Your garden: July 3
What's happening in your garden this week?
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Odd plant likes it hot, cold
Odd plant likes it hot, cold
It is a fairly weird and wacky plant, the Dioscorea elephantipes. Slow growing, it forms a tuberous succulent stem with hard, cork-like plates covering it, called caudex. They resemble an elephant...
No need to gild these
No need to gild these
Gillian Vine encounters sex among the water lilies.
Once upon a time in NZ: Wild West-style town for sale
Once upon a time in NZ: Wild West-style town for sale
Got a spare $11.6 million burning a hole in your pocket? Well, have we got a deal for you.
Restoring the spirit of former hotel
Restoring the spirit of former hotel
A Dunedin couple are restoring a historic hotel with an intriguing history. Kim Dungey reports.
Camellia collection in botanical order
Camellia collection in botanical order
In 2012, judges from the International Camellia Society recognised Dunedin Botanic Garden with an International Camellia Garden of Excellence Award. Dunedin Botanic Garden was the 29th in the world...
Lovely, but lethal
Lovely, but lethal
In her third article on poisonous plants, Gillian Vine warns that despite their looks, some attractive garden plants can be harmful.
Your garden June 26
Your garden June 26
What's happening in your garden?
Small site no barrier to quality
Small site no barrier to quality
This two-storey duplex with a shared common wall and a mirror-image floorplan makes best use of a small site, and was built in such a way that future owners could transform it to one large dwelling...
Your garden: June 19
Your garden: June 19
What's happening in your garden this week?
Cabin in the woods
Cabin in the woods
The owners of this Wanaka crib wanted a low-key home that felt like a cabin. Kim Dungey reports.
Scent bonus with winter treasure
Scent bonus with winter treasure
Winter may be the so-called dormant season in the garden, but there are still treasures to be found, not least being the scent from a variety of different plants.
Daisies huge varied family
Daisies huge varied family
One of the biggest families in the plant kingdom is the daisy family. The world has more than 32,000 different species distributed widely.
Fig tree thriving in South Dunedin
Fig tree thriving in South Dunedin
What interesting plants did you discover during your lockdown walks?
Many weeds pose dangers
Many weeds pose dangers
In the second of a three-part series on poisonous plants, Gillian Vine puts on her gardening gloves to deal with some of the nastier weeds.
Your garden: June 5
Your garden: June 5
What's happening in your garden this week?
Nature’s bounty has its thorns
Nature’s bounty has its thorns
In the first of a three-part series, Gillian Vine gives some timely reminders about poisonous parts of vegetables and fruit.
Casa Nova House being refurbished
Casa Nova House being refurbished
It was love at first sight for Pukekohe pair Katrina McLarin and Brenda Laverick when they first drove through the gates of Casa Nova House in April last year.
Native mistletoes conserved in garden, dwindle in wild
Native mistletoes conserved in garden, dwindle in wild
During winter, when deciduous trees around Dunedin have lost their leaves, blobs of incongruous evergreen foliage can be spotted high up in bare branches.
Bold profile, stunning views
Bold profile, stunning views
There's a good reason this Wanaka home has such a bold profile.
