Your garden: September 27
Your garden: September 27
What's happening in your garden this week?
Life & Style
The house plant with a tendency to outgrow the house
The house plant with a tendency to outgrow the house
A palm at Dunedin Botanic Garden's winter garden glasshouse has taken centre stage in the central house's middle bed.
Nursery helps fill a niche
Nursery helps fill a niche
Gillian Vine is not surprised to learn that many gardeners want something different.
Made of straw
Made of straw
There is no place quite like home, but one Otago family knows no other New Zealand home will be quite like their house when it is finished, Kerrie Waterworth reports.
Your garden: September 13
Your garden: September 13
What's happening in your garden this week?
Long history of camellias
Long history of camellias
Hundreds of years ago, in China, monks often selected their favourite local camellias for the entrances and gardens of their temples. Some remain as gnarled and ancient specimens.
Around the mulberry bush
Around the mulberry bush
Gillian Vine goes round the Mulberry bush.
Past favourites that deserve a comeback
Past favourites that deserve a comeback
Plant lovage, hyssop and summer savory for both your patch and your table's sake, writes James Wong.
Aviary home to Australians and natives
Aviary home to Australians and natives
The aviary has been a part of Dunedin Botanic Garden for a very long time but its role continues to evolve.
Botanic Garden ideal for birds
Botanic Garden ideal for birds
A prime spot to see wild birds, Dunedin Botanic Garden gives us an amazing opportunity to observe 40 different bird species close-up in their own environment, write Clare Fraser and Mary Thompson.
Your garden: September 6
Your garden: September 6
What's happening in your garden this week?
Hardy houseplants to handle hostile spaces
Hardy houseplants to handle hostile spaces
Many people struggle to grow house plants, with extremes in temperature and light an issue.
Hovering harmfully
Hovering harmfully
Gillian Vine considers ways to beat an insect that damages daffodils.
Your garden: August 30
Your garden: August 30
What's happening in your garden this week?
Adaptations part of impressive plant
Adaptations part of impressive plant
The June "Garden Life" article about rhododendron stems mentioned how, in the wild, Rhododendron arboreum can reach 30m in height and form its own forests. Given that, compared with other rhododendron species, it has very brittle branches, this is quite remarkable.
Your garden: August 23
Your garden: August 23
What's happening in your garden this week?
To chit or not to chit?
To chit or not to chit?
Depending on which spuds you like, sprouting them early may not be necessary, writes James Wong.
'Softie' shows promise
'Softie' shows promise
Gillian Vine gets excited about a new berry.
'Doryanthes' finally about to bloom
'Doryanthes' finally about to bloom
Patience is a virtue and one you will need when waiting for Doryanthes to flower. After 13 years, the wait is nearly over at Dunedin Botanic Garden.
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