More than just flowers
At the Rhododendron Dell in Dunedin Botanic Garden, rhododendron stems feature strongly and add an extra dimension of their own.
Life & Style
Growing with the flow
Growing with the flow
When it comes to getting a head start on the growing season, hydroponics could give you a helping hand, writes Diana Noonan.
Modest requirements generously met
Modest requirements generously met
Author Lynley Hood opens the doors of her modern, light-filled home to Kim Dungey.
Tulip show has pull
Tulip show has pull
Gillian Vine gets an attack of tulip mania.
Season of fruitfulness
Season of fruitfulness after prolific flowering
Have you noticed things blooming well this year or large quantities of seed on your plants or while out in the bush?
Your garden: June 7
Your garden: June 7
What's happening in your garden this week?
Karaka nice garden tree but toxic to bees
Karaka nice garden tree but toxic to bees
A North Island native that grows well in Dunedin is Corynocarpus laevigatus, the karaka or kopi tree.
Your garden: May 31
Your garden: May 31
What's happening in your garden this week?
Late bloomer bursts from the background
Late bloomer bursts from the background
When not in flower, Fascicularia bicolor blends into the background. It's an unremarkable large green and spiny clump, architecturally attractive but easy to walk by. However, once flowering begins...
From ammunition to cosy transition
From ammunition to cosy transition
This building was never designed to be lived in. Its conversion to a home is the result of one man’s vision and drive, as well as months of back-breaking work. Kim Dungey reports.
Heavenly hostas
Heavenly hostas
Hostas are easy-care plants for almost every garden, says Gillian Vine.
Japanese garden art
Japanese garden art
Gillian Vine enjoys a touch of Japan in South Australia.
Data on species surprisingly scant
Data on species surprisingly scant
Species360 is a non-profit global organisation that works with more than 1100 zoos, aquariums, universities and research and governmental organisations to improve animal welfare and species...
Your garden: May 24
Your garden: May 24
What's happening in your garden this week?
Your garden: May 17
Your garden: May 17
What's happening in your garden this week?
A show for the bucket list
A show for the bucket list
Gillian Vine visits a winter garden show in Queensland.
More to roses than just beautiful blooms
More to roses than just beautiful blooms
Roses provide us with a long flowering season over the summer months, but there's more to enjoy than just the flowers. As we head into autumn and winter, many roses have the bonus of coloured...
Properties to open doors
Properties to open doors
The owners of some of Dunedin's most impressive heritage properties are opening their doors to the public next Sunday to raise money for another historic building - Cargill's Castle.
No large queue, but one very large leaf
No large queue, but one very large leaf
In February 2018 when the big stinky Amorphophallus titanum or corpse flower was in bloom, it attracted such a crowd that the queue was incredible.
Your garden: May 10
Your garden: May 10
Vegetables
