Your garden, November 1st
What to do in your garden each week
Life & Style
Mint bush pops with prolific purple flowers
Mint bush pops with prolific purple flowers
The delightful shrub Prostanthera rotundifolia, also known as round-leaf mint bush, is a fast-growing southeastern Australia plant that in ideal conditions can reach up to 3m high.
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With a view to the surf
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With a view to the surf
This small, sustainable home at the beach was the result of a father-son collaboration. Kim Dungey reports.
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Upper Junction sanctuary
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Upper Junction sanctuary
Gillian Vine gets a sneak preview before a garden tour.
Burgundy foliage creates stand-out shrub
Burgundy foliage creates stand-out shrub
While you may not have heard of euphorbias or the family Euphorbiaceae, it is quite likely you have seen one or more of these plants in their different shapes and forms in home gardens or...
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An ever-changing garden
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An ever-changing garden
Gillian Vine meets a prizewinning Taieri gardener.
Your garden, October 25th
Your garden, October 25th
Garden still feeling the winter blues? Use this guide to see how Spring may enter your garden.
Sowing success
Sowing success
Keen gardener Russell Drinnan casts a critical eye over some basil seedlings at Nichol’s Garden Centre yesterday as he gets his garden ready for the coming growing season.
Improving plant health can counter thrips
Improving plant health can counter thrips
Thrips such as the greenhouse thrip are an increasing problem in our warming and drying climates.
Your garden, October 18th
Your garden, October 18th
Raising plants from seed is cost-effective and gives greater choices than buying plants from garden centres.
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Navigating history through design
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Navigating history through design
Museums chart changes in society over time, but so can architecture.
Council sowing seeds of discontent
Council sowing seeds of discontent
The daughter of a New Plymouth city councillor is facing a hefty fine after a years-long battle with the council over who is responsible for a massive pohutukawa outside her home.
Post office for sale - complete with 12-foot shark
South Island post office for sale - complete with 12-foot shark
Ross Brownson's house is known for its colourful variety of sea creatures, most notably a 12-foot (3.65m) shark. Now that house is up for sale, and the sea creatures are too.
Dainty flowers impressive in a cluster
Dainty flowers impressive in a cluster
The delicate beauty of this wee shrub inspired Swedish naturalist and explorer Carl Linnaeus to name it after Andromeda.
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History of spuds unearthed
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History of spuds unearthed
Gillian Vine looks at our spud-growing history.
Your garden: October 11
Your garden: October 11
Given rich soil, zucchini, marrows and pumpkin are easily grown in the home garden, although in cooler districts pumpkins need a hot, dry summer to do well.
Bright pink phlox blooms an eye-catcher
Bright pink phlox blooms an eye-catcher
You have heard or perhaps even said something like, "Wow, he caught lightning in a bottle". It may now be said, "Boy, they caught lightning in that phlox".
Your garden, October 4th
Your garden, October 4th
October is an important month in the garden calendar, do not throw away your shot at garden glory! Use this guide to make sure you whack the nail on the head.
Easy-care plant often overlooked
Easy-care plant often overlooked
Bergenia, or elephant’s ears as it’s often called, is an old-fashioned plant that seems to have been around forever and it’s likely you will find a patch flowering in many mature gardens.
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Owners’ design flair key to project
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Owners’ design flair key to project
A pair of enthusiastic builders reveal what they have learned from previous projects. Kim Dungey reports.
