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wrote: A bit late but it's the weekend ...family etc I thought you all may be interested in what I heard on the gardening program this morning re white fly ...@#$%^& ...plant these! I googled after hearing and found this! http://seedsofknowledge.com/nasturtiums.html How good does that sound? I remember growing lots when I first came here because there was no garden and I wanted bright cheery things straight away ...I don't recall seeing white fly around here for many years ...my jungle grew up so much I forgot to grow nasturtiums any more and heaps of white fly now hang around ...so for a couple of dollars I am racing out to buy me some lovely nasturtiums ...look at all the wonderful things you can do with them. Jean jumping up and down with hand up re honesty seeds ...I like to use the pods for dried flower arrangements ...so please put some aside when you harvest them. Re the callas I sent you ...they are a dwarf variety from Africa and grow no higher than about a 12" ...mine tend to flower at about 10" I think maybe these are best in a pot or they will be overgrown. If anyone has watched Vasilis garden ...a melbourne show that shows you unbelieveable food production in average back yards, much of it tropical in requirements. http://www.sbs.com.au/food/show/vasilis-garden sorry that isn't the right place I will post later ... You will see that given the right conditions we can grow lots of things out of their comfort zone ...I emailed the garden clinic this morning to ask about my late flowering frangipanni ...they broadcast my query and said that I am in a cool area ...ha ha ha I wonder what they would make of my "tropical" area. A few fences and lots of brickwork as a heat bank and there you have a jungle. Colleen remember the song ... lavenders blue dilly dilly ...lavenders green ...when I am king dilly dilly you will be queen When I had a cottage garden I had pink,white, green, blue and lavender lavenders ...also the lovely "cotton lavender" all from a place called Honeysuckle cottage http://www.honeysuckle-cottage.com.au/ ...these days I have ...Jungle! Have a lovely evening everyone chrissy This message was edited Jan 3, 2009 5:54 PM |