What is a forest? A haven for thought, a home for peace, quiet, noisy, alive, awake, silent sentinels breathing life into the atmosphere and earth. What is a forest? A responsibility, hours of work, pleasure in regeneration, search for understanding, networks above and below and around, solitude in a crowd. What is a forest? Imagination, … Continue reading International Day of Forests – Thoughts amongst trees
Plant Profile: Commelina diffusa – Climbing Dayflower
Also known as: Commelina cyanea (in New South Wales, possibly a different species, scientific analysis ongoing) Scurvy Plant Native Wandering Jew Creeping Christian Climbing Dayflower Spreading Dayflower Growing conditions: Part shade/Shade Tolerant of most soils Groundcover (can become invasive in good conditions) Suitable for rockeries and hanging pots Perennial in tropics and subtropics, annual in… Continue reading Plant Profile: Commelina diffusa – Climbing Dayflower
Plant Profile: Coleus graveolens
Bush Basil, Native Basil, Australia Also known as: Growing conditions: Propagation: I have been trying to get a native Coleus for years so I was very excited when I saw this plant available. As soon as I got it home, I took a cutting. In only a few days the roots appeared on the stalk… Continue reading Plant Profile: Coleus graveolens
Plant Profile: Mother of Herbs
Also known as: Why so many names? This plant has been cultivated and used for so long that its origins are unclear. It’s believed to originate in Africa, but is now naturalized in many countries around the world. This, combined with the complications of classification for plants in the Lamiaceae family, means that even its… Continue reading Plant Profile: Mother of Herbs
Plant Profile: Lemon Sherbet Coleus
Coleus bellus, Plectranthus bellus, Australia Also known as This plant profile is now also available as a on my YouTube channel. Growing conditions Brush past the leaves, a faint lemon spritz slips through the air and teases the senses. Pick a leaf, lemon scent drifts lazily around the stalk and lingers on the leaf. Crush… Continue reading Plant Profile: Lemon Sherbet Coleus
Jane Grows Garden Rooms on YouTube
This is a list of all my clips on YouTube from most recent. The numbers are the length of the video. Planting a Passionfruit vine in hard soil 4:15 Just weeding and planting 1:38 Australian Birdsong in the garden rooms 5:10 Perennial Basil brings the Bees 0:15 Plunkett Conservation Park-a 360 view 0:31 Laughing Kookaburras… Continue reading Jane Grows Garden Rooms on YouTube
Top Ten Tips for Biodiversity in your Backyard – Tip One: Just add water
Hello and welcome to my garden. Today I start a series on biodiversity in your backyard. With ten tips you can improve the biodiversity in your backyard which will get nature to help you with the work of maintenance and pest control. Let’s see tip number one! The first thing you can do to bring… Continue reading Top Ten Tips for Biodiversity in your Backyard – Tip One: Just add water
Garden Friends and Foes: identifying Commelina species
(This blog post is a transcript of a YouTube clip on the janegrowsgardenrooms channel. To watch Click here) Hello, and welcome to my garden. Today I’m down in the gully. I am sitting beside a big patch of what’s commonly known as dayflowers, because their flowers rarely last more than a day, if that. Now… Continue reading Garden Friends and Foes: identifying Commelina species
Garden Friends: Buzz Pollinators
The following is a transcript of my vlog posted on YouTube. If you would like to watch the video Click here Hello, and welcome to my garden. Today I’m sitting here with the Blue Tongue plant. It’s called the Blue Tongue Plant because these berries which are developing here, if you eat too many of… Continue reading Garden Friends: Buzz Pollinators
Garden to Kitchen: Garden Salad including Australian Natives
Native Australian Ingredients – Bush Tucker There’s something magical about harvesting for a meal you’re about to eat. I love the process of wandering through the garden spying what I can harvest and imagining how fresh and tasty the resulting meal will be. Last night I did this for a delicious garden salad to accompany… Continue reading Garden to Kitchen: Garden Salad including Australian Natives
