Glorius Cynara adds contrast
Adding a structural plant to a perennial border adds great textural contrast. Repeating the planting throughout the border creates a defining design feature.
Garden Life
Display continues into spring
Display continues into spring
Flower buds on Edgeworthia chrysantha have been causing great anticipation at Dunedin Botanic Garden over the winter months. This specimen, in the Otaru Teien border by the duck pond, is flowering...
Luscious lemonwood
Lemonwood luscious example of foliar scent
Scent engages the senses; it is commonplace to be lured by a flower's fragrance, but what about its foliage?
Toothache? Time for the horopito
Toothache? Time for the horopito
From the beginning of time we have depended on plants and trees not only for many of our raw materials and food but for the oxygen we breathe.
Elderly, cool bird was last in NZ's aviaries
Elderly, cool bird was last in NZ's aviaries
Until recently, Dunedin Botanic Garden aviary was the last in New Zealand to hold a yellow-tail cockatoo, an elderly male bird.
Versatile, varied junipers
Versatile, varied junipers come in all shapes and sizes
From tall, pencil-shaped trees to ground-hugging shrubs, junipers come in many shapes, sizes and colours.
Rose pruning can be easy
Rose pruning can be easy
Roses need to be pruned each year to encourage new growth.
Much life to be found in winter garden
Much life to be found in winter garden
Gardens can seem more alive in winter than at any other time of year.
Courtship displays for all to enjoy
Courtship displays for all to enjoy
The crested pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) is an Australian native and quite a handsome one at that. Widespread throughout Australia, they are a common sight there.
New trail takes in trees that tell a story
New trail takes in trees that tell a story
Dunedin Botanic Garden has just released a new tree trail.
Autumn leaves gold for the garden
Autumn leaves gold for the garden
Winter is here and the past couple of months have been very busy with tidying-up tasks, including raking that seemingly never-ending supply of deciduous leaves falling from the trees.
A tree that's two in one
A tree that's two in one
Hungry birds have been feasting on the fruits of one of New Zealand's favourite native oddballs, the horoeka, or lancewood.
Autumn hues low too
Autumn hues low too
We associate the fiery colours of autumn with trees - Liquidambar, maple, rowan, poplar and ash to name but a few.
Edible and beautiful
Edible and beautiful
A very old-fashioned, but interesting fruit tree, Mespilus germanica is self-fertile so doesn't require cross pollination to fruit, which is great for the small garden. The fruit is a distinctive...
Fragrant addition continues to please
Fragrant addition continues to please
Sasanqua camellias are starting to flower in the lower botanic garden camellia collection. One of the few garden camellias to have fragrance, this group flowers through autumn and winter.
Cuban finches a lively addition
Cuban finches a lively addition
These energetic little bumble bee-coloured finches are a fantastic addition to the Dunedin Botanic Garden aviary collection.
Interesting process, delightful sight
Interesting process, delightful sight
Spring may be the prime time to visit the Rhododendron Dell at Dunedin Botanic Garden, but changing seasons bring their own rewards.
A dogwood for many seasons
A dogwood for many seasons
Dogwoods are amazing plants that span ground covers to suckering shrubs to small trees. They are found throughout the northern hemisphere and grow in a wide range of conditions.
Lowdown on lichen
Lowdown on why to like the lichen
Lichens are fascinating, yet easily overlooked. In Dunedin Botanic Garden you can spot them growing on tree trunks, covering boulders in the Rock Garden and on the fence bordering the herb garden.
Traditional design stands the test of time
Traditional design stands the test of time
The knot garden at Dunedin Botanic Garden is an example of one of the oldest fashions in ornamental horticulture.