden. Sydney  Growing Friends Nursery, Mrs Macquaries Road adjacent to the Herbarium & The Maiden Theatre

Seachanger forges on… here in my new garden

Revealing times at Seachanger

… and as you can see, quite a view now of the rotary hoist and bedroom window next door across the northern boundary fence.

On the look out for good flowering screen shrubs to around 3.5m that will remain non-transparent from ground level to conceal the fence again but soooo many I could be using.

 

Tibouchina sp.
Tibouchina sp.

What do you think, the freshness of this Tibouchina sp. an abundance of high summer amethyst Rotheca serrata or Holmskioldia sanguinea lutea the Golden Mexican Hat in cascades of late summer chartreuse… ? DECISIONS !!!!

Rothea serrata (left), Holmskioldia sanguinea lutea
Rothea serrata (left), Holmskioldia sanguinea lutea

Also, I saw this excellent Day Bed Canopy call the Nest designed by Steve Warner of Outhouse Design at Grand Designs…

Steve Warner's "The Nest"
Steve Warner’s “The Nest”

Perfect for the Winter Sun Trap space… should I ? should I !!!