https://jury.co.nz/2019/12/14/from-the-nurserymans-pen-the-yellow-pohutukawa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6070.jpgIMG_6070The red pohutukawa make better landscape trees but the yellow is certainly an interesting variant https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6076.jpgIMG_6076A surviving yellow pohutukawa in Waitarahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6075.jpgIMG_6075The much more common red Metrosideros excelsahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6081.jpgIMG_6081Metrosideros aureahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6093.jpgIMG_6093The letter reproduced this year in NZ Gardener 2019-12-15T03:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/12/14/way-up-high-where-the-birds-fly/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_8434.jpgIMG_8434Our Darby and Joan vantage point https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6088.jpgIMG_6088The rent collectorhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6091.jpgIMG_6091https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6090.jpgIMG_6090Syagrus romazoffiana2019-12-14T09:24:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/12/08/down-in-the-water-meadows-the-higo-iris-bloom/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6041.jpgIMG_6041Seedling variation in the Higo iris https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6035.jpgIMG_6035Can we have too many Higo iris? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6022.jpgIMG_6022The blue is less dominant than the purple shades of Higohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6025.jpgIMG_6025More Higo irishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6026.jpgIMG_6026and a much larger flowered white Higo irishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6042.jpgIMG_6042The Wild North Garden - I am waiting for more Higo iris to bloom https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6027.jpgIMG_6027In the park meadow. The Wachendorfia thyrsiflora with its tall yellow plumes has a death sentence on its head - too free with its seeds to keep it by a waterway https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6021.jpgIMG_6021Higo in the park meadow https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6032.jpgIMG_6032Higo iris float above a sea of dandelions in the Wild North Garden 2019-12-12T21:46:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/12/08/seven-long-years-to-bloom-and-then-it-dies-cardiocrinum-giganteum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6055.jpgIMG_6055Usually six years of foliage and in the seventh year, it puts up an astounding flower spike https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/collage-2019-12-08-12_10_25.jpgCollage 2019-12-08 12_10_25The largest lily of them all - Cardiocrinum giganteum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6056.jpgIMG_60562019-12-07T23:20:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/12/02/tikorangi-notes-underplanting-gardening-with-perennials-and-the-magnificent-nuttalliis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_5874.jpgIMG_5874Pretty Rhododendron Yvonne Scott (nuttallii x lindleyi x dalhousiae) with a named clematis but I have lost its name - relevant to the last para on this post https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_5722.jpgIMG_5722Rhododendron nuttallii x sino nuttallii - so the Tibetan form crossed with the showier Chinese form https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6013.jpgIMG_6013A totally reliable stoeksia that is particularly amenable to being divided and transplanted https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_5985.jpgIMG_5985Species selection of R. sino nuttallii, singled out for its unusual pink flush https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_5974.jpgIMG_5974November 2019https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_4260.jpgIMG_4260May 2019https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6011.jpgIMG_6011The aim is to have a carpet of harmonious under planting by the end of summer https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_5924.jpgIMG_5924Not good at all. The addition of roses was a particularly ill-considered decision https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/12/img_6015.jpgIMG_6015Eighteen months to fill in seems a quick result 2019-12-14T14:39:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/11/24/farewell-noble-fir/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_20190206_0004.jpgIMG_20190206_0004Oh look! There it is in the rockery in the 1960s before being moved further (but not far enough) from the house https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5936.jpgIMG_5936https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5928.jpgIMG_5928https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5901.jpgIMG_5901https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5893.jpgIMG_5893The location and flat grown meant a cherry picker could be used, for the lower 17.5 metres at leasthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/013-5.jpg013 (5)Abies procera cones - several barrow loads fell every year https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5942.jpgIMG_5942Picea omorika is the narrow tree in the centre. It, too, will have to be felled before it falls of its own accord https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5931.jpgIMG_5931Alas poor kereru https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/017-5.jpg017 (5)Abies procera glauca - a handsome tree in the wrong place2019-12-02T06:15:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/11/17/trees-some-for-removal-some-that-should-never-have-been-removed-and-one-that-is-not-going-to-be-removed/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5829.jpgIMG_5829and more erosion further along the bank. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5848.jpgIMG_5848One or two trees were removed from this stretch https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5826.jpgIMG_5826I distinctly remember that a tree was removed from this spot and oh, look. It has eroded so badly now that it needed a rock retaining bank https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5827.jpgIMG_5827Pohutukawa forming a buttress against the erosion caused by tidal rise and fall https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5861.jpgIMG_5861https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5854.jpgIMG_5854and the petal carpet beneath two days ago.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5718.jpgIMG_5718Prunus Pearly Shadows a week ago https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5853.jpgIMG_5853https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5820.jpgIMG_5820All I can say is that Urenui has changed a little since we lived there. The hair house used to be a craft shop and the Ngati Mutunga offices were the local convenience store. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5822.jpgIMG_58222019-12-03T05:24:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/11/10/six-years-on-meadow-update/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5722.jpgIMG_5722Rhododendron nuttallii x sino nuttallii in the park meadowhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5698.jpgIMG_5698Rhododendron Barbara Jury https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5742.jpgIMG_5742and already, they are back with a vengeance. Time to stop fighting them? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_4160.jpgIMG_4160Just two years ago, our son cleared both big ponds of water weedshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/p1010128.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAs it was all mown (and scalped in places) with our much loved dog of the day, Zephyr https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5738.jpgIMG_5738and as it is now. The orange azalea died and we removed the yellow flag irises on the grounds that they are a noxious weed by waterways https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/2009.jpg2009As it was before https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5734.jpgIMG_5734and how it looks today https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/040-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHow it was, all mown, trimmed and tidy up until six years ago https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5735.jpgIMG_5735Iris sibirica, Primula helodoxa and loads of buttercups 2019-11-24T19:14:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/11/09/knitted-smallgoods/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5716.jpgIMG_5716https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5713.jpgIMG_5713https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5708.jpgIMG_5708https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5707.jpgIMG_5707https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5712.jpgIMG_5712https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5714.jpgIMG_5714Red saveloys, larger brown salamis and strings of sausages - pink for uncooked, appropriately beige for pre-cooked barbecue oneshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5704.jpgIMG_5704https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5702.jpgIMG_57022019-11-08T22:35:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/11/02/tikorangi-notes-a-folk-art-garden-bearded-irises-macadamia-nuts-and-a-bit-of-advice/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5639.jpgIMG_5639Either Pat or Brian - or both - like a bit of symmetry in places https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5631.jpgIMG_5631Pat and Brian's gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5647.jpgIMG_5647Washing machine bowls reused as strawberry planters https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5649.jpgIMG_5649https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5643.jpgIMG_5643Rusty old cream cans repurposed to grow air plantshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5676.jpgIMG_5676Mine No Yuki received her annual trim this week https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5674.jpgIMG_5674We don't clip many plants but this little camellia collection makes a focal point at our entry https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5660.jpgIMG_5660A simple mat but a gamechanger when it comes to cracking macadamia nuts https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5524.jpgIMG_5524Decorative pink racemes of macadamia flowers. The white flowered forms we have are nowhere near as eyecatching. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/11/img_5668.jpgIMG_56682019-11-16T17:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/10/28/plants-that-disappoint/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/wisley-216.jpgWisley (216)Look at the stipa in the background. I wanted that height and gentle movement https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5625-copy.jpgIMG_5625 - CopyThis is how I envisaged my Stipa gigantea would look https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5583.jpgIMG_5583The sparrows are stripping the flower stems bare as they openhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5577.jpgIMG_5577Cypress canker https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5575.jpgIMG_5575And today. Cypress canker.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_6372.jpgimg_6372Five years ago 2019-11-09T17:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/10/23/tikorangi-notes-this-that-and-the-next-thing-too/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5554.jpgIMG_5554At least it fell considerately, mostly on the grass paths and not so much on the garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5552.jpgIMG_5552The top blew out this morning https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/ehrvzwpucaanp7k.jpgEHRVzWpUcAANP7Khttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5520.jpgIMG_5520'White Waves', I think. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/la-plume-011.jpgLa Plume 011This is what I am hoping for, photographed at Le Jardin Plume in France. We even have the thalictrum to the left as well, although it is currently somewhat smaller in stature, too. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5509.jpgIMG_5509Ever so small at this stage, but I have high hopes of the one veronicastrum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/collage-2019-10-23-12_28_03.jpgCollage 2019-10-23 12_28_03Geranium madarense - white(ish) to the left, the more usual cerise pink to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5497.jpgIMG_5497The TV interview was filmed indoors as rain was threatening outdoors https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/collage-2019-10-23-12_15_08.jpgCollage 2019-10-23 12_15_08The IPPS group. I was too busy to take any photos at all of the Oregon Hardy Plants group. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_4981.jpgIMG_4981A beginner's class in botanical art, day two 2019-11-03T23:18:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/10/19/planting-a-perennial-meadow/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/04.jpg04The twin borders have every colour but little white and no pale or mid pink because we are after the brights. Photo taken last summer. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5504.jpgIMG_5504The grass garden - mostly tall grassy plants with just the addition of pale apricot and white foxgloves, big salvias, yellow Verbascum creticum and a few other flowers. Photo taken today. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_3387.jpgIMG_3387The lily border - basically all OTT pink, red and white auratums but border I am working on getting some white umbelliferous plants seeding down to extend the flowering. Photo taken last summer. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5507.jpgIMG_5507The caterpillar garden - all blue, white and some purple, taller growing in the centre enclosures and low growing in the outer bays. Photo taken today. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5503.jpgIMG_5503A work in progress. It won't look like a meadow until the plants knit together and the mulch is hidden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/032.jpg032At its best, Mark's mishmash could look like this but never all of it at the same time and never for very long https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_7128.jpgIMG_7128The area to the right is always called the Iolanthe garden, on account of the presence of the original plant of Magnolia Iolanthe https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_6415.jpgIMG_6415After six years, the area 'down below', as Felix Jury used to call it, is now more meadow than park. 2019-10-25T08:27:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/10/14/the-bamboo-harvest/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5482.jpgIMG_5482https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5489.jpgIMG_5489https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5490.jpgIMG_5490The husk was stripped off in situ and left to break down https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/collage-2019-10-14-16_32_39.jpgCollage 2019-10-14 16_32_39https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5488.jpgIMG_5488Just the lattice tip is prepared for eating 2019-10-21T22:13:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/10/06/tikorangi-notes-iceland-poppies-are-not-from-iceland-naturalising-trilliums-bluebells-and-escaping-root-stock/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/pearly-shadows-5.jpgPearly Shadows (5)Prunus Pearly Shadowshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5446.jpgIMG_5446https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5448.jpgIMG_5448https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5459.jpgIMG_5459https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_3018.jpgIMG_3018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5444.jpgIMG_5444https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5454.jpgIMG_5454This poor little white one survived being taken off at the base with the strimmer last spring https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5458.jpgIMG_5458https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/collage-2019-10-06-08_55_02.jpgCollage 2019-10-06 08_55_02Ironically, on the opposite corner was this stand of fake flowers outside a Gold Coin shop. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/10/img_5440.jpgIMG_5440The Waitara clock tower in a traffic island 2019-10-11T06:38:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/09/27/the-tale-of-sir-francis-drakes-small-balls/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5393.jpgIMG_5393The big reveal: Sir Francis Drake's small bowling balls? Or Chinese chiming balls, maybe? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5394.jpgIMG_5394For the avoidance of doubthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5391.jpgIMG_5391The Chinese box was allegedly a later addition 2019-09-27T22:41:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/09/22/planning-a-trip/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/photo-1.jpgPhoto 1Wildside, a very special private garden in our opinionhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/great-dixter-15.jpgGreat Dixter (15)I am not sure how well we understood Great Dixter back in 2009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/trentham-court-183.jpgTrentham Court 183https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/s3700171.jpgS3700171Finally, Greek goat, as seen on the tiny island of Lipsi https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/s3700213.jpgS3700213Patmos, not Pindos, in 2004 but Greek at least https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/s3700215.jpgS3700215I loved my one, limited trip to Greece in 2004 but didn't see a lot of vegetation2019-10-18T10:00:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/09/22/drowning-the-planet-in-plastic/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/da29543133af46ab9506b3a0fcce7b18.pngda29543133af46ab9506b3a0fcce7b18https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5372.jpgIMG_5372and cartons of left-over planter bags from PB2s to PB 90s which we will almost certainly never use now https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5371.jpgIMG_5371A lifetime supply of left-over plastic potshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5363.jpgIMG_5363Times pasthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5365.jpgIMG_5365Left to right: food scraps, glass, general waste and recycling 2019-09-30T05:41:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/09/15/sad-thoughts-on-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5281.jpgIMG_5281More of botanical interest than rewarding garden plant - Camellia nitidissima again https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5280.jpgIMG_5280Sadly, even the interesting tropical yellow species like Camellia nitidissima suffer from petal blight in our conditions https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5286.jpgIMG_5286Most of our camellias look more like this now - hanging on to blighted blooms https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5192.jpgIMG_5192https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5191.jpgIMG_5191https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5140.jpgIMG_5140These days, this is a more common sight - blooms showing various stages of unsightly damagehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5142.jpgIMG_5142We used to take perfection in camellia blooms for granted 2019-09-22T23:54:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/10/a-blight-upon-your-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/005-copy.jpgCamellia Fairy Blush - not immune but the display is unaffectedCamellia Fairy Blush - not immune but the display is unaffectedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/017-2-copy.jpgThe white ring of death - camellia petal blightThe white ring of death - camellia petal blighthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/038-copy1.jpg... to this in two short days... to this in two short dayshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/001-4-copy.jpgFrom these slightly blemished blooms...From these slightly blemished blooms...https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/003-copy.jpg003-copy2019-09-14T23:06:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/09/08/a-touch-of-africa-in-waitara/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5209.jpgIMG_5209Agave attenuata is actually Mexican so this is quite an international planting. Like Aloe plicatilis, it is way more impressive in this open, coastal situation than in the sheltered conditions of our inland garden.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5216.jpgIMG_5216More aeoniums (with the only piece of litter I saw - spot the can) and Dracaena draco again https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5221.jpgIMG_5221The attempt to incorporate our native nikau palm is not as successful in such an open situation. Many of our native plants have evolved to grow in close company. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5219.jpgIMG_5219Mark tells me it is a Butia capitata which is actually South American. Looking terrific with a bed of native libertia at its feet. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5208.jpgIMG_5208Strelitzias from South Africa with the rock gabions visible behind as part of flood protection https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_4026.jpgIMG_4026Photos at Ōwae Marae taken earlier at a government select committee hearing https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_4024.jpgIMG_4024https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5207.jpgIMG_5207Our own Aloe plicatilis have never reached this stature https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5206.jpgIMG_5206Aeonium arboreum 'Zwartkopf' and a fairly impressive Dracaena draco, both from the Canary Islandshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5211.jpgIMG_5211Some red flowered aloe that neither of us could name 2019-09-15T17:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/09/06/the-magnoliafication-of-our-local-town/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5204.jpgIMG_5204Poor light and nearly finished, but another local Felixhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5201.jpgIMG_5201Best colour - it fades out with age as the season progresses https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5205.jpgIMG_5205https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5203.jpgIMG_5203Iolanthe to the left, Felix to to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_5202.jpgIMG_5202https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/img_4815.jpgIMG_4815Our flagship magnolia, 'Felix Jury'2019-09-13T02:50:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/31/the-trouble-with-daffodils/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5045.jpgIMG_5045Pretty enough but still too high a ratio of foliage to flowerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5055.jpgIMG_5055Great grandmother's flowers - snowflake (leucojum, not snowdrop), double daffodil (wild N. pseudonarcissus) and grape hyacinth (muscari not bluebell) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5049.jpgIMG_5049Maybe a N. pseudonarcissus hybrid rather than a straight species selection https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5032.jpgIMG_5032Narcissus x odorus never drowns in its foliage but its season in bloom is brief https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4792.jpgIMG_4792Big daffs are best as show blooms and cut flowershttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5010.jpgIMG_5010Too much leafage! Poor light conditions but you can see what I mean in the planting by the racecoursehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5015.jpgIMG_5015The clear blue that was also used is my preferencehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5008.jpgIMG_5008Where purple meets yellow - I really don't like those murky brown tones https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5003.jpgIMG_5003The bulb meadow on Marsland Hill 2019-09-05T05:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/30/learning-botanical-art-in-practice/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4982.jpgIMG_4982Work in progresshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4947.jpgIMG_4947https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4980.jpgIMG_4980https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4951.jpgIMG_49512019-08-30T02:51:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/24/the-plant-breeders-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/rusty-2.jpgRusty (2)Magnolia doltsopa syn Michelia doltsopa - a selection released as 'Rusty" by nurseryman, Peter Cave. Pretty flowers but showing typical floppy tendencies of this species and the original plant in our park is massive. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4877.jpgIMG_4877Fairy Magnolia Cream just coming into flower https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_5589.jpgIMG_5589From white through to pinks and purples with a few heading into pale yellow - all single blooms from the breeding programme https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4963.jpgIMG_4963Part of a breeding breakthrough in colour but not good enough to select https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4964.jpgIMG_4964Heading into pinkhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4965.jpgIMG_4965Others are pretty on their day but floppy blooms don't cut the mustard https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4959.jpgIMG_4959Some of the seedlings are simply gorgeous but won't be named https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4957.jpgIMG_4957"It's very white out there," he said2019-11-17T03:01:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/18/tikorangi-notes-narcissi-garden-edgings-and-a-happy-plant-breeder/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4927.jpgIMG_4927https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4900.jpgIMG_4900Fairy Magnolia White and a very blue spring sky https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4902.jpgIMG_4902Camellia Fairy Blush also has a long flowering season, drops its spent flowers cleanly and clips well https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4899.jpgIMG_4899Fairy Magnolia White - not only a beautiful flower form but a very long flowering season, beautiful velvety buds, good foliage and perfume https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4914.jpgIMG_4914Informal bark edging and bark and leaf mulch define the garden area https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4905.jpgIMG_4905Drifting dwarf narcissi through the new grass gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4928.jpgIMG_49282019-08-24T15:34:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/17/on-the-right-track-at-least/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/collage-2019-08-17-14_11_23.jpgCollage 2019-08-17 14_11_23https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_20190815_172156.jpgIMG_20190815_172156https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/collage-2019-08-17-14_06_22.jpgCollage 2019-08-17 14_06_22Purple, yellow and brown to the left... our blue to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_20190815_172243.jpgIMG_20190815_1722432019-08-23T05:21:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/17/from-cob-to-cracker/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4895.jpgIMG_4895The finished crackers https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4891.jpgIMG_4891Rolled and ready for baking https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4887.jpgIMG_4887Kernels, maize flour and the handy old coffee grinder in case it was needed again one day https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4910.jpgIMG_4910https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4305.jpgIMG_4305I only have a photo of dead pheasant. We found two which had been hit on the road but he counted more than that in the patch. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4886.jpgIMG_4886Indian corn or flint corn2019-08-24T15:42:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/10/started-at-last-a-perennial-meadow/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/031.jpg031It is an old photo but one of my favourites and is the view at one end of what is to be a perennial meadow https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/051.jpg051Our bulb hillside plantings are successful but do not a meadow make https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_8668.jpgIMG_8668Existing citrus trees in this area https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/032.jpg032At its best, Mark's chaotic butterfy garden could look like this - but all too briefly https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/015.jpg015Iolanthe has only opened her first two blooms this year but here is a view I prepared earlier https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/iol-anthe1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe original plant of Iolanthe is the dominant feature on one side https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4826.jpgIMG_4826Not a blank canvas - closer to a wasteland with potential 2019-08-21T07:49:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/02/a-tribute-to-the-mountain-despite-its-lack-of-bears/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4687.jpgIMG_4687https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/001-3.jpg001 (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4778.jpgIMG_4778https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4775.jpgIMG_4775https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/busby.jpgBusbyAs seen from an Inglewood garden in late springhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/yflw3yl1s9v01.jpgyflw3yl1s9v01Photo credit: u/apexcutter on Reddit https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4769.jpgIMG_4769Photographed from the path down to our park - the mountain and the magnolia 2019-08-02T21:07:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/08/02/matrix-planting-a-skill-worth-pursuing/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4604.jpgIMG_4604The surplus from this one small batch amounted to 3 or 4 barrow-loadshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_4605.jpgIMG_4605Lifted, divided and replanted after many years https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_2035.jpgIMG_2035Orchids a-plenty in early October https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/033.jpg033Remarkably low maintenance in the long term https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/img_8950.jpgIMG_8950After more than 20 years... https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/08/014-2.jpg014 (2)The auratum lilies -now dormant - called to me for some attention 2019-08-30T02:43:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/07/31/a-forgotten-resource/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4658.jpgIMG_4658Auricularia polytricha, hakekakeka, or wood-ear fungus 2019-08-01T23:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/07/28/botanical-art-for-beginners-in-the-garden-here/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/tabs-tutu-branch.jpgTabs Tutu branchToxic tutu (Coriaria arborea) copyright T.Forbes 2006 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/tabs-rangiora-copy.jpgtabs Rangiora copyRangiora. copyright T.Forbes 2006 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/tabs-note-book-works.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAcopyright T.Forbes 20062019-07-28T02:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/07/28/when-your-lawnmower-is-worth-more-a-lot-more-than-your-car/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4693.jpgIMG_4693Oh look. We are valued customers. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_20190728_0001.jpgIMG_20190728_0001When the bank gave way beneath Mark on the machine (22 years ago) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4737.jpgIMG_4737and in with the new. I see Lloyd left it air-drying after its first wash on Friday. He likes to keep a clean machine. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4512.jpgIMG_4512Out with the old...2019-07-30T21:50:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/07/21/tikorangi-notes-a-top-knot-hedge-magnolia-time-soy-milk-and-tofu-because-we-are-multi-faceted-gardeners-here/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_9411.jpgIMG_9411Mark is drying and winnowing his crop of soy beanshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4598.jpgIMG_4598The lily border (currently empty bar Camellia yuhsienensis), backed by a clipped hedge of Camellia Fairy Blush punctuated with shaped Fairy Magnolia White all coming into bloom https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4580.jpgIMG_4580A small but perfectly formed block of tofuhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4603.jpgIMG_4603The amazing Soyabella! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4599-1.jpgIMG_4599Magnolia 'Vulcan', the first of the new generation of redshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4590.jpgIMG_4590Magnolia Vulcan, showing some kereru damage to the petals https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4599.jpgIMG_4599Magnolia 'Vulcan', the first of the new generation of redshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4585.jpgIMG_4585First flowers of the season on Magnolia 'Lanarth' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4577.jpgIMG_4577The Kim Yong-Un of hedge design?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4573.jpgIMG_4573"Just add some googly eyes", a friend suggested 2019-07-23T14:16:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/07/10/rabbit-onslaught/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4529.jpgIMG_4529When I looked, we still seem to have quite a lot of Peter Rabbit memorabilia, waiting to be reclaimed by our second-born. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4527.jpgIMG_4527So besotted with Peter Rabbit was our second-born that I bought her the Wedgewood teaset https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_8432.jpgIMG_8432Dudley and Spike are line up waiting for breakfast - homekill possum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4505.jpgIMG_4505Meantime, Chionochloa rubra is unscathed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4503.jpgIMG_4503The austroderia and Chionocloa flavicans look even more similar in the juvenile stage when both are heavily chewed by rabbits. Now dusted in blood and bone as deterrent. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/002-2.jpg002 (2)I have a block around 4 square metres of this campanula but it did not look like this last spring. In fact it never got past being chewed rosettes of foliage trimmed to the ground. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4532.jpgIMG_4532I lack live rabbit photos but ours was a Peter Rabbit household on account of our second born being a huge fan 2019-07-15T10:03:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/07/08/waiting-for-hippeastrum-flowers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/collage-2019-07-08-16_40_38.jpgCollage 2019-07-08 16_40_38It is big - much bigger than its parents. And showy. But is it an improvement as a garden plant? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_4502.jpgIMG_4502Nothing to get excited abouthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/img_2532.jpgIMG_2532Hippeastrum papilio. It has taken a while to increase it from a single bulb but we now have two patches like this.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/07/110.jpg110Hippeastrum aulicum in the garden 2019-07-11T04:25:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/06/30/a-celebration-of-bright-light-and-the-start-of-a-new-year-of-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4449.jpgIMG_4449Vireya rhododendrons planted in sheltered positions throughout the top garden flower intermittently through the year but are perhaps most appreciated in mid winter https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4451.jpgIMG_4451Mark's Daphne Perfume Princess - we have rather a lot of these scattered through the garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4445.jpgIMG_4445Luculia Fragrant Cloud with its sweet almond fragrance https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4448.jpgIMG_4448Luculia Fragrant Cloud in full bloom https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4456.jpgIMG_4456The shaggy spires of Jacobinia chrysostephana syn. Justicia aureahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4463.jpgIMG_4463Reaching high into the mid-winter sky, Dahlia imperialis Alba and a bougainvillea shoot https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/001.jpg001The first blooms on Magnolia campbellii herald the start of a new garden year - for us, at least.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4423.jpgIMG_4423Our maunga - Mount Taranaki - on the day before the winter equinox 2019-07-03T02:35:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/06/29/epiphytes-and-ponga-logs/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4427.jpgIMG_4427Pong lengths softened with existing epipyhtes for added interesthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4469.jpgIMG_4469When the compromise is tree fern or punga lengths https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_6043.jpgIMG_6043Very smart, rusted steel edging in an English gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4440.jpgIMG_4440https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4441.jpgIMG_4441https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4437.jpgIMG_4437https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4433.jpgIMG_44332019-07-01T20:42:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/06/23/of-gnomes-and-statues/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/436.jpg436Saint Fiacre, I think, again in a grand English garden but by no means uncommon in a miniature form in NZ gardenshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/abbie-statues.jpgabbie statuesClassical statuary in NZ gardens is more commonly of this ilk https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/309.jpg309I could only find a single photo of a gnome in my extensive photo files. Clearly I need to rectify this some time in the future. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/427.jpg427If context matters, I photographed this in a garden on a country estate in England. And it did not seem out of place at all there, to my eyes. 2019-09-11T07:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/06/16/thugs-in-the-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/2018-11-november-6-4.jpg2018 11 November 6 (4)At least the Iris sibirica star in spring, even if they are going to take ongoing work to keep them from smothering their neighbours https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_2462.jpgIMG_2462I am surprised by how strongly Iris sibirica grows in well cutivated soils and full sun https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4416.jpgIMG_4416The autumn hues of our native Anemanthale lessoniana - also evergreen https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4410.jpgIMG_4410Too much Lomandra 'Tanika'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4412.jpgIMG_4412The compact dark green lomandra (with freshly divided phlomis to the left). It will be a named clone; it is just that we lost the name https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/2018-12-december-2-5.jpg2018 12 December 2 (5)Phlomis russeliana to the left, Elegia capensis to the right with Lomandra 'Tanika' in the middle https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4409.jpgIMG_4409Chionochloa rubra, not a thug but seen to best advantage when allowed to stand in its own space2019-06-18T01:14:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/06/10/the-early-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4391.jpgIMG_4391https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4389.jpgIMG_4389Hybrids, seedlings and a few japonicashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4374.jpgIMG_4374Showgirl!https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4381.jpgIMG_4381Three different species or all variants of the one? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4384.jpgIMG_4384The earliest flowering specieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4376.jpgIMG_4376A collection of sasanquashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4393.jpgIMG_439349 different cultivars in bloom at this early time of the season 2019-06-16T00:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/06/10/treemageddon-again/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4354.jpgIMG_4354A natural throne remains https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4359.jpgIMG_4359As it fell, It uprooted and sent various tall ponga (tree ferns) spinning in the air, to land some distance away https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4358.jpgIMG_4358https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_9097.jpgIMG_9097Epiphytes galore, from February last yearhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4356.jpgIMG_4356The snapped trunk measures about shoulder height on me 2019-06-16T00:04:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/06/02/suddenly-it-is-winter/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4337.jpgIMG_4337Vireya rhododendron 'Sweet Vanilla' with 'Golden Charm' in the backgroundhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4307.jpgIMG_4307A seedling clematis at our entrance way having a late season revival this weekhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4344.jpgIMG_4344Daphne 'Perfume Princess'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4336.jpgIMG_4336https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4334.jpgIMG_4334https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4278.jpgIMG_4278Nerine bowdeniihttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4281.jpgIMG_4281Camellia sasanqua 'Elfin Rose'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4332.jpgIMG_4332Fallen leaves and a leaden sky https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4346.jpgIMG_4346https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/img_4339.jpgIMG_4339The first blast of winter arrived yesterday2019-06-10T23:56:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/05/28/glitter-gardening-may-not-be-quite-what-you-think/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/bury-court-2017-8.jpgBury Court 2017 (8)We have plenty of Macleaya cordata but my best photos of it are from Bury Court. Sadly, we lack oast houses here at Tikorangi. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/52806594_2521181331256659_7178141960920629248_o.jpg52806594_2521181331256659_7178141960920629248_oAfter all, what is lovelier than Lilium formasanum with a backdrop of miscanthus? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4290.jpgIMG_4290Lots of miscanthus - magical in autumn when back-lit. All our miscanthus descend from a single specimen which used to live in the Iolanthe garden. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4291.jpgIMG_4291Two weeks and the foundation plants are all in the new Court Garden 2019-05-29T00:47:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/05/28/about-climate-change/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/50863009_618756805261224_3308405933649952768_n.jpg50863009_618756805261224_3308405933649952768_nhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/qp5136b560.jpgqp5136b5602019-05-29T02:34:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/05/19/a-week-of-determined-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4251.jpgIMG_4251And the luculia season has started, bring us sweet scent. Luculia pinceana 'Fragrant Cloud'. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4224.jpgIMG_4224This evergreen tree hydrangea is even larger. Now, I understand classified as a form of H. asperahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4249.jpgIMG_4249Dahlia imperialis towers some 3 to 4 metres high against the autumn sky https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4269.jpgIMG_4269The discards of earlier generations to the left, our plastic generation to the righthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4270.jpgIMG_4270B I G salvias for autumn colour, though I am having to cut back early because of transplanting them https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4259.jpgIMG_4259I describe this as romantic chat between two wheelbarrows (me being a two barrow gardener) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4258.jpgIMG_4258Starting on the other half - the pressure to get it planted is onhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4257-1.jpgIMG_4257The first half is now all planted 2019-06-11T09:48:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/05/12/the-ornamental-oxalis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/003.jpg003https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/oxalis-show-considerable-variation-in-leaf-form.jpgOxalis show considerable variation in leaf formOh look! Here is a little display board I prepared earlier of under half of the oxalis that we used to grow https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/oxalis-massoniana.jpgOxalis massonianaOxalis massonianahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4153.jpgIMG_4153Oxalis luteola as runner-up in my best garden oxalis list https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/p1012114.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOxalis purpurea nigrescenshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4152.jpgIMG_4152The white form of Oxalis purpurea - the best of them all 2019-05-18T21:53:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/05/12/planting-the-new-court-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4138.jpgIMG_4138Moody miscanthus in the autumn light . It will be on a much larger scale in the new garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4239.jpgIMG_4239Doryanthes palmeri (which will grow much larger) with Stipa giganteahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4236.jpgIMG_4236https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4221.jpgIMG_4221Mark is rotary hoeing. The vintage piece of equipment in front of his his prized Planet Junior that he uses often. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4232.jpgIMG_4232A big, blank space in the sunhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/img_4235.jpgIMG_42352019-05-19T18:50:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/04/28/autumn-is-icumen-in/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/037-3.jpg037 (3)The enormous eucalyptus at our entrance provides a near endless supply of faggot material all year round https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_0417.jpgIMG_0417It is not cold enough for this daily ritual yet https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/537-1.jpg537It is not cold enough for thhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/537.jpg537I could do with a faggot binder in my life but I have never seen one in NZhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_4024.jpgIMG_4024https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_20180724_155807.jpgIMG_20180724_155807The dogs prefer the Big Grunter which never throws sparks at them https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collage-2019-04-28-15_53_15.jpgCollage 2019-04-28 15_53_15The 1950s with wetback. Elderly Spike to the left and Dudley to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_4094.jpgIMG_40942019-04-30T16:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/04/20/the-foetus-tree/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_4059.jpgIMG_4059https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_4061-2.jpgIMG_4061 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_4075.jpgIMG_4075Just inside the cemetery gate, for easy collection https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_4052.jpgIMG_4052Removing the foetus tree from the property https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_4009.jpgIMG_4009The foetus treehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3989.jpgIMG_3989The abandoned deep freeze - a harbinger of worse to come 2019-04-23T02:22:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/04/20/postcards-of-melbourne/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collage-2019-04-19-17_07_11.jpgCollage 2019-04-19 17_07_11https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3831.jpgIMG_3831https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3832.jpgIMG_3832Bicycle friendly https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3835.jpgIMG_3835https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3895.jpgIMG_3895Ziziphus jujubahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collage-2019-04-19-16_53_21.jpgCollage 2019-04-19 16_53_21https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3886.jpgIMG_3886Golden bougainvilleahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3961.jpgIMG_3961Plant supports from steel https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3963.jpgIMG_3963https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3953.jpgIMG_3953Muehlenbeckia complexa2019-04-21T23:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/04/19/a-visit-to-cloudehill-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3856.jpgIMG_3856https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3855.jpgIMG_3855https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3854.jpgIMG_3854https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3883.jpgIMG_3883https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3864.jpgIMG_3864https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3873.jpgIMG_3873https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3862.jpgIMG_3862Attention to detail - look at the staging of this feature pot https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3857.jpgIMG_3857Not, I think, Cloudehill's finest moment but it is hard for a garden to be all things to all people https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3866.jpgIMG_3866The design may be very Hidcote/Sissinghurst, but the perennial plantings reflect the new millenium style https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3859.jpgIMG_3859Very arts and craftsy in style 2019-04-19T03:22:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/04/07/haute-couture-on-a-cold-and-wet-saturday-in-melbourne/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3951.jpgIMG_3951https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3943.jpgIMG_3943https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3931.jpgIMG_3931https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3930.jpgIMG_3930https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3928.jpgIMG_3928https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3933.jpgIMG_3933https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3941.jpgIMG_3941https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3938.jpgIMG_3938https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3923.jpgIMG_3923https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3924.jpgIMG_3924By Cristobal Balenciaga 2019-04-08T20:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/04/05/a-day-at-the-melbourne-flower-show/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3752.jpgIMG_3752https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3751.jpgIMG_3751https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3770.jpgIMG_3770I liked the use of blue festuca grass rather than the more cliched black ophiopogon between pavers in this immaculate garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/collage-2019-04-05-09_26_52.jpgCollage 2019-04-05 09_26_52I admire the skills to get massed displays of tulips flowering in autumn (which will be to do with times of refrigeration and removal from the cold to controlled growing conditions). But I prefer the kniphofia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3776.jpgIMG_3776Lots of lovely kniphofia featured which may be a reflection of the time of year for the show https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3780.jpgIMG_3780Look at the lovely detail in the wooden beehive-like construction https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3779.jpgIMG_3779https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3788.jpgIMG_3788We particularly liked this informal, wildflower garden by Ben Hutchinson but the judges did not rate it as highly as we did https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3734-2.jpgIMG_3734 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/04/img_3735-2.jpgIMG_3735 (2)2019-04-08T10:32:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/03/21/from-scratch-the-caterpillar-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_2687.jpgIMG_2687Very late spring 2018 - white iberis and Brodiaea 'Queen Fabiola' with the blue perennial forget-me-not (Myosotis) in the background https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/2018-dec.jpg2018 DecLate spring 2018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3695-2.jpgIMG_3695 (2)I love the white Japanese anemones and blue asters currently in bloomhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3694.jpgIMG_3694This is now a garden filled with life, particularly butterflies and bees https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3656.jpgIMG_3656The Salvia uliginosa is too floppy to be in an outside bed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/2019-feb.jpg2019 FebThe Salvia uliginosa is too floppy for an outside bed and needs to be moved. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/2019-march.jpg2019 MarchAnd this week. Filling in colour blocks with plants. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/2014-july.jpg2014 JulyIn 2014, we cleared and recontured the area. Same tree in the centre. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/2012.jpg2012This was back in 2012 when we emptied out the capillary beds (which had been built around the Podocarpus henkelii 20 years earlier. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/2018-may.jpg2018 MayMay 2018, a few months after planting. The Podocarpus henkelii in the centre is such a handsome tree that we are keeping it and working around it. 2019-03-23T06:57:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/03/16/new-zealand-in-shock/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_5514.jpgIMG_5514https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_5952-2.jpgIMG_5952 (2)2019-03-22T00:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/03/09/back-from-a-near-death-experience-an-obscure-fig/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/ficus-antiarus.jpgficus antiarusBefore it was knocked down - we are now optimistic it will return to this state.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3664.jpgIMG_3664Ten months later and we are delighted by all the fresh growthhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_0224.jpgIMG_0224levered more or less upright, pruned by chainsaw and propped in place last April https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_9510.jpgIMG_9510Brought down and uprooted by an enormous falling pine last April https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/ficus-antiarus-1.jpgficus antiarus (1)Very curious fruit on Ficus antiarus2019-03-10T04:22:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/04/27/plant-collector-schefflera-septulosa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/020-copy.jpgSchefflera septulosa - frost tender and rather largeSchefflera septulosa - frost tender and rather largehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/007-copy.jpgSchefflera septulosa from New Guinea highlandsSchefflera septulosa from New Guinea highlands2019-03-08T22:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/07/10/vireya-rhododendron-macgregoriae/2019-03-08T22:20:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/06/24/garden-thoughts/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/june-21-evening-2.jpgJune 21 evening (2)Finally, the late afternoon light falls upon our maunga or mountain on the winter solstice - a sight which keeps us anchored firmly to the place where we live and garden. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/collage-2018-06-24-10_49_43.jpgCollage 2018-06-24 10_49_43French style. My photo library is entirely lacking in images of contemporary Australian pavilions. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/461.jpg461The children's summer house in a handsome Yorkshire garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/wainui-gazebo-2.pngWainui-Gazebo-2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0446.jpgIMG_0446Fairy Magnolia White has opened her first, fragrant blooms this week. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0422.jpgIMG_0422The gnarly trunks of the aged Kurume azaleas. In the background, Mark has draped old shade cloth over the newly sown areas of grass to discourage the pesky rabbits and sparrows.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0443.jpgIMG_0443Just another heavy transporter passing along one of our road boundaries. A particularly noisy one this Sunday morn. 2019-03-04T06:32:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/03/02/covering-the-ground-our-free-mulching-options/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3640-copy-5.jpgIMG_3640 - Copy (5)Compost is king https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3644.jpgIMG_3644Smaller leaves look tidier https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3640-copy-4.jpgIMG_3640 - Copy (4)Leaf litter mulchhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3638.jpgIMG_3638Evidence of nitrogen robbing at the top - plants are sparser and showing a yellow tinge while others have thrived https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3640-copy-3.jpgIMG_3640 - Copy (3)Commercial chipping at the top, our home chipper belowhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3640-copy-2.jpgIMG_3640 - Copy (2)Granulated pine bark - after at least a decade and fresh, but dry https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3639.jpgIMG_3639Our gravel mountain (with a pretty apricot foxglove seeding into it) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/collage-2019-03-02-11_02_37.jpgCollage 2019-03-02 11_02_37Mulching with gravel at Wisleyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3640-copy.jpgIMG_3640 - CopyGravel mulch https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/img_3640.jpgIMG_3640Oh look! I made a little display board. 2019-03-08T22:51:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/23/saving-my-best-for-last-auckland-heroic-gardens-part-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3551-1.jpgIMG_3551https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3564.jpgIMG_3564https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3577.jpgIMG_3577https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3575.jpgIMG_3575https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3556.jpgIMG_3556https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3551.jpgIMG_3551https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3540.jpgIMG_3540https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3543.jpgIMG_3543https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3549.jpgIMG_3549The view from the deck in city suburbia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3478.jpgIMG_3478Vetiver grass, not miscanthus2019-02-25T04:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/23/auckland-heroic-gardens-part-one-of-two/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3529.jpgIMG_3529I include the pink and yellow specifically for loyal reader Marge M H, she who likes the colour combination whereas were it my garden, I would be removing either the rudbeckia or the pink belladonnas from this scenehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3491.jpgIMG_3491Whimsy at Ayrlies and given the context and the event, I feel personal opinion is irrelevant. They will make some people make while others may shudder. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3507.jpgIMG_3507https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3513.jpgIMG_3513The nubbly growths in the centre of the photograph are usually referred to as knees https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3488.jpgIMG_3488The waterfall is now the main visitor entrance and has nestled into its setting as the trees have grown https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3486.jpgIMG_3486https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3485.jpgIMG_3485https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3484.jpgIMG_3484https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3470.jpgIMG_3470https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3468.jpgIMG_34682019-02-26T02:09:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/23/a-cautionary-tale-with-advice-for-active-gardeners/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3611.jpgIMG_3611The left foot is just a little swollen today but I shall no longer garden in my jandals. At least that is what I am telling myself. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3605.jpgIMG_36052019-02-25T02:23:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/21/room-for-improvement-at-a-major-tourist-site/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_5806.jpgIMG_5806Modern plantings have moved on from Victorian bedding to something altogether more immersive https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/280.jpg280More Oudolf at Pensthorpe in Norfolk https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/492.jpg492How about some more contemporary, generous, immersive plantings like this Oudolf sweep at Pensthorpe in Norfolk? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3454.jpgIMG_3454This is the current planting,. Need I say more? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3455.jpgIMG_3455A blank slate, begging for a more ambitious planting https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3461-1.jpgIMG_3461Plenty of room for improvement https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3449.jpgIMG_3449Pretty much a blank slate of austere but unimaginative plantings https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3461.jpgIMG_3461https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/muehlenbeckia-astonii-4.jpgMuehlenbeckia astonii (4)Muehlenbeckia astonii clipped to give formality https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/download.pngdownload2019-02-24T06:41:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/22/garden-lore-friday-22-august-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_5770-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/290-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2019-02-20T04:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/20/lagerfeld-rules-should-he-ever-turn-his-attention-to-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/puketarata-credit-jane-dove-juneau-8.jpgPerhaps better than the toilet bowl recycled as a garden feature, but blue pots are problematicPerhaps better than the toilet bowl recycled as a garden feature, but blue pots are problematichttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/the-lake-credit-jane-dove-juneau-6.jpgOnly the real thing will doOnly the real thing will dohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/karl_lagerfeld_-_berlin_film_festival_2007.jpgThe man himself - Karl Lagerfeld (photo: Wikimedia Commons)The man himself - Karl Lagerfeld (photo: Wikimedia Commons)2019-02-26T04:03:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/19/a-somewhat-disappointing-afternoon-summer-gardens-in-auckland-part-one/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3445.jpgIMG_3445https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3447.jpgIMG_3447https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3442.jpgIMG_3442https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3440.jpgIMG_3440https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3437.jpgIMG_34372019-02-22T07:10:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/13/its-all-in-the-detail/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3429.jpgIMG_3429It took a while, but I think we are right now and they will be graceful, wide, shallow steps https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3427.jpgIMG_3427Getting there.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3412.jpgIMG_3412The next mistake was not to drop the half circle on the left during construction https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3005-1.jpgIMG_3005https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3005.jpgIMG_3005Mock up number two (I did not photograph the first one) - the inner circle is now the width of the opening https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3425.jpgIMG_3425From a book - the circle is fully contained in the gap of the small retaining wall. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/uk09-116.jpgUK09 116Lutyens steps at Great Dixterhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/villa-deste-090.jpgVilla d'Este 090In the absence of a photo of the Isola Madre steps, I give you Villa d'Este steps even though they are not the same. And they are missing the elegant white peacocks. 2019-02-16T19:26:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/06/the-ulmus-must-go-vegetative-time-bombs/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3395.jpgIMG_3395A noxious weed: Commelina "Sleeping Beauty' does not sleep https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/collage-2019-02-06-11_49_30.jpgCollage 2019-02-06 11_49_30Spring growth on the left, 30 minutes trimming on the righthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_20190206_0004_li.jpgIMG_20190206_0004_LIhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/017-5.jpg017 (5)Abies procera 'Glauca' - handsome but too close to the house https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3379.jpgIMG_3379Growing well but just too large - Umus 'Jacqueline Hillier'2019-02-13T14:50:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/02/03/plant-collector-tecoma-stans-with-an-aside-on-a-hot-week/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3366.jpgIMG_3366https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/img_3370.jpgIMG_3370Tecoma stans2019-02-03T19:37:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/01/26/along-the-verges-midsummer-on-north-taranaki-roadsides/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3129.jpgimg_3129And sometimes agapanthus and crocosmia - one starting from a deliberate planting, the other entirely self-introducedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3119.jpgimg_3119Agapanthus a-plentyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3103.jpgimg_3103The wasteland of the sprayed road verge https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3149.jpgimg_3149Thumbs down, also, to convolvulushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3156.jpgimg_3156Evening primrosehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3094.jpgimg_3094Common fennel https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3098.jpgimg_3098Crocosmia - commonly referred to as montbretia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3141.jpgimg_3141Kniphofia in Lepperton https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3138.jpgimg_3138Chicory - not as common as I would like it to be https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3105.jpgimg_3105Thumbs down to woolly nightshade2019-01-28T01:33:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/01/26/summer-flowers-tigridias-and-crocosmias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3190.jpgimg_3190The transient pleasure of a colour toned flower board to finish https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3174.jpgimg_3174Left to right: the roadside weed, a selected yellow form of same, 'Severn Sunrise' and 'Lucifer'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3130.jpgimg_3130Commonly referred to as montbretia, the weedy crocosmia growing wild all round North Taranaki roadsideshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3187.jpgimg_3187https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3177.jpgimg_31772019-01-25T22:31:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/01/19/lily-time-in-the-garden-of-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3059.jpgimg_3059https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3069.jpgimg_3069https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3068.jpgimg_3068https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3057.jpgimg_3057https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3056.jpgimg_3056https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3087.jpgimg_3087https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_3091.jpgimg_30912019-01-20T08:09:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/01/19/not-5-a-day-any-longer-25-different-per-week/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_7072.jpgimg_7072https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/007-2.jpg007 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_7337.jpgimg_7337Not sure whether olives qualify or not https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/141.jpg141Sorry, the dried fruit in the Christmas cake does not counthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_8964.jpgimg_8964Mood photos from my archives, though this is our kitchen2019-01-19T03:23:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/01/13/found-our-summer-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2984.jpgimg_2984https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2960.jpgimg_2960https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2958.jpgimg_2958https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2952.jpgimg_2952https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/collage-2019-01-13-09_59_12.jpgcollage 2019-01-13 09_59_12https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2884.jpgimg_2884Lily border to the left, caterpillar garden metamorphosing to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2857.jpgimg_2857A stokesia! We were both wrong. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2687.jpgimg_26872019-03-24T20:59:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2019/01/12/i-cannae-do-cannas-myself/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/087.jpg087https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/021.jpg021https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_9003.jpgimg_9003https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_8993.jpgimg_8993https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/img_2997.jpgimg_29972019-01-18T21:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/30/i-have-measured-out-my-year-in-flowers-not-my-life-in-coffee-spoons-as-did-j-alfred-prufrock/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/12-December.jpg12 Decemberhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/015-4.jpg015 (4)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/10-October.jpg10 Octoberhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/9-September-2.jpg9 September (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/8-August-1.jpg8 August (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/8-August-2.jpg8 August (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/7-July.jpg7 Julyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/6-June.jpg6 Junehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/5-May.jpg5 Mayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/4-April.jpg4 April2019-01-12T18:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/27/heroic-despatches-4-a-restful-green-heart/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/135.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/italy2008-096.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/147.jpg147https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/145.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/141.jpg???????????????????????????????2018-12-25T19:58:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/24/seasons-greetings-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2901.jpgIMG_2901https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2875-3.jpgIMG_2875 (3)2018-12-29T22:41:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/23/the-new-zealand-christmas-tree-but-not-all-are-equal/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2817.jpgIMG_2817I took this photo out of the car window (Mark was driving) as we went through a busy intersection in New Plymouth. It is clearly a named selection and superior from the start https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2851.jpgIMG_2851The vibrant tones of this specimen stood out from a considerable distance away https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2846.jpgIMG_2846Some flower abundantly but without great colour and some just don't flower at allhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2830.jpgIMG_2830The Legacy of the the Lazy Nurseryman. The flowers are more brown than red. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2837.jpgIMG_28372018-12-31T03:01:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/16/the-meadow-as-we-enter-its-sixth-year/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2655.jpgIMG_2655https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2757.jpgIMG_2757https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2745.jpgIMG_2745Mown paths through the meadow. The clean bark on the right is a crepe myrtle https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2747.jpgIMG_2747https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2653.jpgIMG_2653Wachendorfia thyrsiflora - a triffidhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2746.jpgIMG_2746The tradescantia, pretty enough in flower, but arguably the worst weed of all https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/IMG_2750.jpgIMG_27502018-12-20T06:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/09/fashion-vs-style/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-4-april-5-5.jpg2018 4 April 5 (5)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-11-november-15-6.jpg2018 11 November 15 (6)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-4-april-21-19.jpg2018 4 April 21 (19)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-11-november-15-8.jpg2018 11 November 15 (8)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-12-december-8-1.jpg2018 12 December 8 (1)2018-12-09T20:43:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/09/what-a-difference-a-year-makes-flowering-through-12-months/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2017-11-november-2017-5.jpg2017 11 November 2017 (5)And just a year ago - November 2017https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-4-april-21-16.jpg2018 4 April 21 (16)April 2018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-3-march-25-10.jpg2018 3 March 25 (10)March 2018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2017-12-december-2-1.jpg2017 12 December 2 (1)Early December 2017, still very newhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-10-october-22-5.jpg2018 10 October 22 (5)October 2018 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/collage-2018-12-09-08_40_00.jpgCollage 2018-12-09 08_40_00Dutch iris and moraeas in September https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2017-11-november-2017-41.jpg2017 11 November 2017 (4)And a year earlier - November 2017https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-11-november-15-3.jpg2018 11 November 15 (3)November 2018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-8-august-113.jpg2018 8 August 1(13)August 2018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/2018-7-july-6-2.jpg2018 7 July 6 (2)July 20182018-12-20T03:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/02/not-just-from-siberia-the-sibirican-irises/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2414.jpgIMG_2414https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/collage-2018-11-28-14_39_01.jpgCollage 2018-11-28 14_39_01The big blue and the new yellow - these will be named clones. We just don't know the names. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2462.jpgIMG_2462A sibirican hybrid? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2255.jpgIMG_2255Caesar's Brother, of coursehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_22281.jpgIMG_2228Probably a species selection, rather than a controlled hybridhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2228.jpgIMG_2228https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2583.jpgIMG_25832018-12-02T03:24:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/12/02/novice-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2625.jpgIMG_2625https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2623.jpgIMG_2623https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2618.jpgIMG_2618https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_2621.jpgIMG_2621In a city far, far away. Well. four hours' drive away, to be precise2018-12-08T19:45:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/11/28/the-somewhat-extraordinary-queensland-spear-lily/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/august-17-2.jpgAugust 17 (2)August 17https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_1453.jpgIMG_1453This plant was not going to let a small planter bag deter its growth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/november-28-2.jpgNovember 28 (2)November 28https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/november-28.jpgNovember 28https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2616.jpgIMG_2616Pools of nectarhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/september-2.jpgSeptember 2September 2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/august-17.jpgAugust 17August 17https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/july-14.jpgJuly 14July 14 this year2018-12-01T20:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/11/25/blurred-lines/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2574.jpgIMG_2574https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2573.jpgIMG_2573One of the access paths linking the park to the avenue gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2194.jpgIMG_2194https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/032.jpg032https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2038.jpgIMG_2038https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_8321.jpgIMG_8321https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/025-2.jpg025 (2)Arisaema dahaiense! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2571.jpgIMG_2571Scadoxus to the right, calanthe orchids to the left along with self-sown ferns and tree ferns - subtropical woodland, I guess2018-12-01T07:09:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/11/18/gardening-with-our-native-flora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/collage-2018-11-18-12_27_14.jpgCollage 2018-11-18 12_27_14Pohutukawa to the left, kowhai with tui bird to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2465-e1542504084780.jpgIMG_2465The alstromeria is certainly not native but the grass is - Chionocloa rubra https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2547.jpgIMG_2547The cordyline just arrived, I think. It is growing right on stream bank at water level and I can't think that anyone would have planted it there https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2570.jpgIMG_2570The renga renga lily, as seen in almost every garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/kakabeak-3.jpgkakabeak (3)Kakabeak, growing in a town garden (hence the power lines). I have the white form in a new garden but it has its own little wire cage because pesky rabbits just about ate all of it over just two nightshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2469.jpgIMG_2469Pachystegia insignis to the left (the white buttons are the flower buds) and Xeronema callistemon with the red flower spikes https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2487.jpgIMG_2487We have never planted any tree ferns. They just arrive of their own accord.2018-11-20T01:10:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/11/17/foxgloves-the-fine-line-between-weed-wildflower-and-garden-plant/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2562.jpgIMG_2562https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2528.jpgIMG_2528Some tried to outwit me by opening creamy lemon and ageing to purple, all on the same stem, but I can see them! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_25401.jpgIMG_2540Some tried to outwit me by opening creamy yellow and ageing to purple, all on the same stem but I see them! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2542.jpgIMG_2542https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2540.jpgIMG_2540The range of shades with the common wild form to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/collage-2018-11-15-15_04_33.jpgCollage 2018-11-15 15_04_33No the left, yes to the righthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_24961.jpgIMG_2496https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/summer_05.jpgSUMMER_052018-11-18T19:51:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/11/11/about-gardening-at-the-edges-edging-options/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_5745.jpgIMG_5745Rope hawsers, seen in somebody's gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/wisley-135.jpgWisley 135Paver edgings in Wisley's herbaceous borders https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/026-2.jpg026 (2)We have chosen just to use the cut edge on two of the four straight stretches in our Avenue Garden. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/125.jpg125Blurring the lines between paths and garden in at Beth Chatto's https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2202.jpgIMG_2202https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/194.jpg194https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/074.jpg074Subtle detail in the edging at Hatfield House https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/bury-court-2017-90.jpgBury Court 2017 (90)Corten steel edging at Bury Court - understated quality https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/030.jpg030The horror. The horror. 2018-11-11T13:02:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/11/07/hello-and-goodbye-ammi-majus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2451.jpgIMG_2451The cutting of the rampant ammi - too rampanthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2674.jpgIMG_2674Orlaya grandiflora - more knee height than the waist or chest height I wanted but well-behaved! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2454.jpgIMG_2454Self-sown ammis already towering at 3m high https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_8522.jpgIMG_8522Ammi majus in Mark's 'allotment' 2018-11-26T19:01:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/02/learning-from-experience-gardening-with-bigger-grasses-in-nz-conditions/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_9318.jpgIMG_9318Late March, so autumn of the first year. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_0060.jpgIMG_0060It is hard to beat the miscanthus at any time of the yearhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1279.jpgIMG_1279Stipa gigantea falls apart into divisions when lifted https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1283.jpgIMG_1283Is it Chionocloa rubra? Someone will know but it is a native tussock at least. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_0173.jpgIMG_0173It appears I failed to photograph the calamgrostris at is peak but it is the third one up on the left in the May scene. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1199.jpgIMG_1199Added bucket for scale but I also measured and the root systems reached 45cm across in one year https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1281.jpgIMG_12812018-11-06T22:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/11/07/just-another-week-in-the-garden-of-jury-late-spring-umbrellas-and-birds-nest-or-two/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2378.jpgIMG_2378I think it looks better now for the simpler appearance https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2395.jpgIMG_2395The roses used to grow in borders surrounding the sunken garden before I cut my losses on their awful foliage and stripped out the area for a more sculptural simplicity https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2447.jpgIMG_2447https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2441.jpgIMG_2441https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2429.jpgIMG_2429https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2426-copy.jpgIMG_2426 - CopyThe simple charm of a grey warbler nesthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2423.jpgIMG_2423'Caesar's Brother' and the thuggish Wachendorfia thyrsiflorahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2414.jpgIMG_2414Iris sibirica, Stipa tenuissima and common fennel in the morning light https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2432.jpgIMG_2432https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/11/img_2400.jpgIMG_24002018-12-01T20:46:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/11/18/plant-collector-geranium-maderense/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/g-maderense-elbows.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAElbows!https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/geranium-maderense-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAGeranium maderensehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/twitter.jpgTwitterhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/002-copy.jpgThe ugly sight of roadside sprayingThe ugly sight of roadside spraying2018-10-28T03:31:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/10/28/hello-vibrant-colours/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/496.jpg496Scampston Halh In Yorkshire - the work of Piet Oudolf https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_6018.jpgIMG_6018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2284.jpgIMG_2284https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/collage-2018-10-27-15_59_57.jpgCollage 2018-10-27 15_59_57https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/collage-2018-10-27-15_54_27.jpgCollage 2018-10-27 15_54_27https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/london-137.jpgLondon 137Olympic Park in Londonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2372.jpgIMG_2372https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2371.jpgIMG_2371https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2366.jpgIMG_2366https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2362.jpgIMG_23622018-11-07T21:39:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/10/27/out-and-about/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2334.jpgIMG_2334https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2331.jpgIMG_2331https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2314.jpgIMG_2314https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2311.jpgIMG_2311https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2321.jpgIMG_2321https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2318.jpgIMG_2318https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2347.jpgIMG_2347https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2342.jpgIMG_2342Van Nes Sensationhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2353.jpgIMG_2353https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2357.jpgIMG_2357Purple and acid yellow atop a substantial, unadorned concrete block retaining wall. 2018-10-28T20:05:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/10/27/does-hit-the-deck-work/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2298-copy.jpgIMG_2298 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1749-copy1.jpgIMG_1749 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1749-copy.jpgIMG_1749 - CopyMy test areahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1679-copy.jpgIMG_1679 - Copy'Just spray it on, brush it off and rinse.'2018-10-31T19:22:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/17/garden-lore-a-collection-of-quotes-and-hints/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/016-copy1-e1540585533438.jpg016-copy2018-10-26T20:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/10/22/to-deadhead-or-not-to-deadhead-that-is-the-question/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2218.jpgIMG_2218https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/lems-cameo.jpgLems CameoLems Cameo https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2235.jpgIMG_2235Nuttallii seed from a plant we missed deadheading last yearhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2192.jpgIMG_2192It is partly the absence of stamens that makes the display so cleanhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2193.jpgIMG_2193"Felix's legacy", as we say2018-10-24T22:18:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/10/14/rhododendron-season-two-generations-of-breeding/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2029.jpgIMG_2029The big full trusses are not so much to my taste, even when it is R. macabeanum to the left. The giant pink is another unnamed seedling of Felix's https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2116.jpgIMG_2116The gorgeous nuttalliis are a favourite of mine though not a commercial viability https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1589.jpgIMG_1589Mark's 'Floral Sun' is a great performer for in our conditions https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/seedlings-2.jpgseedlings (2)Look past the flower - that foliage! Grown in hard conditions and never sprayed. That foliage is a breakthrough. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2109.jpgIMG_2109We know plenty about grungy foliage https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/collage-2018-10-13-16_48_45.jpgCollage 2018-10-13 16_48_45Just a few of the promising seedlings https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/collage-2018-10-13-16_45_56.jpgCollage 2018-10-13 16_45_56https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2094.jpgIMG_2094The row of latest hybrids 'across the road', as we say https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_2027.jpgIMG_2027Mark's 'Floral Gift' is proving to be a bit of a star over time in local gardens at least https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/011-2.jpg011 (2)Just another unnamed seedling from Felix's breeding but it wasn't that easy to sell these types of rhododendrons to customers who expected tight, ball trusses 2018-10-22T21:27:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/10/06/a-graveyard-and-memories-of-miniature-gardens-and-sand-saucers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1848.jpgIMG_1848https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1849.jpgIMG_1849https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1840.jpgIMG_1840Ajuga and bluebells softening the austerity of large blocks of unadorned concretehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1929.jpgIMG_1929Planning colours and textures for a small areahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1911.jpgIMG_1911https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1960.jpgIMG_1960And areas that are more landscaped in appearance than meadowhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1955.jpgIMG_1955https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1907.jpgIMG_1907The meadow look https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1886.jpgIMG_1886Calendulas and bluebells - not an obvious combination but so irrepressibly cheerful https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/img_1879.jpgIMG_1879I am not a great fan of tulips but the effect of this multi coloured display was very painterly 2018-10-18T21:47:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/30/the-later-flowering-lachenalias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1830.jpgIMG_1830Glorious glaucina - the best performing blue lachenalia in our gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1825.jpgIMG_1825Left to right, probably arbuthnotiaehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1823.jpgIMG_1823Lachenalia aloides tricolor and aloides var. vanzyliae https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1821.jpgIMG_1821Lachenalia glaucina flowers, nestled in amongst the foliage of narcissi which have already finished blooming. The lachenalia's foliage is much sparser and close to the ground2018-09-30T01:30:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/30/notes-from-the-garden-of-jury-september-30-2018/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1810.jpgIMG_1810https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1806.jpgIMG_1806https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1834.jpgIMG_1834And the corylopsis in situ with Rhododendron spinuliferum to the right front and and the burgundy loropetalum behind https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1835.jpgIMG_1835Corylopsishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_5001.jpgIMG_5001Daphne genkwa with its corylopis backdrop https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1606.jpgIMG_1606Daphne genkwa - the blue daphnehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1612.jpgIMG_1612The flowers are delightful and abundant but small - C. minutiflora againhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1832.jpgIMG_1832Camellia minutiflora - a charming and graceful species https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1813.jpgIMG_18132018-10-01T08:34:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/22/starting-with-a-paper-plan/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1720.jpgIMG_1720https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1724.jpgIMG_1724https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1596.jpgIMG_1596https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1709.jpgIMG_1709https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1712.jpgIMG_1712https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1727.jpgIMG_1727Looking down from above on the rockery in front of our househttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_7978.jpgIMG_7978https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_7973.jpgIMG_7973Posted without comment. The Misty Knoll garden installation at Pukeiti Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1736.jpgIMG_1736Learning from the mistakes of version onehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/wisley-079.jpgWisley 079The Oudolf rivers at RHS Wisley in the UK2018-09-24T04:55:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/15/hellebore-update/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1555.jpgIMG_1555... but add white and the contrast makes them singhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1551.jpgIMG_1551The slate shades can look better picked than in the garden... https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1447.jpgIMG_1447The border was looking better this yearhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1016.jpgIMG_1016Look at the flower power of Angel Delight in the gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1548.jpgIMG_1548https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1544.jpgIMG_1544Late season flowers, so not an accurate guide to the flower size and colour. Left to right: Anna's Red, Penny's Pink, Molly's White, Ruby Daydream and Sophie's Delighthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_15641.jpgIMG_1564https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1564.jpgIMG_15642018-09-21T23:14:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/15/tikorangi-notes-a-week-of-pests-and-petals/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1531.jpgIMG_1531Moraea villosa or the peacock irishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1536.jpgIMG_1536Dainty and fragrant Narcissus jonquilla https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1453.jpgIMG_1453https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1286.jpgIMG_1286Doryanthes palmeri or the Queensland spear lily https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1517.jpgIMG_1517A magnolia bud that has been eaten out, usually by possums but we are now wondering if rats are also to blamehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1479.jpgIMG_1479Blood and bone lightly sprinkled on damp foliage is the best rabbit deterrent so farhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1480.jpgIMG_1480Netting and tubes in an attempt to deter rabbitshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1460.jpgIMG_1460https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1464.jpgIMG_1464Honey Tulip is going from strength to strength as the tree matureshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1525.jpgIMG_1525Magnolia Honey Tulip2018-09-17T09:13:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/09/felixs-magnolias-on-a-glorious-spring-morn/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1138.jpgIMG_1138https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/mark-jury-3.jpgMark Jury (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/mark-jury-1.jpgMark Jury (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/iolanthe.jpgIolanthehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/milky-way-7.jpgMilky Way (7)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/lotus-111.jpgLotus (11)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/atlas-1.jpgAtlas (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/athene-1.jpgAthene (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/apollos-sister-3.jpgApollo's sister (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/apollo-8.jpgApollo (8)2018-09-12T11:37:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/09/in-praise-of-petal-carpets/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/p1010716.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_8287.jpgIMG_8287https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/035.jpg035https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/dsc01424.jpgDSC01424https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/004-7.jpg004 (7)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/020-2.jpg020 (2)Magnolia Lanarth, down by the big pondhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/cerise-carpet-008.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/014.jpg014https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/003.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_2115.jpgIMG_21152018-09-10T14:19:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/09/02/an-unexpected-consequence/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1304.jpgIMG_1304https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/09/img_1135.jpgIMG_1135Vireya rhododendron himantodes is charming, different and a comparative rare species, not easy to propagate and grow but thriving in the sunken garden. We do not want to lose it to wet feet, as we call sodden root systems. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1132.jpgIMG_1132https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1104.jpgIMG_1104https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1107.jpgIMG_11072018-09-02T20:49:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/25/the-glyphosate-debate/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1028.jpgIMG_1028The visual and environmental scourge of the scorched earth roadside 2018-09-10T21:47:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/26/conference-garden-tours-then-and-now/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1092.jpgIMG_1092Lloyd and Mark erected our small marquee for the occasion to provide additional cover. Look at the blue sky the day before the visit. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1100.jpgIMG_1100The conference attendees were extremely considerate at the casual, morning tea stationhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1109.jpgIMG_1109https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1127.jpgIMG_1127The rains, when they came in the afternoon left us awash https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1158.jpgIMG_1158https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1157.jpgIMG_1157https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/floral-dance-2.jpgFloral Dance (2)Rhododendron Floral Dance 2018-08-29T07:53:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/21/garden-lore-seasonal-garden-advice/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1138.jpgIMG_1138Vulcan in its full glory today. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1098.jpgIMG_1098https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1142.jpgIMG_1142One of the first blooms on Magnolia Felix Juryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1141.jpgIMG_1141https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_8730.jpgIMG_87302018-08-26T04:33:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/18/change-of-plan/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_8522.jpgIMG_8522Ammi majushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/015-6.jpg015 (6)Verbascum creticum, a tall, large flowered biennialhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/bury-court-2017-85.jpgBury Court 2017 (85)An immersive experience at Bury Courthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1095.jpgIMG_1095Miscanthus in winter in the new bordershttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/1511.jpg151https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/151.jpg151Each plant in its own space in Beth Chatto's dry garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1031.jpgIMG_1031A blank canvas of about 450 square metreshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/trentham-court-175.jpgTrentham Court 175Dunnett at Trentham2018-08-20T22:06:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/15/garden-lore-protecting-arms/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/011.jpg011Look at all those little hooks on the margins of the bromeliad leaveshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1017.jpgIMG_10172018-08-17T04:56:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/12/suddenly-its-spring/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0955.jpgIMG_0955Magnolia campbellii, looking more like a painting at maximum zoom with the snow of the distant mountain behindhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0922.jpgIMG_0922Lachenalia aloides and an early flowering scilla that I once sorted out a species name for but have since forgotten where I recorded it... https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/collage-2018-08-12-09_29_04.jpgCollage 2018-08-12 09_29_04https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_1013.jpgIMG_1013The yellow camellias are flowering again. This is C. nitidissima https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0905.jpgIMG_0905A tui in Prunus campanulata 'Felix Jury' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/lanarth-7.jpgLanarth (7)Magnolia campbellii var. mollicomata 'Lanarth', commonly referred to just as Lanarthhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/nth-garden-seedlings-4.jpgNth garden seedlings (4)"Just an unnamed seedling from the breeding programme here," as we say often https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/lanarth-3.jpgLanarth (3)We have entered the season of floral skypaper https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/collage-2018-08-12-09_06_00.jpgCollage 2018-08-12 09_06_00https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0988.jpgIMG_09882018-08-19T07:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/11/different-light-different-colours-canberra-in-mid-winter/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0701.jpgIMG_0701https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0696.jpgIMG_0696https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0667.jpgIMG_0667https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0670.jpgIMG_0670https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0664.jpgIMG_0664https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0658.jpgIMG_0658https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0657.jpgIMG_0657https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0651.jpgIMG_0651https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0649.jpgIMG_0649https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0677.jpgIMG_0677Plenty of eucalypts2018-08-11T08:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/05/a-visit-to-sydney-botanic-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0588.jpgIMG_0588https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0607.jpgIMG_0607https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0609.jpgIMG_0609https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0614.jpgIMG_0614Araucaria cunninghamiihttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0581.jpgIMG_0581More aerial roots on Monstera deliciosahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0554.jpgIMG_0554Aerial roots on Ficus macrophylla https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0598.jpgIMG_0598Aechmea blanchettiahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0591.jpgIMG_0591Alcantarea imperialishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0574.jpgIMG_0574A novelty, but no less charming for that https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0572.jpgIMG_0572The indoor vertical garden2018-08-05T09:17:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/10/09/tikorangi-notes-sunday-october-9-2016/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2420.jpgimg_2420https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2406.jpgimg_2406https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2427.jpgimg_2427https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2392.jpgimg_2392https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2377.jpgimg_2377https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_6683.jpgimg_66832018-08-04T23:05:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/08/01/a-day-in-the-life-of-the-magnolia-and-te-maunga/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/034.jpg034Our pink Magnolia campbellii https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/3-12pm-1.jpg3 12pm (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/11-50am-5.jpg11 50am (5)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/10-45am-11.jpg10 45am (11)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/10-am-19.jpg10 am (19)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/8-30am-9.jpg8 30am (9)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/7-55am-15.jpg7 55am (15)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/740am-1.jpg740am (1)2018-08-04T03:23:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/06/30/our-winner-in-the-white-camellia-stakes-c-yuhsienensis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0452.jpgIMG_0452Superstarhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0430.jpgIMG_0430For NZ camellia purists, we grow the mounding selection chosen by Neville Haydon, back in his days at Camellia Haven https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0478.jpgIMG_0478Threaded through the lily border to give winter interest https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0479.jpgIMG_0479Camellia yuhsienensis2018-07-31T06:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/07/27/not-just-a-fossil-after-all-the-wollemi-pine/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/dartmoor.jpgDartmoorhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/sydney-bot-2.jpgSydney Bot (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/sydney-bot-3.jpgSydney Bot (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/sydney-bot-6.jpgSydney Bot (6)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/wollemi-canberra-arboretum-3.jpgwollemi Canberra arboretum (3)The Canberra wollemi again - it was home to a rather large, showy, orange beetle which we do not have in NZ, I think.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/wollemi-canberra-arboretum-4.jpgwollemi Canberra arboretum (4)The wollemi at the Australian National Arboretum is already mature enough to bear cones https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/sydney-bot-4.jpgSydney Bot (4)A multi branched wollemi at Sydney Botanic Gardens last week https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/wollemi-homr-2.jpgwollemi homr (2)Our gifted wollemi 2018-08-20T22:06:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/07/26/in-search-of-more-unusual-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/094.jpg094Peter Cave is not offering magnolias on his new list but credit where credit is due. In the past, it is he who raised Magnolia Sweetheart to grace our gardens. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_6718.jpgIMG_6718https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0737.jpgIMG_07372018-07-27T14:26:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/07/20/tikorangi-notes-flowers-great-and-small-with-added-lemons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0553.jpgIMG_0553Preserved lemons - the liquid is opaque because some of the salt has yet to fully dissolve https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0525.jpgIMG_0525Daphne Perfume Princesshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0519.jpgIMG_0519Luculia Fragrant Cloud keeps on flowering this season https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0545.jpgIMG_0545Snowdrop season! Galanthus S. Arnotthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0538.jpgIMG_0538Doryanthes palmeri or giant spear lily. Certainly shaping up to be gianthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0539.jpgIMG_05392018-07-24T03:18:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/07/14/the-weight-of-epiphytes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0551.jpgIMG_0551Drooping spleenwort and leather leaf on the trunk of a tall queen palm https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_9089.jpgIMG_9089In the meantime, there is another branch waiting to fall... https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_9086.jpgIMG_9086Mark is surveying a sizeable branch brought down by the heavy burden of epiphytes https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_9095.jpgIMG_9095There is an entire self-sown and self maintaining environment in this one treehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/038.jpg038Like an octopus, Prunus yedoensis 'Ivensii" with epiphytic collospermum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0549.jpgIMG_0549The host tree is leaning badly, the twining vines and thicker trunks are all southern rata https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/011.jpg011Over a century of epiphytic build up 2018-07-15T14:54:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/07/08/a-quilted-flower/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/006.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAArisaema sikokianum - not easy to keep going as a garden plant but eye-catchinghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/025-2.jpg025 (2)Arisaemas we grow a-plenty. Theirs is a very curious plant group, though not beautful in the usual sense. These are A. dahaiense https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_6112.jpgIMG_6112Arum lilies, photographed in somebody else's gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0514.jpgIMG_0514Monstera deliciosa can indeed be a monster plant when liberated in the garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0508-copy.jpgIMG_0508 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0508.jpgIMG_0508The quilted spathe of Monstera deliciosa with the distinctly phallic green fruit from a previous bloom to the right 2018-08-25T08:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/07/04/when-a-handle-is-a-thing-of-beauty/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/p1012356.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThese examples of yew treen date back quite a few decades to when Mark was a craftsman woodturner, before his nurseryman, plant breeder days. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0488.jpgIMG_0488https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/07/img_0488-copy.jpgIMG_0488 - Copy2018-07-05T06:40:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/06/18/blooms-to-sweeten-a-winters-day-luculia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0367.jpgIMG_0367Luculia pinceana 'Fragrant Cloud' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/p1011456.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALuculia pinceana 'Fragrant Pearl' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_8499.jpgIMG_8499Left to right: gratisima 'Early Dawn', pinceana 'Fragrant Pearl', pinceana 'Fragrant Cloud https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0380.jpgIMG_0380Luculia gratissima 'Early Dawn'2018-06-18T09:06:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/06/15/found-low-maintenance-gardening-of-a-sort/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0339.jpgIMG_0339and spreading the mulched leafy waste - yellow because it was mostly berberis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0337.jpgIMG_0337Laying cut lengths beneath https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0348.jpgIMG_0348Piling the debris onto the meandering paths https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0347.jpgIMG_0347https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0351.jpgIMG_0351Beneath the mighty rimu treeshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0335.jpgIMG_0335Magnolia campbellii, the Quaker Mason form https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/june-14-1.jpgJune 14 (1)The magnolia and te maunga2018-06-17T17:39:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/06/10/a-garden-for-all-seasons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/2015-08-09-3.jpg2015-08-09 (3)Late winter - as in August 9th. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0223.jpgIMG_0223Early winter - just last week in fact. The view from our park. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_6858.jpgIMG_6858The magnolias, of which we have quite a few, do not all bloom at the same time. Nor do we want them to. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/phlox-4.jpgphlox (4)Phlox paniculata, I think. Easy to grow, vibrant and seasonal https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/michaeljeans3551.jpgMichaelJeans3551It is an old photo of us and the view out the window has recently changed. It is the border to the left of the coffee table that I have recently replanted in blocks for flowery interest2018-07-02T10:53:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/06/06/today-is-brought-to-you-by-the-colour-orange/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0286-2.jpgIMG_0286 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0256.jpgIMG_0256https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0257.jpgIMG_0257https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0258.jpgIMG_0258https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0274.jpgIMG_0274https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0268.jpgIMG_0268https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0271.jpgIMG_0271https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0247.jpgIMG_0247https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0249.jpgIMG_0249https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0252.jpgIMG_02522018-06-09T20:18:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/06/02/lessons-learned/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0235.jpgIMG_0235Not every wall, fence, pathway or building needs an edging border of planting. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0245.jpgIMG_0245Hand-hewn stone artefacts dating back to pioneer forebearshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0238.jpgIMG_0238The round garden was a design aberration and has never been successful https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_6770.jpgIMG_6770Bolder plantings in bigger sweeps need treasures that are in scale to the other plantings, not small detail.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_0241.jpgIMG_0241The mill wheel garden is a highly detailed areahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/img_6965.jpgIMG_6965Pleione orchids in spring. At this time of the year they are dormant and can be lifted, cleaned up and replanted. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/007.jpg007The stone mill wheel serves as a bird bath and is used often, this time by a tui 2018-06-11T02:24:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/05/30/a-week-in-the-garden-of-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0217.jpgIMG_0217The Theatre of the Banana, as I describe the protection of the only plant we wrap for winter https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0226.jpgIMG_0226https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0224.jpgIMG_0224Propping up the Ficus antiarushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/collage-2018-05-30-09_30_38.jpgCollage 2018-05-30 09_30_38https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0222.jpgIMG_0222https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0216.jpgIMG_0216Protecting one of several bunches. We are currently eating our own, homegrown bananashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0207.jpgIMG_0207Bulding an extension to the banana frame, using giant bamboohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0181.jpgIMG_0181A barrow full of bangalow seedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0230.jpgIMG_0230Persimmons framed against the autumn blue sky 2018-05-30T05:08:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/05/23/the-times-they-are-a-demandin-change/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0186.jpgIMG_0186https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/2013.jpg2013I, too, could get it looking pretty but it took a lot of work and it didn't stay looking pretty for long enough to warrant the efforthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_5010.jpgIMG_5010The same Kurume azaleas as they look today, this time viewed looking from the other direction https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0189.jpgIMG_0189Match the two horizontal branches in the preceding image to how they look this very morn. After 60 years, the trees have more or less doubled in size https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_20180523_0009.jpgIMG_20180523_0009Again, this must be 1950s - the planting of the azalea bed that provides the far boundary to this garden, butting up to the rimu treeshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_20180523_0002.jpgIMG_20180523_0002Felix to his woollen singlet but still wearing his tweed hat putting in the stone millwheel table and benches. The wheel is the inner, turning centre of the mill, grinding papa to make a low quality brick on the farm across the road (now owned by Todd Energy and home to a great, big site for extracting gas) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_20180523_0003.jpgIMG_20180523_0003We have a date on this photo - 1961https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0192.jpgIMG_0192Currently a bit forlorn, but give it a few months and it will look very differenthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_20180523_0002-2.jpgIMG_20180523_0002 (2)An undated photo but best guess is around the mid 1950s. The marble lining is still white 2018-05-26T07:23:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/05/15/the-death-of-a-living-legend-rip-beth-chatto/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/154.jpg154https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/125.jpg125https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/136.jpg136https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/177.jpg177https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/171.jpg171https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/beth-chatto-3.jpgBeth Chatto (3)2018-05-14T23:33:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/05/12/despatches-from-the-frontline-in-tikorangi-gaslands/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0157.jpgIMG_0157Just another LPG tanker passing our gateway. The high volumes of heavy transport has a huge impact. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_8894.jpgIMG_8894I keep my eyes looking inwards to our own space as much as possible https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/mhw-d.jpgMHW DGlobal warming, anyone? Flaring gas is commonplace here. This is MHW D site again, in March this year. Photo credit: Fiona Clark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/d-site-again.jpgD site againTodd Energy's Mangahewa D site, April 15 this year. Photo credit: Fiona Clarke 2018-06-01T07:39:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/05/10/what-a-difference-a-year-makes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0144.jpgIMG_0144The caterpillar garden this week https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0114.jpgIMG_0114https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/philodendron-bipinnatifidum.jpgPhilodendron bipinnatifidumPhilodendron bipinnatifidum, I think. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/late-april-17.jpglate April 17https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/december-2-2017.jpgDecember 2, 2017https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/may-2018.jpgMay 2018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/may-2018-2.jpgMay 2018 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_0143.jpgIMG_0143Off topic but a pretty flower to lead - Nerine bowdenii coming into bloom. The last of the season to flower and the easiest of the nerines we grow 2018-05-14T22:24:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/04/30/pensive-thoughts-on-a-rainy-saturday/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0088.jpgIMG_0088https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0092.jpgIMG_0092https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0108.jpgIMG_0108Persimmons are probably more decorative than a must-have harvest https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_9411.jpgIMG_9411Drying and then cleaning the soy bean crop before weighing and storing https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/collage-2018-04-29-16_30_21.jpgCollage 2018-04-29 16_30_21https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_00911.jpgIMG_0091https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0091.jpgIMG_00912018-04-30T09:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/04/21/the-autumn-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0017.jpgIMG_0017Crimson King rests more on its merits of form and position than the beauty of individual blooms https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0054.jpgIMG_0054Camellia Mine No Yuki https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0020.jpgIMG_0020https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0016.jpgIMG_0016Camellia sasanqua Crimson King in prime position https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_0046.jpgIMG_0046The earliest of the sasanquas here - all named varieties 2018-05-15T08:07:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/04/11/another-one-bites-the-dust/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_9521.jpgIMG_9521https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_9510.jpgIMG_9510Totally uprooted, the Ficus antiarus which dates back to 1957 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_9509.jpgIMG_9509https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_9525.jpgIMG_9525The tree tips, like a giant spider, descending on the new caterpillar garden area 2018-04-13T06:26:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/04/08/originality-a-rare-quality/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/028.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOne photo can not do justice to a large, complex garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/la-plume-030.jpgLa Plume 030https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/wildside-36.jpgWildside (36)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc00107.jpgDSC001072018-04-09T02:44:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/04/07/a-sense-of-arrival/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/dsc02886.jpgDSC02886We are more modest back home. But the retired senio government minister who came in saying "It's just like Sissinghurst" (referring to the trouble he had finding a car park), endeared himself to us forever despite his public fall from grace. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/giverny-5.jpgGiverny (5)The coach parking area at Monet's garden in Giverny. Those coaches were parked up to three deep. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/266.jpg266A more modest approach to dealing with car parking in unsealed areas at Pensthorpe - a busy tourist attraction in Norfolk https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_9403.jpgIMG_9403Dealing to the storm water in the somewhat grand car park at the council garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/img_9402.jpgIMG_9402A sense of arrival? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/001-2.jpg001 (2)From memory, I think we worked out that we can park 27 cars in our car park, if we manage it carefullyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/ninfa-2.jpgNinfa (2)The car parking area at Giardino di Ninfa 2018-04-07T23:54:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/03/31/but-its-not-native-so-it-is-expendable/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_6858.jpgIMG_6858A life without magnolias would be unthinkable for us, but they are anything but native https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/059.jpg059The much maligned and derided Norfolk Island pinehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9360.jpgIMG_9360All our foods are imported. Mark grew a fine range of tomatoes this season - selections from around the world https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/kauri-2.jpgKauri (2)The kauri in our park - a high value native tree beyond reproach but it has taken over 60 years to get this size and is not suitable for most urban settings 2018-04-02T08:00:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/03/25/the-making-of-gardens-old-and-new/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/collage-2018-03-25-10_52_31.jpgCollage 2018-03-25 10_52_31Camellia microphylla for the caterpillar hedging. And colouring in some spaces with blue asters https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9327.jpgIMG_9327Morning light shining behind the first grape leaf to colour for autumn https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9326.jpgIMG_9326We describe the new caterpillar garden as a blank slate but we are still working around a beautiful Podocarpus henkelli and a grapefruit tree. We never get totally blank slates here. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9313.jpgIMG_9313The outer concrete edging in the centre is to go and the area will be grassed around the remaining shrubs https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9314.jpgIMG_9314The central sunken garden is to remain https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9318.jpgIMG_9318Echinacea, eryngium and miscanthus in the new grass garden 2018-03-24T22:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/03/19/from-the-crowds-of-womad-to-the-peace-at-home/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9298.jpgIMG_9298Colchicums are not the same as autumn crocus https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9304.jpgIMG_9304Our white crepe myrtle https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9279.jpgIMG_9279https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9256.jpgIMG_9256https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9253.jpgIMG_9253https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9245.jpgIMG_9245https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9277.jpgIMG_9277The main stage, known as the Bowl of Brooklands 2018-03-19T06:51:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/03/10/daisy-daisy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9206.jpgIMG_9206I used to sew. A lot. Can you tell? These days, i garden instead. Even more. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_2549.jpgIMG_2549The monarcnh on the montanoa in very late autumn https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9226.jpgIMG_9226https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9225.jpgIMG_9225https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9240.jpgIMG_9240https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9215.jpgIMG_9215https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/collage-2018-03-10-10_50_47.jpgCollage 2018-03-10 10_50_47https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/collage-2018-03-10-10_49_14.jpgCollage 2018-03-10 10_49_142018-03-11T20:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/03/07/more-on-belladonnas/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9182.jpgIMG_9182https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9184.jpgIMG_9184Paler hues - 3rd from left has quite a sweet picotee edging. The one on the hard right was a noticeable different colour verging on more apricot tones, presumably the yellow throat bleeding colour further into the pink https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9203-2.jpgIMG_9203 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9175.jpgIMG_91752018-03-08T07:56:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/03/04/the-end-of-the-long-hot-summer-is-nigh/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9159.jpgIMG_9159You can tell our climate is mild. We have begonias as a roadside hedge. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9164.jpgIMG_9164Cyclamen hederafolium seed down happily for us now https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9157.jpgIMG_9157Our belladonnas range from pure white through pretty pastel pink to sugar candy pinks and all shades between https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9133.jpgIMG_9133Belladonnas - a roadside flower for us https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9147.jpgIMG_9147Stachys Bella Grigio is giving up the ghost. Whiffing off, as we say. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/img_9167.jpgIMG_91672018-03-07T19:37:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/22/requiem-for-a-tree/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_91271.jpgIMG_9127https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_91261.jpgIMG_9126Beautiful bark on many of the eucalyptus species https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9126.jpgIMG_9126Beautiful bark on many eucalyptus specieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9121.jpgIMG_9121I asked Mark to climb down into the hole to give some sense of scale to the uprooted root ball https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9107.jpgIMG_9107Still standing https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9111.jpgIMG_9111Mark and Dudley inspect 2018-02-24T04:58:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/22/the-latest-casualty-in-the-ongoing-saga-of-treemageddon/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9069.jpgIMG_9069https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9072.jpgIMG_9072https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/schima-noronhae.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2018-02-24T04:37:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/01/07/plant-collector-schima-wallichii-subsp-noronhae-probably/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/schima-noronhae.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASchima, probably noronhae 2018-02-21T19:45:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/20/give-me-colour-please/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/riomaggiore-square1.jpgselfpRiomaggiore town square. Photo credit: Nigel Somerfield https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/porto-venere-1.jpgPorto Venere 1Porto Venere. Photo credit: Kate Somerfield https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/burano-3.jpgcofBurano, near Venice. Photo credit: Nigel Somerfield 2018-02-19T20:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/18/late-summer-inspirations-from-the-graveyard/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9028.jpgIMG_9028Windflower romance - the white Japanese anemones https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_90021.jpgIMG_9002https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9002.jpgIMG_9002https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9056.jpgIMG_9056Butterflies, bees and no doubt a host of other insect and bird life inhabit these gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9022.jpgIMG_9022Canna liles star in these small, grave-sized gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_8993.jpgIMG_8993https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9045.jpgIMG_9045Lilium formasanum reaching two metres tall https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9058.jpgIMG_9058https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9004.jpgIMG_9004Gaura - they do indeed dance like butterfies in the breeze https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_9001.jpgIMG_9001Rudbeckias! 2018-02-22T19:06:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/18/plant-collector-backhousia-citriodora-or-the-lemon-myrtle/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/backhousia-2.jpgBackhousia (2)Covered in flowers and alive with bees at this time of the year https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/backhousia-1.jpgBackhousia (1)The graveyard specimen is in completely open conditions and looks happier for that, despite it originating from rain forest areas of Australia 2018-02-18T02:34:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/11/classic-style-statuary-in-new-zealand-gardens-yes-or-no/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_4530.jpgIMG_4530Eden Gardens, Auckland. No further comment https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/299.jpg299In an Auckland garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/villa-adriana-053.jpgVilla Adriana 053Villa Adriana in Rome but these are modern re-creations of classical statues. And a distinctly modern couple in the middle. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/dsc00373.jpgDSC00373Baroque glory at the Trevi Fountain in Rome. The lovely dark haired young woman at the front is she whom I often refer to as Second Daughter, to preserve some level of anonymity (I rarely use photos of family here). https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_2254.jpgIMG_2254More Victorian, I think, than pre-Raphaelite in the Te Henui cemetery, New Plymouth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_4430.jpgIMG_4430https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/collage-2018-02-11-14_01_57.jpgCollage 2018-02-11 14_01_57https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/collage-2018-02-11-14_05_50.jpgCollage 2018-02-11 14_05_502018-02-13T05:58:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/07/the-peculiar-affliction-of-gardeners-godwottery/2018-02-09T21:42:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/05/semi-vegetarianism-or-low-meat-consumers-at-least/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_8972.jpgIMG_8972https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_8964.jpgIMG_8964https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_8965.jpgIMG_8965Not just the price, the plastic packaging is a big issue, too https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_8967.jpgIMG_89672018-02-05T00:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/04/the-garden-of-many-colours/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/parham-house-42.jpgParham House (42)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/006.jpg006Maybe analyse the relative proportions of the colours used in showy plantings https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/002.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAll the colours, bar pure red, in a cold, semi shade border in our park https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/016.jpg016Pure yellow is a very dominant colour in a garden and will immediately draw most people's eyes to it https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/004.jpg004Lots of white and cream will tone down an otherwise very vibrant planting https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/003.jpg003Predominantly pastel in Jennifer Horner's garden, Puketarata, near Hawera https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/trentham-court-177.jpgTrentham Court 177A colour coordinated meadow planting by Nigel Dunnett at Trentham Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/001.jpg001A beautiful example of cottage garden in Dorset https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/wildside-67.jpgWildside (67)Destined to be dominated by pure blues a few weeks later - Keith Wiley's naturalistic Devon garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/kings-cross-003.jpgKings Cross 003Not exactly strictly alternating, but I am sure you know what I mean 2018-02-04T07:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/02/01/gone-by-lunchtime/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_5650.jpgIMG_5650Pretty enough flowers. Once. In 2015. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_8960.jpgIMG_8960https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/img_8756.jpgIMG_8756https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/for-the-chop-2.jpgFor the chop (2)There has only ever been one significant flowering 2018-02-05T01:24:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/01/28/the-two-colour-garden-plus-green/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/010.jpg010Orange and bright pink on a traffic island in our local town of Waitara. Bedding plants give a massed display that are rarely seen in a home garden but can give ideas for colour combinations https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/007.jpg007Red and yellow tulips in a massed bedding display at Floriade in Canberra https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/009.jpg009Purple and yellow with colour-toned visitors at Olympic Park in London https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/008.jpg008Purple and orange for a tropical lookhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/001.jpg001Blue and yellow is a classic combination https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/006.jpg006Red and yellow flower board https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/005.jpg005Hirst Cottage - the garden is a unified theme of white on green with red highlights (and black) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/004.jpg004https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/011.jpg011Pretty in pinks and white at Floriade https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/003.jpg003Blue and white at Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens 2018-01-28T08:32:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/01/18/colour-themes-for-gardens-the-single-colour-choice/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/087.jpg087The primary colours, planted in stripes at Auckland Botanic Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_8812.jpgIMG_8812A random sampling of red foliage and blooms https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/from-laptop-337.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe red borders at Hidcote Manor Garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/from-laptop-5231.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe blue border at Sissingurst some years ago https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/collage-2018-01-18-17_06_37.jpgCollage 2018-01-18 17_06_37The blue and yellow borders at Parham House https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/giverny-206.jpgGiverny (206)The 'black' garden in the village of Giverny. Need I say more? 2018-01-22T19:18:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/05/21/the-perils-of-the-monocromatic-colour-scheme-in-gardening/2018-01-18T03:59:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/01/14/more-than-fifty-shades-of-grey/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_2540.jpgIMG_2540https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_8781.jpgIMG_8781https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_8794.jpgIMG_8794I find it difficult to believe that flat planes of grey ever lifts anybody's spirits 2018-01-26T00:27:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/01/06/summer-gardens-the-starting-point/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/wildside-101.jpgWildside 101Wildside in Devonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/bury-court-2017-43.jpgBury Court 2017 (43)More Bury Courthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/la-plume-011.jpgLa Plume 011Le Jardin Plume in Normandy https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/001-2.jpg001 (2)Our blank canvas three years ago with just the foundation shrubs and trees to define what will remain open space https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/bury-court-2017-35.jpgBury Court 2017 (35)Bury Court - superb planting combinations by Piet Oudolf https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/akld-bot-1.jpgAkld Bot (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/wisley-122.jpgWisley 122Classic twin herbaceous borders at RHS Wisley Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/akld-bot-2.jpgAkld Bot (2)Summer at Auckland Botanic Gardens 2018-01-06T03:34:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/01/06/a-cautionary-tale-subtitled-the-bride-wore-orange/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/michaeljeans7956-copy.jpgI had no idea the garden tour would be so popular. Photo: Michael JeansI had no idea the garden tour would be so popular. Photo: Michael Jeanshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/wedding-044-copy.jpgThe rain stopped. It was a miracle. The ceremony could be held outside, as planned.The rain stopped. It was a miracle. The ceremony could be held outside, as planned.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/michaeljeans7221-copy.jpgJust like putting up the family tent, really, but on a grand scale and without the arguments (even in the rain). Photo: Michael JeansJust like putting up the family tent, really, but on a grand scale and without the arguments (even in the rain). Photo: Michael Jeanshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/wedding-017-copy.jpgDid I mention the bride wore orange?Did I mention the bride wore orange?2018-01-05T20:10:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/01/05/we-be-diggers-here/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_6718.jpgIMG_6718Rain after the drought https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/img_4439.jpgIMG_4439Rotary hoeing one of the new borders to break up heavily compacted ground https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2018/01/collage-2018-01-05-14_17_53.jpgCollage 2018-01-05 14_17_53Left to right: my excellent Joseph Bentley border spade with its oak handle, Mark's prized Planet Junior that he uses to cultivate the soils in his vegetable patches and the smart Wolf-Garten cultivator 2018-01-05T19:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2018/01/01/looking-forward-to-2018/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/blackbird.jpgblackbirdThe remains of a blackbird nest, built on an internal platform of layers of mud and straw. With polyprop strawberry netting added https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/tui.jpgtuiThe tui builds a big, bouffy, sift nest for its young https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8713.jpgIMG_8713The soft and welcoming nest of the ... is lined in wool and edged with green mossy strands https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8719.jpgIMG_8719The blackbird's nest is more like half a coconut shell - firmly moulded and plastered on the interior. It achieves the plastered effect by building up layers and smoothing it by beating its wings. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8707-2.jpgIMG_8707 (2)The dainty filigree weaving of the ... nest, held together on the outside with strands of everlasting, synthetic baling twine in the modern tones of aqua bluehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8710.jpgIMG_8710Surely the most inviting nest of those here is the exquisite creation of the ... with its outside covering of lichen and inside featherdown lining https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8735.jpgIMG_8735https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8707.jpgIMG_8707The dainty filigree weaving of the ... nest, held together on the outside with strands of everlasting, synthetic baling twine in the modern tones of aqua blue https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8730.jpgIMG_8730The birds' nests have nothing to do with the content of this post. But they are more beautiful than stacks of heavy duty plastic bags, containers of spray, irrigation wherewithal and the rest. 2018-01-06T03:27:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/28/a-gardening-year-in-retrospect-2017/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_6329.jpgIMG_6329The court garden, started from a blank canvas https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/camembert-3-002.jpgCamembert 3 002Sunset in Camembert. I am not joking . There is a village of that name in Normandy and I took this photo on a day in late June when the temperature hit 40 celsius. We nearly melted. The cheese did melt. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8659.jpgIMG_8659https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8622.jpgIMG_8622One of the double borders in our new area in its first spring https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/402.jpg402Not our garden. I have this filed under 'meadow mistakes' - using an overbred hybrid in a natural setting https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8490.jpgIMG_8490Our meadow where we have reached some level of sustainability and consistency https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/wildside-060.jpgWildside 060Wildside Garden - still a major highlight for us second time round https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_20170613_080006.jpgIMG_20170613_080006Breakfast in Tivoli. Bought in the local market and taken back to our AirBnB 2017-12-28T02:56:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/25/an-antipodean-christmas-greeting/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8588.jpgIMG_8588https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8620.jpgIMG_8620https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8609.jpgIMG_86092017-12-25T08:35:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/19/white-frou-frou-shades-of-green-and-jute-twine/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8547.jpgIMG_8547Ammi majus - my seed source currently growing in Mark's vegetable garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_85631.jpgIMG_8563I want white frou frou https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8541.jpgIMG_8541Maybe I will add the white poppy to my frou four mix https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8563.jpgIMG_8563I want white frou frou https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_5634.jpgIMG_5634Not all greens are equal or natural, let alone invisible! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8572.jpgIMG_8572https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8561.jpgIMG_85612017-12-21T21:57:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/15/the-bakelite-holy-family-for-an-antipodean-christmas/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_6484.jpgIMG_6484https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/collage-2017-12-15-14_20_03.jpgCollage 2017-12-15 14_20_03A flat pack designer tree and an Australian version of the outdoor tree https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/017-5.jpg017 (5)Abies procera in our garden at Tikorangihttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_6633.jpgIMG_6633https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_6491.jpgIMG_64912017-12-16T00:06:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/10/reflections-on-dyed-water-and-dead-water/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/collage-2017-12-09-16_41_17.jpgCollage 2017-12-09 16_41_17Bury Court with black water in 2014 on the left and in 2017 when the owner had stopped dying it and most of the colour had gone. I failed to ask how deep the pool was which would affect the reflective qualities https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/collage-2017-12-09-16_43_31.jpgCollage 2017-12-09 16_43_31Dyed water at Tintinhull in Somerset https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/collage-2017-12-09-16_46_121.jpgCollage 2017-12-09 16_46_12https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/veddw-050.jpgVeddw 050The black water reflecting pool at Veddw in Wales would not work in our climate. Mosquitoes!https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_7634.jpgIMG_7634This water was green, every green, at Butterfly Springs in China? Would it have looked better dyed an unnatural blue? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/collage-2017-12-09-16_46_12.jpgCollage 2017-12-09 16_46_12Does the synthetic blue enhance this pond in a NZ garden? Not to my eyes. It is the only example of dyed water I have seen in this country. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/barbican-1.jpgBarbican (1)Dyed water at the Barbican in London https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_84691.jpgIMG_8469https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8469.jpgIMG_8469Reflections in our swimming pool. We are rarely dead calm here so expecting they have a shimmer. 2017-12-11T02:16:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/06/marks-story/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/collage-2017-12-06-08_08_55.jpgCollage 2017-12-06 08_08_55Mark and the Magnolia Felix Jury tree at Wisley on the left. Mark with a collection of blooms from different seedlings at home in Tikorangi https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/collage-2017-12-06-08_05_32.jpgCollage 2017-12-06 08_05_32Camellia Fairy Blush, Rhododendron Floral Sun and Magnolia Honey Tulip https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/daphne-perfume-princess.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADaphne Perfume Princesshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/fairy-magnolia-white.jpgFairy Magnolia WhiteFairy Magnolia White, with bonus kereruhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/range-of-michelia-seedlings.jpgrange of michelia seedlingsA range of michelia seedling blooms https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/felix-jury-1.jpgFelix Jury (1)Magnolia Felix Juryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/arisaema-seedlings.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAArisaema seedlings are for the garden at Tikorangi, not commercial releasehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/016.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2017-12-11T02:21:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/03/the-ongoing-saga-of-stachys-bella-grigio/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8569.jpgIMG_8569The basket fungus was the inspiration for this new stretch of garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/img_8454.jpgIMG_8454From one plant to six, soon maybe sixty and garden domination 2017-12-03T08:14:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/12/03/biennials-are-they-worth-the-effort-he-asked/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/010-9.jpg010 (9)Blue meconopsis take a lot of effort to keep going here. But for this sort of display, the effort is worth it https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/dsc02119.jpgDSC02119Sadly, most of these meconopsis have died out in this border now https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/009.jpg009Ranunculus cortusifolius in biennial for us https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/001.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACommon they may be, thuggish even, but foxgloves have presencehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/015-6.jpg015 (6)Verbascum creticum, a biennial with presence in our rock garden 2017-12-06T08:42:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/26/tikorangi-notes-things-that-go-crash-in-the-night-recommended-hostas-and-our-pretty-meadow/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8313.jpgIMG_8313https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8312.jpgIMG_8312https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8305.jpgIMG_8305https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8378.jpgIMG_8378The meadow! The meadow! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8302.jpgIMG_8302https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8265.jpgIMG_8265Sum and Substancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8395.jpgIMG_8395It looks like Guacamole to me and I am not making up that name https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8344.jpgIMG_8344Hosta undulata variegata is getting smaller, I think, over the years https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8393.jpgIMG_8393Blue hostas raised from seed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8264.jpgIMG_82642017-11-26T07:04:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/26/a-love-hate-affair-with-rose-bushes-continues/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8290.jpgIMG_8290"Doing the flowers" in the laundry. I only show this because I love my laundry room, a space much favoured in NZ and Australian houses that does not seem to be adopted as widely in other parts of the world. I can't imagine living without a separate laundry room. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc019701.jpgDSC01970The sunken garden, seen here at its tidiest, is to be the feature without the distraction of the borders https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/page-one1.jpgpage onehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/page-one.jpgpage onehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/dsc01970.jpgDSC01970The sunken garden (seen here at its tidiest) is to be the sole feature. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8334.jpgIMG_8334The central borders in the grass are to go. This may take a year or so. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8323.jpgIMG_8323Rose Flower Carpet Appleblossom - a prettier pink, still with good foliage though it does not flower as long through for us. The white version flowers all year round, however. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8324.jpgIMG_8324It is very, very pink is Rose Flower Carpet Pink but just look at that foliage. Superb. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8253.jpgIMG_8253Mme Plantier, I believe? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8294.jpgIMG_82942018-02-12T00:04:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/19/for-the-love-of-umbellifers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/fennel.jpgfennelCommon fennel can look wonderful against the summer and autumn skies https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/wisley-131.jpgWisley 131As seen at RHS Wisley - my lily border does not have a water feature https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_2676.jpgIMG_2676Orlaya with blue cynoglossum at the New Plymouth cemetery https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/bury-court.jpgBury Courthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/chatto.jpgChattoPimpinella major 'Rosea' at Beth Chatto's garden where I thought to photograph the plant label as well as the pretty, airy, dancing pink flower heads https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/034-2.jpg034 (2)Angelica gigas - as popular with wasps as bees https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/parham-house-24.jpgParham House (24)Purple flowers from purple carrots at Parham House https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/parham-house-38.jpgParham House (38)2017-11-19T02:22:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/19/plant-collector-jade-cascade/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8188.jpgIMG_8188Jade Cascade now occupies a similar amount of garden space to the established vireya rhododendron behind it https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8191.jpgIMG_81912017-11-18T22:05:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/12/my-new-weeding-friend/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/collage-2017-11-12-13_12_08.jpgCollage 2017-11-12 13_12_08The new baby cultivator and its full-sized companion on the left and the trusty old Planet Junior to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/011.jpg011The trusty old Planet Juniorhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8135.jpgIMG_8135https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_7988.jpgIMG_7988Compacted soil, the result of years of no surface cultivation and likely use of weed spraying for maintenance - not our garden. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8125.jpgIMG_8125The new baby cultivator and the full-sized old version for larger areas https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/planet-junior-003.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMark and his trusty Planet Juniorhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8127.jpgIMG_8127My new Wolf Garten cultivator, the modest Wonder Weeder and my short handled hoeing implement deal to most weeding situations https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8122.jpgIMG_8122The weed growth in this new area under development was scary after a few weeks of spring 2017-11-20T08:16:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/12/the-modest-tea-harvest/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/from-old-computer-059.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOur form of sinensis is pink flowered which is unusual. But I think I strategically placed additional flowers to make this photo showier than it is in real life.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8131.jpgIMG_8131The yield from a tray is not large once it has dried - but fresh and aromatic https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8066-1.jpgIMG_8066 (1)Spreading on a flat tray to lightly oxidise and dry https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8065-1.jpgIMG_8065 (1)The first, small pick of tender tea tips https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8101.jpgIMG_8101Camellia sinensis, the tea camellia, flowering at the end of March 2017-11-12T02:14:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/12/dudley-and-the-new-seasons-avocado-crop/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8121.jpgIMG_8121Dudley's outdoor dining area is in the middle of an area under development - loosely referred to here as the court garden because it currently resembles a tennis court in dimensions https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/collage-2017-11-11-15_46_30.jpgCollage 2017-11-11 15_46_30Left: his stash of ageing lambs' tails adjacent to his avocado stones on the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_6803.jpgIMG_68032017-12-29T19:12:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/06/clipping-the-michelias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8091.jpgIMG_8091https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8097.jpgIMG_8097We have renamed the area of our garden we used to refer to as "the park'. It is now The Meadow https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/lorris-m-laev-4.jpgLorris M laev (4)This is what Magnolia laevifolia looks like at its best https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_7992.jpgIMG_7992Magnolia laeviflora (aka Michelia yunnanensis) defoliating in wet, cold climatehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/collage-2017-11-06-08_51_23.jpgCollage 2017-11-06 08_51_23https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/001.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThis is what it will like when done - freezing the size of the plants in time with an annual clip https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8110.jpgIMG_8110Starting on the left - the annual clip 2017-11-06T07:42:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/04/plant-collector-the-good-and-the-bad-of-nandina/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8082.jpgIMG_8082The institutional look of utilitarianism https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/nandina-2.jpgnandina (2)The taller version - Nandina domestica 'Richmond' seen here - have sufficient aesthetic merit to justify a place https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_8016.jpgIMG_80162017-11-05T01:00:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/11/04/plant-collector-malus-ioensis-plena-betchel-crabapple/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_7813.jpgIMG_7813A very pretty and presumably well behaved street tree in Canberrahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/img_7812.jpgIMG_7812Malus ioensis ‘Plena’ , not a prunus as I initially assumed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/ann-and-vince-25.jpgAnn and Vince (25)My first sighting of a juvenile plant in a Taranaki garden last spring 2017-11-05T19:45:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/28/togs-togs-togs-undies-a-post-that-is-not-about-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/port-869179049-620x414.jpgport-869179049-620x4142017-10-28T06:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/28/canberras-candyfloss-cornus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7795.jpgIMG_7795https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7669.jpgIMG_7669https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7804.jpgIMG_7804https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7803.jpgIMG_7803https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/kairau-lodge-27.jpgKairau Lodge (27)Cornus controversa variegatahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/a-place-for-plants.jpgA Place for PlantsCornus kousa flowering in June (so early summer) in England https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7796.jpgIMG_77962018-01-05T19:40:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/27/city-trees-an-asset-not-a-liability/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7631.jpgIMG_7631If you don't have trees, then you don't get to experience the opening of the first flowers on the jacaranda is Sydney. In October. Ours at home won't bloom until February. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7805.jpgIMG_7805The established - and higher priced - leafy suburbs of Canberra https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7626.jpgIMG_7626https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7621.jpgIMG_7621Privacy on the third floor balcony https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7771.jpgIMG_7771https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7545.jpgIMG_7545High density living amongst the trees in Sydney 2017-10-27T22:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/23/i-just-dont-get-it/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7884.jpgIMG_7884https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7854.jpgIMG_7854https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7855.jpgIMG_7855https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7832.jpgIMG_7832The union of Australia and South Africa? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7827.jpgIMG_7827https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7828.jpgIMG_78282017-10-24T07:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/22/tulips-from-floriade-as-opposed-to-amsterdam/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7702.jpgIMG_7702For the devotees of white https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7698.jpgIMG_7698https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7716.jpgIMG_7716https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7678.jpgIMG_7678https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7712.jpgIMG_7712https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7687.jpgIMG_7687https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7695.jpgIMG_76952017-10-22T06:10:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/14/meadow-meadow-three-meadow-styles/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/bury-court-2017-11.jpgBury Court 2017 (11)Molinia meadow at Bury Court with pink Trifolium incarnatum (Italian clover)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/trentham-court-175.jpgTrentham Court 175Trentham Court again https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/trentham-court-007.jpgTrentham Court 007A perennial meadow, the work of  Professor Nigel Dunnett at Trentham Gardens near Stoke on Trent https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/trentham-court-009.jpgTrentham Court 009It was like an Impressionist painting but in real life - a pictorial meadow at Trenthamhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/rosemoor-107.jpgRosemoor 107Natural meadows have been encouraged to evolve in areas which were probably all mown grass in the past at RHS Rosemoorhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/rosemoor-128.jpgRosemoor 128https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/old-rectory-047.jpgOld Rectory 047A natural orchard meadow in a private garden in the Cotswolds, designed by leading UK landscaper, Dan Pearsonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/bury-court-2017-10.jpgBury Court 2017 (10)Molinia meadow at Bury Court with pink Trifolium incarnatum (Italian clover)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/bury-court-2017-60.jpgBury Court 2017 (60)2017-10-20T21:39:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/08/the-unexpected-romance-of-an-olive-grove/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/villa-adriana-092.jpgVilla Adriana 092https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/villa-adriana-088.jpgVilla Adriana 088https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/villa-adriana-085.jpgVilla Adriana 085https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/villa-adriana-084.jpgVilla Adriana 084https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/villa-adriana-101.jpgVilla Adriana 101https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/collage-2017-10-06-12_13_33.jpgCollage 2017-10-06 12_13_33Seen in 2014 at RHS Wisley https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7337.jpgIMG_7337https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/villa-adriana-100.jpgVilla Adriana 1002017-10-14T19:21:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/10/04/but-where-are-the-panda-bears/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_7497.jpgIMG_7497The pagoda look of a fresh bamboo shoot https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/collage-2017-10-04-16_42_11.jpgCollage 2017-10-04 16_42_11https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/collage-2017-10-04-16_41_11.jpgCollage 2017-10-04 16_41_11https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/10/img_20170704_153914.jpgIMG_20170704_153914Bamboo scaffolding on a Hong Kong street 2017-10-04T05:46:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/30/new-wave-hedging/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/la-plume-076.jpgLa Plume 076https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/collage-2017-09-29-11_00_58.jpgCollage 2017-09-29 11_00_58https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/tikorangi.jpgTikorangiTikorangi – the view in September of a Fairy Blush hedge and the historic totara hedgehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/veddw-044.jpgVeddw 044Veddw again. A garden defined by hedgeshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/veddw-050.jpgVeddw 050Veddw – a garden in Monmouthshire in the Welsh borderlandshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/le-jardin-plume-3.jpgLe Jardin Plume (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/le-jardin-plume-5.jpgLe Jardin Plume (5)Le Jardin Plume – a modern garden near Rouen in Normandy2017-12-06T18:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/28/white-gardens-for-the-new-age/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/parham-house-62.jpgParham House (62)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/la-torrecchia-76.jpgLa Torrecchia (76)Dare we mention that the white rose opens from yellow buds? Purity in white is rare https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/parham-house-52.jpgParham House (52)The white border at Parham https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/la-torrecchia-10.jpgLa Torrecchia (10)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/la-torrecchia-15.jpgLa Torrecchia (15)Simplicity at La Torrecchia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/la-plume-051.jpgLa Plume 051https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/bury-court-2017-1.jpgBury Court 2017 (1)The white entrance to the functions barn at Bury Court. Eagle-eyed purists may note the touch of pink in Lilium regale https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/from-laptop-515.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASissinghurst white garden from the tower on our one and only visit in 2009 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/bury-court.jpgBury CourtUmbellifers! Still at peak popularity https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_6960.jpgIMG_6960The first section of the auratum lily border gets planted and mulched 2017-09-28T02:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/25/shades-of-white-in-the-world-of-flower-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7392.jpgIMG_7392https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7414-2.jpgIMG_7414 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7402.jpgIMG_7402https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7437.jpgIMG_7437https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7356.jpgIMG_73562017-09-25T21:52:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/23/why-so-very-grey-new-zealand/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/fiumucino-037.jpgFiumucino 037https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/fiumucino-034.jpgFiumucino 034https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/fiumucino-020.jpgFiumucino 020In New Zealand, this building would be in two shades of grey https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/fiumucino-033.jpgFiumucino 033It is a different world of colour https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/fiumucino-032.jpgFiumucino 032Colour, colour everywhere in suburban Fiumicino https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/bury-court-and-parham-001.jpgBury Court and Parham 001A choice of grey or black cars in the UK https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/fiumucino-028.jpgFiumucino 028Welcome to Italian suburbia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_3567.jpgIMG_3567The Australian version in shades of warm sandstone https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7327.jpgIMG_73272017-09-25T09:25:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/17/vegeconomy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/005-4.jpg005 (4)This scene reflects experience and resources https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/008.jpg008Just one section of Mark's various vegetable patcheshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/007.jpg007Sorting the apples for winter storage (in the second fridge) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/038.jpg038https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/007-3.jpg007 (3)2017-09-17T21:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/09/faqs-as-they-are-called-magnolia-questions-answered/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7085.jpgIMG_7085Just more pretty skypaper https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7193.jpgIMG_7193https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7196.jpgIMG_7196https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/072.jpg072A kereru eating early blooms on Magnolia Vulcan https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7089.jpgIMG_7089Just an unnamed seedling but glory, glory glory. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_6844.jpgIMG_6844A stomach full of red magnolia buds 2017-09-23T22:22:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/05/rubbish-in-the-magnolias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_70761.jpgIMG_7076The view of the other end of the property https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7076.jpgIMG_7076https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7119.jpgIMG_7119A preponderance of high energy drinks and snacks https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7115.jpgIMG_7115Tied neatly in a baghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7062.jpgIMG_7062This particular view is one enjoyed by the neighbour's cows 2017-09-06T10:12:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/03/a-cardboard-tower-and-memories-of-cartons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7053.jpgIMG_7053Mark is casting an experienced eye over the cartons and the tape.... https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/img_7055.jpgIMG_7055In the late afternoon fading light, a one-day cardboard tower on the cricket field at our Pukekura Park 2017-09-02T22:09:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/09/02/the-changing-face-of-kings-cross-the-london-one/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-022.jpgKings Cross 022https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-again-0161.jpgKings Cross Again 016A lull in the water https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-again-016.jpgKings Cross Again 016A lull in the water https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-again-044.jpgKings Cross Again 044https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-again-026.jpgKings Cross Again 026The old gas tanks - saved, restored and converted to apartments in Gasholder Park https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-again-019.jpgKings Cross Again 019https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-again-011.jpgKings Cross Again 011The fountain installation in Granary Square was fantastic https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-005.jpgKings Cross 005That is a floating nest and the background is green canal water https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-again-032.jpgKings Cross Again 032The skip garden. Look at that magnificent glasshouse made form recycled window frames on the right. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/kings-cross-030.jpgKings Cross 0302017-09-23T22:07:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/31/bluebells-in-a-new-zealand-springtime/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/004-10.jpg004 (10)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_2378.jpgIMG_2378https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_2392.jpgIMG_2392https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_2390.jpgIMG_2390https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/021.jpg0212017-08-30T20:50:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/29/greening-the-grey/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-138.jpgWisley 138https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-136.jpgWisley 136https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-137.jpgWisley 137The alternative suggested by RHShttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/london-162.jpgLondon 162At the altar of the motor car 2017-10-20T21:36:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/22/the-missouri-meadow-in-2009-2014-and-2017-part-3-of-observations-on-the-sheffield-school-genre/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wisley-391.jpgWisley (39)2014https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wisley-39.jpgWisley (39)To be fair, some parts looked like this in 2017, but I would bet they were the areas that had greater labour input - thinning, weeding and maybe even rejuvenating. Added to that, this may in fact be the Stuart-Smith side of the planting, not the Missouri Meadow side. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/wisley-036.jpgWisley 036And in 2017 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/008.jpg008To be fair, some parts looked like this in 2017, but I would bet they were the areas that had greater labour input thinning, weeding and maybe even rejuvenating https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/006.jpg006It wasn't ALL like this in 2017, but there was enough of it to be a worry https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/2017.jpg20172017https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/2014.jpg20142014https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/2009.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/002.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWill the Missouri Meadow be developed further or should it be wiped and resown to achieve that early charm again? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/trentham-court-008.jpgTrentham Court 008The Dunnett plantings at Trentham Gardens are like a pointillist painting from the Impressionist era at this time 2017-08-22T05:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/22/a-day-at-wisley/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-042.jpgWisley 042Tom Stuart-Smith plantings were a delighthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-128.jpgWisley 128https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-127.jpgWisley 127https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/berkheya-purpurea.jpgBerkheya purpureaand three years on in 2017 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/2014-2.jpg2014 (2)South African meadow 2014 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-064.jpgWisley 064Detail of one river in the Oudolf borders https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/2014.jpg2014And back at the same time of year in 2014 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-079.jpgWisley 079The Oudolf borders July 2, 2017https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wisley-022.jpgWisley 0222017-08-25T07:53:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/08/20/easy-care-hanging-basket-of-succulents/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/wisley-021.jpgWisley 021https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/wisley-020.jpgWisley 020https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/step6-option2-copy.jpgstep6-option2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/step5-copy.jpgstep5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/step4-copy.jpgstep4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/step3a-horizontal-copy.jpgstep3a-horizontal-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/step3-copy.jpgstep3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/step2-copy.jpgstep2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1a-copy.jpgphoto1a-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-1-copy2.jpgphoto-1-copy2017-08-17T02:01:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/16/more-naturalistic-than-wild-at-wildside/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wildside-033.jpgWildside 033Raindrops keep falling on my camera lens... https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wildside-098.jpgWildside 098New Zealand cordylines in Devon https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wildside-059.jpgWildside 059Layer upon layer of plants in this complex but relaxed style of new naturalism https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wildside-015.jpgWildside 015https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wildside-095.jpgWildside 095Dieramas or angels fishing rods in abundant quantities and many hues https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wildside-019.jpgWildside 019Like an Impressionist painting https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/wildside-065.jpgWildside 065Wildside has been sculpted from a 4 acre, near flat paddock like this one next door 2017-08-16T23:25:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/15/the-sweet-beet-conundrum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/sugar-beet-2.jpgsugar beet (2)Not parsnips. Sugar beet, albeit planted a little late so the tubers are smaller than commercially grown crops https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_20170813_164059.jpgIMG_20170813_164059Looking more like the NZ fishy delicacy of whitebait - sugar beet latkes2017-08-15T05:56:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/14/impressions-of-parham-horticultural-excellence/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-42.jpgParham House (42)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-38.jpgParham House (38)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-89.jpgParham House (89)Railway tracks of blue nepeta that many of wish we could achieve in NZ but rarely succeed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-55.jpgParham House (55)The white border at Parham https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-53.jpgParham House (53)The white border at Parham https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-661.jpgParham House (66)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-75.jpgParham House (75)The yellow border at Parhamhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-66.jpgParham House (66)The outstanding blue border at Parham https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-82.jpgParham House (82)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/parham-house-83.jpgParham House (83)2017-08-14T07:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/09/the-garden-at-bury-court/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-31.jpgBury Court 2017 (31)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-24.jpgBury Court 2017 (24)Layers of Oudolf plantings in the walled garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-10.jpgBury Court 2017 (10)One of the prettiest of meadows https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-22.jpgBury Court 2017 (22)The techniques of separation of different areas of this garden are both subtle and effective https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-1.jpgBury Court 2017 (1)Clearly the white wedding border by the functions hall in a converted barn https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-83.jpgBury Court 2017 (83)A bold Japanese-inspired summer house and reflecting pool https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-85.jpgBury Court 2017 (85)The grass garden at Bury Court https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/bury-court-2017-106.jpgBury Court 2017 (106)Garden owner and creator, John Coke 2017-08-12T22:27:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/08/postcards-of-devon/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rosemoor-060.jpgRosemoor 060https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rosemoor-053.jpgRosemoor 053https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rosemoor-049.jpgRosemoor 049https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rosemoor-059.jpgRosemoor 059https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/rosemoor-067.jpgRosemoor 067https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/devon-23.jpgDevon (23)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/devon-2.jpgDevon (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/devon-21.jpgDevon (21)2017-08-08T03:44:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/06/the-colour-purple-magnolia-lanarth/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/lanarth-2.jpgLanarth (2)Lanarth by our big pond https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/lanarth-10.jpgLanarth (10)Looking up into the sky, the petals can take on the look of stained glass https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/lanarth-1.jpgLanarth (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/mark-jury.jpgMark JuryMagnolis 'Mark Jury' is thoguht to be half 'Lanarth' in its breeding and has been a brilliant breeder parent. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/magnolia-vulcan.jpgMagnolia VulcanIt was Lanarth that enabled the colour breakthrough to the reds - in this case Vulcan looking at its very best https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/lanarth-15.jpgLanarth (15)The pollen of Lanarth is in the genes of the red Jury magnolias https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/lanarth-71.jpgLanarth (7)Lanarth in all its purple glory 2017-08-06T01:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/06/imo-green-waste/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_2337.jpgIMG_2337Rubbish disposal, New Zild style, near where I live. An 'out of sight, out of mind' approach https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_3822.jpgIMG_3822Don't, just don't pile up your lawn clippings around the street trees. This is likely to kill them. Mount Eden, Auckland https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/017.jpg017Wheelie bins of Coogee to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/london-164.jpgLondon 164Wheelie bins of London. I have seen British gardening shows showing strategies for concealing your wheelie bins in little enclosures with "living roofs" https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/camemebert-002.jpgCamemebert 002Rural waste collection in Camembert, France https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/tivoli-015.jpgTivoli 015Centralised waste collection in Tivoli https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_20161230_165815.jpgIMG_20161230_165815"Go forth and multiply" - the rise and rise of the wheelie bin 2017-08-06T20:34:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/08/03/the-jury-magnolia-legacy-first-published-in-the-rhs-rhododendrons-camellias-and-magnolias-2017-yearbook/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/fmwhite.jpgFMWhiteFairy Magnolia White https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/fairy-mag-blush-lollipops-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFairy Magnolia Blush - the original stock plants, now lollipops https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_4012.jpgIMG_4012Moving large Fairy Magnolia Whites into the new garden where the plan is two pleached rows https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/fm-blush-2-copy.jpgFM Blush (2) - CopyFairy Magnolia Blush https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/fm-cream.jpgFM CreamFairy Magnolia Cream https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/img_5587.jpgIMG_5587A collection of blooms, showing the range in size and colour https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/reject-seedlings-1.jpgreject seedlings (1)The property is planted out in seedlings https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/fm-white.jpgFM WhiteFairy Magnolia White https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/honey-tulip-1.jpgHoney Tulip (1)Magnolia Honey Tulip https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/08/felix-2.jpgFelix (2)Magnolia Felix Jury 2017-08-03T17:12:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/31/a-perfect-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-056.jpgOld Rectory 056https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-016.jpgOld Rectory 016https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-075.jpgOld Rectory 075Even the wheelie bins and compost bins were screened from view https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-010.jpgOld Rectory 010The elliptical pool https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-049.jpgOld Rectory 049The swimming pool and meadows https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-001.jpgOld Rectory 001Roseraie de l'Hayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-020.jpgOld Rectory 020Look at the attention to detail on the dry stone walls https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-021.jpgOld Rectory 021https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/old-rectory-034.jpgOld Rectory 0342017-08-06T01:33:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/29/advice-on-the-matter-of-gardening-gloves/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_6712.jpgIMG_6712https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_6709.jpgIMG_6709https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_6707.jpgIMG_67072017-07-31T09:25:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/27/a-garden-destination-for-all-tastes-and-expectations-trentham-in-stoke-on-trent/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/trentham-court-184.jpgTrentham Court 184https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/trentham-court-004.jpgTrentham Court 004The shopping village - Swiss chalet naff? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/trentham-court-127.jpgTrentham Court 127https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/trentham-court-049.jpgTrentham Court 049The Italian terraces where the main plantings are by Tom Stuart-Smith https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stuart-smith-8.jpgStuart-Smith (8)Tom Stuart-Smith planting https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/trentham-court-054.jpgTrentham Court 054Why? The remains of the original house https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/stuart-smith.jpgStuart SmithLooking across the Stuart-Smith plantings to a surviving original gateway https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/oudolf.jpgOudolfMore signature Oudolf than "Floral Labyrinth" and we were a little too early in the season to see its full glory https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/dunnett-4.jpgDunnett (4)More Dunnett and his Sheffield team at Trentham https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/dunnett-1.jpgDunnett (1)Dunnett at Trentham 2017-07-28T10:27:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/23/dear-new-zealand-fences-do-not-have-to-look-like-this/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/veddw-030.jpgVeddw 030A simple wooden fence at Veddw https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_6678.jpgIMG_6678https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_6687.jpgIMG_6687https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_6688.jpgIMG_66882017-07-23T03:03:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/22/naturalism-or-prairie-style-at-olympic-park-part-2-on-the-sheffield-school-of-planting/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-077.jpgLondon 077https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-081.jpgLondon 081Just a sampling of flowers from one small area https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-099.jpgLondon 099https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-121.jpgLondon 121Would NZers accept this as a naturalistic eco-system? I doubt it. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-136.jpgLondon 136The colour-toned woman in the sari was serendipity https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-085.jpgLondon 0852017-07-23T19:34:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/21/around-the-barbican-part-one-of-observations-on-the-sheffield-school-of-planting/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-021.jpgLondon 021While there were a lot of kniphofia and phlomis in bloom when we visited, this is layered planting to take the garden through the seasons. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-022.jpgLondon 022Mark went looking for evidence of irrigation to save you having to tramp on the garden yourself, should you visit https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-029.jpgLondon 029The new face of sustainable and ecology focused gardening https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-013.jpgLondon 013The Barbican plantings by Nigel Dunnett 2017-07-21T06:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/18/a-modern-french-garden-le-jardin-plume/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-031.jpgLa Plume 031I have read reviews of this garden which praise this ground level pond that leads the eye out to the expanse of meadow parterres. We all come with different preconceived ideas and I admit I looked at it, admired the form but was worried by the water quality. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-007.jpgLa Plume 007https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-060.jpgLa Plume 060The parterres of meadow https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-039.jpgLa Plume 039https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-0211.jpgLa Plume 021How pretty is this? The French do that shabby chic look better than anywhere else I have seen. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-021.jpgLa Plume 021https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-095.jpgLa Plume 095Mme Sylvie Quibel - I wished my French was up to a proper conversation https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-054.jpgLa Plume 054Hand weeding the American grass squareshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-016.jpgLa Plume 016Sharp clipping gives definition and contrast to the looser plantings https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-006.jpgLa Plume 0062017-08-04T20:55:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/16/postcards-of-normandy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/priory-saint-michel-crouttes-17.jpgPriory Saint Michel, Crouttes (17)Posted withour comment - the Japanese garden from the aforementioned garden. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/priory-saint-michel-crouttes-16.jpgPriory Saint Michel, Crouttes (16)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-plume-022.jpgLa Plume 022La Plume! Romantic summer France https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/priory-saint-michel-crouttes-38.jpgPriory Saint Michel, Crouttes (38)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/priory-saint-michel-crouttes-30.jpgPriory Saint Michel, Crouttes (30)The green circle...https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/priory-saint-michel-crouttes-1.jpgPriory Saint Michel, Crouttes (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/priory-saint-michel-crouttes-10.jpgPriory Saint Michel, Crouttes (10)Crouttes, near Vimoutier https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/camemebert-2-071.jpgCamemebert 2 071https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/camembert-3-006.jpgCamembert 3 006https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_20170620_195544.jpgIMG_20170620_195544A pharmacy on every corner 2017-07-16T22:45:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/16/i-found-the-hollyhocks/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-152.jpgLondon 152https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-143.jpgLondon 143https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/london-138.jpgLondon 1382017-07-16T03:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/12/villas-deste-and-adriana-postcards-of-italy-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-adriana-067.jpgVilla Adriana 067https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-adriana-062.jpgVilla Adriana 062https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-adriana-046.jpgVilla Adriana 046https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-adriana-081.jpgVilla Adriana 081Villa Adriana - just one small view of a huge complex https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/italy-mixed-116.jpgItaly mixed 116The light is so different in Italy https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/italy-mixed-115.jpgItaly mixed 115https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/italy-mixed-107.jpgItaly mixed 107https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-deste-117.jpgVilla d'Este 117Real life nymphs at Villa d'Este https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-deste-116.jpgVilla d'Este 116https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-deste-138.jpgVilla d'Este 1382017-07-18T20:06:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/07/31/not-exactly-the-trevi-fountain-statuary-in-the-new-zealand-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/215.jpg215https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/giverny-231.jpgGiverny (231)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/giverny-230.jpgGiverny (230)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/copy-of-dsc00371.jpgCopy of DSC00371The real thing, the Trevi Fountain https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/177.jpg177https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_5781.jpgIMG_5781https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_5749.jpgIMG_5749https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/gresgarth-39.jpgGresgarth (39)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/gresgarth-37.jpgGresgarth (37)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_4545.jpgIMG_4545Armless and white in Eden Gardens 2017-07-11T23:41:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/10/quaker-mason-the-magnolia-and-our-maunga/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/006-3.jpg006 (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/006-1.jpg006 (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/004.jpg004M. campbellii in the grounds of the Church of St John Baptist in Waitarahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/img_0622.jpgIMG_0622The magnolia and the maunga from our garden in Tikorangi https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/tupare-36.jpgTupare (36)The pink campbellii at Tupare with the rushing river beyond https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/007.jpg007https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/tupare-17.jpgTupare (17) The white form at Tuparehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/003.jpg003M. campbellii on Mount Baotai in south west China, with Chinese powerlines2017-07-13T12:53:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/08/postcards-of-italy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-torrecchia-69.jpgLa Torrecchia (69)Mark beside Atlas at La Torrecchia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-torrecchia-3.jpgLa Torrecchia (3)Looking back at the entrance way to La Torrecchia, also built around the ruins of a small medieval village https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-15.jpgNinfa (15)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-28.jpgNinfa (28)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/villa-adriana-001.jpgVilla Adriana 001Gardening in the old town of Tivolihttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/tivoli-5.jpgTivoli (5)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/italy-mixed-104.jpgItaly mixed 104Vast kiwi fruit plantations in Italy https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-torrecchia-84.jpgLa Torrecchia (84)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-torrecchia-20.jpgLa Torrecchia (20)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/la-torrecchia-22.jpgLa Torrecchia (22)The cork oak, Quercus suber 2017-07-09T20:31:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/07/07/a-gardeners-pilgrimage-to-ninfa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-86.jpgNinfa (86)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-88.jpgNinfa (88)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-93.jpgNinfa (93)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-64.jpgNinfa (64)Look! Just look at the centuries old wall panels in the roofless church which may even be the one where Pope Alexander 111 was consecrated in 1159https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-82.jpgNinfa (82)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-76.jpgNinfa (76)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-71.jpgNinfa (71)Herbaceous planting in the rock garden was a delight https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-38.jpgNinfa (38)The view out to the surrounding countrysidehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-50.jpgNinfa (50)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/ninfa-68.jpgNinfa (68)Most of Ninfa is truly romantic. This new path, not so much. 2017-07-12T02:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/06/19/a-rental-car-in-italy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_4919.jpgIMG_4919https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_4923.jpgIMG_4923https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5142.jpgIMG_5142https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_4898.jpgIMG_4898This IS a road in Sermoneta. Cars went up and down it. But we just parked our car and left it by the city walls. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_4928.jpgIMG_4928https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5143.jpgIMG_5143https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_4913.jpgIMG_4913No filters. Just the fading lights as we walked back from dinner2017-07-06T20:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/06/24/despatches-from-camembert/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5370.jpgIMG_5370https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_20170622_061058.jpgIMG_20170622_061058https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5394.jpgIMG_5394https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5368.jpgIMG_5368https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5366.jpgIMG_5366https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5369.jpgIMG_5369https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5375.jpgIMG_5375https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5371.jpgIMG_53712017-06-28T01:49:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/06/23/the-old-and-the-new-roof-tiles-in-italy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5182.jpgIMG_5182https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5180.jpgIMG_5180https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5177.jpgIMG_5177https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5162.jpgIMG_5162https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5161.jpgIMG_5161https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5165.jpgIMG_51652017-06-22T20:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/06/10/up-up-and-away-in-search-of-modern-romantic-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5618.jpgIMG_5618https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/wildside-49.jpgWildside (49)Wildside https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_6032.jpgIMG_6032Bury Court https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_5627.jpgIMG_5627The South African meadow was in its first season at Wisley when we visited in 2014 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/giverny-2.jpgGiverny (2)and wooed, so to speak, by the food https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/giverny-70.jpgGiverny (70)Charmed by the villages of France - Giverny in this case. Look at that little bus shelter! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/dsc00352.jpgDSC00352Wild flowers at the Palatine are more the style we are looking at these days https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/cimbrone-4.jpgCimbrone (4)We are not visiting Italy to see classic gardens of the Villa Cimbone style this time 2017-06-11T00:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/06/17/shady-broms/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/aechmea.jpgaechmeaAechmeahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/vriesea.jpgvrieseaVrieseahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/bilbergia-2.jpgbilbergia (2)Bilbergiahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/aechmea-2.jpgaechmea (2)Aechmea https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/012.jpg012https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/035.jpg035https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/neoregelia-1.jpgneoregelia (1)Neoregelia 2017-06-20T08:22:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/06/05/just-a-recipe-delicious-cheese-puffs-reputed-to-be-of-brazilian-origin/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_4558.jpgIMG_4558Mark's tumbler pigeons and the persimmon tree - entirely unrelated but they fit the colour scheme. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/06/img_8511.jpgIMG_85112017-06-06T03:58:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/05/29/thoughtful-garden-media-and-the-belated-fall-from-grace-of-a-garden-celeb/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4540.jpgIMG_4540https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/401.jpg401Not a Pearson garden, but the New Perennials style https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4539.jpgIMG_45392017-06-04T21:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/05/21/panic-in-the-myrtles/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/064.jpg064We think it likely that history will prove that these Waitara riverside pohutukawa were at far greater risk from the Taranaki Regional Council than myrtle rust https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/backhousia-citriodora-1.jpgBackhousia citriodora (1)Backhousia citriodora - the fragrant lemon myrtle https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/007.jpg007Myrtus luma, often grown for its attractive bark, is another member of the large myrtacae familyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_8945.jpgIMG_8945The hardy Chilean guava, Psidium littoralehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/feijoa.jpgfeijoaA future without feijoas seems far-fetched https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/021.jpg021It seems unlike that we will see the end of our coastal pohutukawa to myrtle rust 2017-05-23T04:48:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/05/17/reinterpreting-inspiration-the-new-garden-progresses/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4495.jpgIMG_4495https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4499.jpgIMG_4499https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4493.jpgIMG_4493https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4517.jpgIMG_4517Not exactly Bury Court but planting has started https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_6046.jpgIMG_6046The grass garden at Bury Court https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4451.jpgIMG_4451https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_4439.jpgIMG_4439Work starts. A man with a rotary hoe can be a wonderful thing. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/img_6044.jpgIMG_6044The resident cat at Bury Court in 2014. We plan to visit this garden again next month. 2017-05-17T03:23:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/05/07/16478/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/hederifolium-6.jpghederifolium (6)It takes a fair number of cyclamen to create a carpet but it can be done over time https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/hederifolium.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHederifolium again https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/shades-of-hederifolium.jpgshades of hederifoliumShades of Cyclamen hederifolium https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/coum-2.jpgcoum (2)Cyclamen coum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/hederifolium-5.jpghederifolium (5)Naturalising hederafolium by scattering seed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/c-graecum-1.jpgC. graecum (1)Cyclamen graecum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/hederifolium-tubers.jpghederifolium tubersCyclamen hederifolium tubers with trowel to give scale https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/05/purpurascens-6.jpgpurpurascens (6)Cyclamen purpurascens2017-06-04T07:59:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/30/a-garden-is-really-the-gardener/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/216.jpg216Hollards' modest home was demolished to make way for a visitor centre, designed in the style I call "Department of Conservation influence"https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/hollards-4.jpgHollards (4)Mark knew Bernie, as he was known to his family and friends, personally and is adamant that he would never have grown yams in an old tractor tyre and indeed his tidy vegetable garden was hidden away from public view https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/hollards-1.jpgHollards (1)Matched by faded information boards, purportedly written in the first person. Was the term "food forest" even heard of when Bernard Hollard was still alive? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/hollards-3.jpgHollards (3)The faded life-size cut-out of Bernard Hollard is a little poignant https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/sissinghurst-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA... but the Sissinghurst tower did not disappoint. However, it is structural and not the garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/sissinghurst-3.jpgSissinghurst (3)The thyme lawn was not a crowning glory when we visited Sissinghurst https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/sissinghurst-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe woman on the left looked a little underwhelmed by Sissinghurst too 2017-04-30T22:42:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/23/you-should-have-been-here-last-week-by-tim-richardson/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4452.jpgIMG_4452The subtitle is "Sharp cuttings from a garden writer" but eagle-eyed readers may notice that the secateurs on the front cover look as if they have been through the compost heap and are anything but sharp2017-04-23T04:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/22/treading-more-lightly-on-the-land/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4444.jpgIMG_4444One man has indeed made a good start on the annual a-mowing of the meadow https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4429.jpgIMG_4429Soy beans! Part of the Tikorangi soy bean crophttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4437.jpgIMG_4437https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4431.jpgIMG_44312017-04-22T20:43:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/13/tikorangi-notes-the-calm-before-the-storm/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4281.jpgIMG_4281https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4359.jpgIMG_4359https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4289.jpgIMG_4289A very small volume of non-recyclables on the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4282.jpgIMG_4282https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/feijoa.jpgfeijoahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4367.jpgIMG_4367Brunsvigia litoralis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4273.jpgIMG_4273The amarygia!https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4376.jpgIMG_4376The shades of nerines currently in bloom https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4370.jpgIMG_4370Mood photo as we wait in the calm before the storm. It is the neighbour's dead tree 2017-04-13T23:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/04/27/grow-it-yourself-feijoas/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/017-copy1.jpg017 - CopyIt is usual to harvest feijoas as windfallshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/017-copy.jpgIt is usual to harvest feijoas as windfallsIt is usual to harvest feijoas as windfallshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/015-2-copy.jpgThe ubiquitous feijoaThe ubiquitous feijoa2017-04-13T03:48:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/13/the-ballad-of-roading-steve/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4351.jpgIMG_4351Where the new road has to narrow to meet the old, down the dip and on an intersection https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4348.jpgIMG_4348Our side of the hill remains untouched. For now. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4346.jpgIMG_4346https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4349.jpgIMG_43492017-04-13T04:22:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2004/06/25/designers-need-a-reality-check/2017-04-04T23:14:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/05/fell-the-trees-is-the-cry/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/4589.jpg4589We can never overuse this meme https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_0847.jpgIMG_0847Melia azedarach - a pretty small tree but hardly one of stature and longevity https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_7209.jpgIMG_7209Gleditsias. NOT our native kowhai https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_3723.jpgIMG_3723... these falling fronds can cause significant damage https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_8263.jpgIMG_8263Handsome, but...https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/amelanchier-1.jpgamelanchier (1)Amelanchier, maybe?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/040.jpg040But replace them with what? Metasequoia, maybe? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4341.jpgIMG_4341The Devon Street alders are to get the chop 2017-04-06T22:56:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/02/the-slow-autumn-fade/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/clematis-tangutica.jpgClematis tanguticaClematis tangutica https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/rhododendron.jpgrhododendronRhododendron - one of the sino nuttalliis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/hibiscus-trionum-1.jpgHibiscus trionum (1)Hibiscus trionum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/070.jpg070Clematis tangutica at top, left to right: rhododendron, Schima khasiana, Hibiscus trionum and schizophragma https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/miscanthus.jpgmiscanthusMiscanthushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/001.jpg001https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/053.jpg0532017-04-02T03:47:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/04/02/ah-the-nostalgia-of-the-knitted-dishcloth/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4336.jpgIMG_4336https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/img_4333.jpgIMG_43332017-04-02T21:05:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/03/29/a-colchicum-is-not-an-autumn-crocus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/006-6.jpg006 (6)Crocus, but probably serotinus, not the saffron crocus https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4305.jpgIMG_4305Colchicums flowering now https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4306.jpgIMG_4306Crocus to the left, colchicum to the right 2017-03-29T12:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/04/28/of-naked-ladies-autumn-crocus-and-so-called-autumn-crocus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/belladonna3.jpgAmaryllis belladonna (or naked ladies) are usually seen as a roadside flowerAmaryllis belladonna (or naked ladies) are usually seen as a roadside flowerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/colchicum1.jpgColchicum autumnale Colchicum autumnale https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/belladonna2.jpgAmaryllis belladonna - the other naked ladies and closely related to sternbergiaAmaryllis belladonna - the other naked ladies and closely related to sternbergiahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/photo-credit-meneerke-bloem.jpgSternbergia are not autumn crocus either (Photo credit: Meneerke bloem)Sternbergia are not autumn crocus either (Photo credit: Meneerke bloem)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/colchicum.jpgColchicum autumnale flowers without its foliage and is not a crocusColchicum autumnale flowers without its foliage and is not a crocushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/002-copy.jpgThe true autumn crocus is indeed a crocusThe true autumn crocus is indeed a crocus2017-03-28T20:07:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/03/22/a-sense-of-place/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/wildside-42.jpgWildside (42)Wildside in Devon - a very strong sense of place is one of the defining featureshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_5997.jpgIMG_5997Bury Court in the UK - much more than just beautiful buildings and an early Oudolf garden. A garden I wish to return to. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/mostly-te-popo-031.jpgMostly Te Popo 031Te Popo again in Central Taranaki https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/078.jpg078I had a special affection for Te Popo garden when it was in the hands of Lorri and Bruce Ellis and I now see that response as inextricably tied up with that strong sense of place that they created. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_5639.jpgIMG_5639I have not often seen that special quality of a sense of place in public gardens but the Oudolf borders at Wisley are a notable exception https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_2260.jpgIMG_2260https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_2279.jpgIMG_2279Could anywhere have a stronger sense of place than New Plymouth cemetery? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4503.jpgIMG_4503Grahame Dawson's small urban industrial chic garden in Auckland challenged my preconceived notion that such plots of land must, by definition lack genius loci https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/gresgarth-54.jpgGresgarth (54)Gresgarth Hall near Lancaster in the UKhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/dsc00110.jpgDSC001102017-03-23T02:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/03/22/a-touch-of-tikorangi-around-the-world/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3560.jpgIMG_3560https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3562.jpgIMG_3562https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/felix-jury-at-the-garden-house-15th-march-2017.jpgFelix Jury at the Garden House 15th March 20172017-03-21T20:41:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/12/31/4537/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/from-laptop-458.jpgFrom laptop 458Must the defined spaces of garden rooms, seen here at Great Dixter, become mandatory in good New Zealand gardens?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/from-laptop-329.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe classic garden door frame and passage at Hidcote - best in a garden with plenty of space, perhapshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/from-laptop-517.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASetting the standard for garden rooms - Sissinghurst 2017-03-21T03:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/03/11/up-the-ladder/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/027.jpg027https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/jinghong-21.jpgJinghong (21)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/dsc02596.jpgDSC02596https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/002-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4242.jpgIMG_4242Just one view of Mark's pruning efforts this week 2017-03-11T05:09:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/03/09/on-dry-land-christmas-in-canberra/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3467.jpgIMG_3467Poignancy - taking our baby grandson swimming in the Canberra rivers when this is no longer an option in too many of New Zealand's polluted rivers https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3575.jpgIMG_3575Mark's little bouquet of wildflowers, gathered by a river https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3391.jpgIMG_3391More golden light https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3395.jpgIMG_3395Golden light https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3449.jpgIMG_3449Helichrysum growing as a wildflowerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3386.jpgIMG_3386https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3581.jpgIMG_3581Streetscapes of Canberra https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_3455.jpgIMG_34552017-04-04T20:09:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/03/06/its-very-personal/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4226.jpgimg_4226https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4225.jpgimg_4225https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4224.jpgimg_4224https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4211.jpgimg_4211What can I say? That is our tap water to the left. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4223.jpgimg_4223Our Tikorangi corner of the exhibition https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4232.jpgimg_4232https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4229.jpgimg_4229https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/frack-off-show-poster-5-26-march-opening-5-march-3-pm.jpgfrack-off-show-poster-5-26-march-opening-5-march-3-pm2017-04-04T20:12:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/03/04/from-the-air-then-and-now/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/dsc_0166.jpgdsc_0166https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4111.jpgimg_4111https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4204.jpgimg_4204https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/dsc_0142-2.jpgdsc_0142-2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/dsc_0170.jpgdsc_0170https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/img_4207.jpgimg_42072017-03-03T23:12:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/02/25/a-boy-and-his-tent/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4065.jpgimg_4065https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4071.jpgimg_40712017-02-24T20:28:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/02/19/a-garden-of-grasses-mostly/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_6049.jpgimg_6049That is Mark, not the owner, at Bury Court https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4051.jpgimg_4051A blank canvas of about 250 square metres (I paced it out) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_6046.jpgimg_6046The grass garden at Bury Court https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/399.jpg399Our native toetoe, or cortaderia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_6814.jpgimg_6814Aurelian lilies in abundance here https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_5625-copy.jpgimg_5625-copyStipa gigantea, with phlomis, at Wisley. Lovely ethereal seed heads but unproven in our conditions https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4049.jpgimg_4049And a weedy carex - at least we think it is a carex, that we are hand digging to remove from both the new garden and the park. Decorative seed heads but way too badly behaved and invasive https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/fennel.jpgfennelFennel, seen as a roadside weed here but I think it will fit well in the grass garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_4055.jpgimg_4055Crocosmia - from left: the roadside weed known as montbretia which is way to invasive to introduce to the garden, a spectacular large orange form that unfortunately does not increase quickly at all, yellow and orange forms and red 'Lucifer' for the new garden 2017-02-21T19:26:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/02/13/for-the-sake-of-the-birds/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/fantail.jpgfantailFantail nest https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/californian-quail.jpgcalifornian-quailIf we still had a cat, we would not have the ground-dwelling quail https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/tui-feeding-from-velthemia.jpgtui-feeding-from-velthemiaTui feeding from veltheimia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/kaka-eating-mandarin-1.jpgkaka-eating-mandarin-1We have seen the kaka again recently so it appears to be resident in the area https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/kereru.jpgkereruOur beautiful but lumbering native pigeon - the kereru https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/waxeyes-on-aloe.jpgwaxeyes-on-aloeWaxeyes feeding from aloe https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_7004.jpgimg_7004One solution to window-killhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/window-kill-kereru.jpgwindow-kill-kereruThe grief of window-kill kereru https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/the-late-buffy.jpgthe-late-buffyThe late Buffy2017-02-13T03:14:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/02/12/weeding-the-stream-again-an-ongoing-task/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3987.jpgimg_3987We have lowered the water level to enable major weed removal over the next week or two https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3985.jpgimg_3985Clockwise from top left: crocosmia, oxygen weed, wretched Cape Pond Weed, blanket weed and tradescantia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3982.jpgimg_39822017-02-12T01:44:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/02/05/garden-diary-february-5-2017-all-about-flowers-this-week/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3974.jpgimg_3974The lily patch in the vegetable garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3951.jpgimg_3951Just a one-off auratum seedling https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3976.jpgimg_3976https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3972.jpgimg_3972Probably Dietes butcheriana https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3969.jpgimg_3969https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3930.jpgimg_3930Not a camellia - a tutcheria, we think https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3818.jpgimg_3818...despite the label https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3819.jpgimg_3819Not a Hippeastrum aulicum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/img_3963.jpgimg_3963The exquisite Worsleya procera after all the rain 2017-02-04T20:59:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/10/15/plant-collector-hippeastrum-aulicum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_4974.jpgimg_4974A colourful woodland plant - H. aulicum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/024-2.jpg024-2Hippeastrum aulicum 2017-02-04T19:58:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/31/garden-diary-january-31-2017-radio-geckos-summer-flowers-and-a-tour-in-the-rain/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3811.jpgimg_3811https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3780.jpgimg_3780https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3781.jpgimg_3781https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3784.jpgimg_3784https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3902.jpgimg_3902https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3900.jpgimg_3900https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3770.jpgimg_3770https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3767.jpgimg_3767https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_20170129_064707.jpgimg_20170129_0647072017-01-31T03:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/02/18/gecko-update/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/gecko-009.jpggecko-0092017-01-31T01:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/01/28/welcome-back-to-our-resident-gecko-glenys/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/gecko-010-copy.jpgGecko, probably Hoplodactylus pacificus. Gecko, probably Hoplodactylus pacificus. 2017-01-31T01:20:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/10/01/propagating-cordylines-step-by-step-with-abbie-and-mark-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo6-copy1.jpgphoto6-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo6-inset-copy.jpgphoto6-inset-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo5-copy1.jpgphoto5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo4-copy1.jpgphoto4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo3-alternative-copy.jpgphoto3-alternative-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo2-copy1.jpgphoto2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1-copy1.jpgphoto1-copy2017-01-31T00:35:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/04/29/renovating-old-camellia-plants-step-by-step-with-abbie-mark-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo5-copy3.jpgphoto5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo4-copy3.jpgphoto4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo4-inset-copy.jpgphoto4-inset-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo3-copy1.jpgphoto3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo2-copy3.jpgphoto2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1-copy21.jpgphoto1-copy2017-01-31T00:32:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/31/a-melon-mystery-solved-at-the-otara-markets/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3795.jpgimg_3795Colourful korowai - traditional Maori cloaks - made with dyed feathershttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3798.jpgimg_3798https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3797.jpgimg_3797https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3800.jpgimg_3800https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3796.jpgimg_3796https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3801.jpgimg_3801A spot of faith healing going on beside the carpark, https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3792.jpgimg_3792https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3791.jpgimg_3791Selling quick-maturing Asian greens from the carpark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3788.jpgimg_3788https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3894.jpgimg_3894Clockwise from the centre top, bought as honeydew, Galia, rock and Twist melons 2017-01-31T01:06:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/31/garden-lore-dont-do-this-at-home/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3822.jpgimg_38222017-01-30T20:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/22/garden-diary-january-22-2017-weather-bombs-and-little-green-apples/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3748.jpgimg_3748But will the auratum lilies in the garden open in time for Thursday's visitors? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3749.jpgimg_3749It is indoors sort of weather https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3755.jpgimg_3755https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3752.jpgimg_3752https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3763.jpgimg_3763https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3760.jpgimg_37602017-01-22T07:24:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/18/the-story-of-theos-nake/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3739.jpgimg_3739https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3742.jpgimg_37422017-01-17T20:38:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/16/garden-diary-january-15-2017-trees-that-are-no-more-pond-weed-maxim-brussels-sprouts-and-the-like/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3728.jpgimg_3728Stachys Bella Grigio https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3727.jpgimg_3727https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3734.jpgimg_3734Betula pendula is to be winter firewood https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/kousa-2.jpgkousa-2Cornus proved to be a pushover https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/libelle-3.jpglibelle-3Hydrangea Libelle 2017-01-19T20:13:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/15/plant-collector-schizophragma-hydrangeoides-pink-and-white/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/petiolaris-2.jpgpetiolaris-2For the purpose of comparison - Hydrangea petiolaris https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/schizo-1.jpgschizo-1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_6642.jpgimg_66422017-01-15T01:44:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/12/17/plant-collector-cornus-kousa-var-chinensis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cornus-kousa-1-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACornus kousa can age to deep pinkhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/cornus-kousa-2-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPink and white all over - Cornus kousa var. chinensis2017-01-12T03:08:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/jury-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/jury_23.jpgjury_23https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/013.jpg013https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/0122.jpg012https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/011.jpg011https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/0091.jpg009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/008.jpg008https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/007.jpg007https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/004.jpg004https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/0031.jpg003https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/002.jpg0022017-01-11T21:01:32+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/jury-garden/garden-history/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/img_2072.jpgimg_2072https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/010-2.jpg010-2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/0121.jpg012https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/060.jpg060https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/crimson-king-8.jpgcrimson-king-8https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/014-3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/008-copy.jpgThe Australian gum tree at the road entrance is now a very large tree after 130 yearsThe Australian gum tree at the road entrance is now a very large tree after 130 yearshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/007-2-copy.jpgPinus muricata - handsome trees after 130 yearsPinus muricata - handsome trees after 130 yearshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/004-2.jpgThe Monterey pines or Pinus radiata date back to 1870The Monterey pines or Pinus radiata date back to 1870https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/009-copy.jpgAfter 130 years, it is the avenue of rimu trees which are Thomas Jury's greatest legacyAfter 130 years, it is the avenue of rimu trees which are Thomas Jury's greatest legacy2017-01-11T01:20:44+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/jury-garden/flowering-seasons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/img_6914.jpgimg_6914https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/071.jpg071https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/003-copy.jpg003-copy2017-01-10T22:52:50+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/jury-garden/climate/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/img_5225.jpgimg_52252017-01-10T22:52:14+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/jury-garden/finding-the-jury-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/035-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/004.jpgOur sign on State Highway 3Our sign on State Highway 3https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/001.jpg0012017-01-10T21:58:25+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/contact/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/021-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2017-01-10T21:13:40+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/2017/01/08/summer-iris/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/colocasia-with-dietes.jpgcolocasia-with-dietesDark colocasia with dietes https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/dietes-grandiflora-1.jpgdietes-grandiflora-1Dietes grandiflora https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/dietes-bicolor.jpgdietes-bicolorDietes bicolor https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/cypella-coelestris-2.jpgcypella-coelestris-2Cypella coelestrishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/tigridia-1.jpgtigridia-1Tigridia pavona https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/abbie005.jpgabbie0052017-01-09T23:32:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/09/our-garden-diary-this-week-from-new-year-resolutions-to-lilies-to-fracking-and-bits-in-between-09-january-2017/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3613.jpgimg_3613Aurelian lily season has started https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3656.jpgimg_3656One of his vegetable patches. He calls this one his allotment. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3307.jpgimg_3307https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_6655.jpgimg_6655https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/537.jpg537A vintage faggot binder https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/038.jpg038The floral display in late Marchhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3661.jpgimg_3661Not exactly circling the wagons - just Mark on our incredibly useful and long lived baby tractor. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3660.jpgimg_3660Loading out means many massive loads such as this one https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/mhw-c.jpgmhw-c2017-01-09T04:17:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2017/01/03/wed-rather-drink-the-gin-than-spray-it-on-weeds-thanks/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_20161225_191016.jpgimg_20161225_191016Setting the table for a summer Christmas in Canberra https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3601.jpgimg_3601https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2017/01/img_3599.jpgimg_3599Not an expensive brand and bought duty-free but we would still rather drink it than spray it on weeds 2017-01-29T04:17:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/12/25/christmas-greetings/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3369.jpgimg_3369https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3315.jpgimg_3315https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3306.jpgimg_3306https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3365.jpgimg_33652017-01-01T08:32:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/12/19/things-that-fall-from-above/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/013-5.jpg013-5Many Abies procera cones https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/006-8.jpg006-8Queen palm (Syagrus romanzoffiana) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3325.jpgimg_3325https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/013.jpg013Abies procera 'Glauca'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3371.jpgimg_33712016-12-19T07:04:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/12/18/when-joy-is-not-too-strong-word/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3348.jpgimg_3348https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3293.jpgimg_3293https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3345.jpgimg_3345https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3340.jpgimg_3340https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3186.jpgimg_3186https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3336.jpgimg_33362016-12-18T23:32:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/12/15/the-flowering-bulbs-of-mid-december/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3258.jpgimg_3258Arisaema candidissimum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/dahaiense-2.jpgdahaiense-2Arisaema dahaiensehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3263.jpgimg_3263Not A. canadensis as we and many other gardeners thought https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3301.jpgimg_3301https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/martagon.jpgmartagonLilium martagonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3254.jpgimg_3254Dactylorhiza maculatahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/cardiocrinum-4.jpgcardiocrinum-4Cardiocrinum giganteumhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3262.jpgimg_32622016-12-15T03:17:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/12/04/a-water-meadow/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/higos.jpghigoshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/higos-7.jpghigos-7https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/higos-2.jpghigos-2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/higos-3.jpghigos-3https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/higos-1.jpghigos-1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/higos-5.jpghigos-5https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_6415.jpgimg_6415https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/abbie005.jpgabbie005https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/marks-louisiana-seedlings-1.jpgmarks-louisiana-seedlings-1Mark's Louisiana seedlings https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/12/img_3114.jpgimg_3114Iris sibirica 2016-12-04T07:31:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/11/27/about-a-meadow-an-update/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3134.jpgimg_3134Higo iris and primula are looking pretty this week https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3130.jpgimg_3130https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3138.jpgimg_3138Lots of Primula helodoxa in our meadow at this time of year https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_20161127_0001.jpgimg_20161127_0001A treasured memory - our second daughter in a dry climate flowery meadow in the Nelson area around 1994https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3155.jpgimg_3155New sickle bar mower https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_6249.jpgimg_6249The Walker mower https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3127.jpgimg_3127The new meadow look in our park - long grass and mown paths 2016-11-27T23:42:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/11/19/tikorangi-notes-of-earthquakes-tree-ferns-and-a-meadow-experiment/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3103.jpgimg_3103A wheki which still has its old foliage undisturbed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3097.jpgimg_3097I think it is a wheki (Dicksonia squarrosa) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3101.jpgimg_3101New shoot on black mamaku https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3106.jpgimg_3106I think the Americans will like our sino nuttallii rhododendrons in bloom (and we won't mention their new president) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3096.jpgimg_3096Buttercups and daisies - weeds or a meadow? 2016-11-24T19:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/15/the-meadow/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/old-vicarage-20091.jpgold-vicarage-2009Same month, back in 2009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/missouri-meadow-2009-copy1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAs we saw it in June 2009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/wildflower-rain-affected1.jpgwildflower-rain-affectedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/yellow-rattle-2.jpgyellow rattle (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/bulb-meadow-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Pettifers Garden near Stratford on Avon https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/natural-meadow.jpg???????????????????????????????Pensthorpe in the north of Norfolk https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/old-vicarage-2009.jpg???????????????????????????????Same month, back in 2009 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/old-vicarage-2014.jpg???????????????????????????????June 2014 at the Old Vicarage in Norfolk https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/missouri-meadow-2009-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????As we saw it in June 2009 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/missouri-meadow-2014-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Missouri Meadow June 2014 2016-11-16T19:39:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/11/11/hosta-time/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/jade-cascade-2.jpgjade-cascade-2Hosta Jade Cascade https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/015.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/003.jpg003Hosta Regal Splendour (front) and Fragrant Bluehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/002.jpg002One of Mark's reliable blue seedling hostas https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_6149.jpgimg_6149Hostas planted with Ranunculus cortusifolius, Chatham Island forget-me-not and meconopsis2016-11-10T21:05:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/09/25/the-chainsaw-mentality/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/266-copy.jpg266-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/1474418331023.jpg1474418331023"Opunake resident Kelly Knadle wants more of a clifftop shelter belt cut back and the area developed to enhance the views" Photo credit: Taranaki Daily News 2016-11-08T21:08:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/11/07/garden-lore-when-renga-renga-lilies-go-bad/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_6240.jpgimg_6240https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_3017.jpgimg_30172016-11-07T07:13:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/11/02/witches-broom-in-the-graveyard/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2704.jpgimg_2704https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2672.jpgimg_2672But it is scenes like this that make Te Henui Cemetery a special place https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2735.jpgimg_2735Grim austerity where maintenance happens with a lawn mower and weed spray https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2734.jpgimg_2734This pretty scene will be at risk if the witches' broom is not dealt with https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2728.jpgimg_2728Witches' broom, sticking out like an unsightly sore thumb 2016-11-02T01:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/11/02/plant-collector-calycanthus-floridus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2633.jpgimg_2633Viburnums - also flowering now. I think this one is probably V. plicatum 'Mariesii" or Lanarth. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2656-copy.jpgimg_2656-copyCalycanthus floridus in a New Plymouth garden 2016-11-25T03:33:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/11/02/garden-lore-slugs-snails-and-baits/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/019-copy.jpg019-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/img_2663-copy.jpgimg_2663-copySlug bait is not fertiliser 2016-11-05T22:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/08/23/magnolia-dairy-number-6-23-august-2009/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/the-view-small.jpgthe view (Small)The view from our corner today, fragrant doltsopa hybrids and magnoliashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/the-view-from-the-corner-small.jpgThe view from the corner (Small)The view from the corner todayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/carpark-purple2-small.jpgCarpark purple2 (Small)Referred to as Carpark Purple herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/august-23-2009-019-small.jpgAugust 23, 2009 019 (Small)Referred to as carpark purple herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/baby-tulip-small.jpgBaby Tulip (Small)Referred to here as Baby Tuliphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/mark-jury-just-opening-small.jpgMark Jury just opening (Small)Mark Jury - first flowers this season2016-10-24T23:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/10/24/feathered-friends/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_8815.jpgimg_8815The handsome kereru, our native wood pigeon https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2485.jpgimg_2485Agitated young pukeko https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_1674.jpgimg_1674Trapped on the inside - Californian quail https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2542.jpgimg_2542Wax-eyes craft exquisite tiny nests https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2557.jpgimg_2557Baby kereru in residence https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_2545.jpgimg_2545The kereru nest scores about 1/10 for skill are care. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_1427.jpgimg_1427Our kaka! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/dsc00100.jpgdsc00100Would you mess with this cat? Few people ever tried a second time. 2016-10-25T07:45:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/09/12/petal-pushers-the-jury-michelias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/fairy-magnolia-cream-copy.jpgFairy Magnolia Cream - CopyFairy Magnolia Cream https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/fairy-magnolia-blush-copy.jpgFairy Magnolia Blush - CopyFairy Magnolia Blush https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/fairy-magnolia-white-copy.jpgFairy Magnolia White - CopyFairy Magnolia White https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/sustainable-wood-lot-2-copy.jpgsustainable wood lot (2) - CopyRegrowth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/sustainable-wood-lot-1-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe sustainable wood lot https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/043-copy.jpg043 - CopyMark Jury standing on a carpet of fallen scented petals, surveying one of his early shelter belts planted with michelia hybridshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/p1010716-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALollipop Fairy Magnolia Blush at our entranceway. The smaller michelia to the left is an unnamed figo hybrid with masses of creamy yellow flowers.2016-10-12T03:23:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/10/12/the-season-of-the-clivia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_5485.jpgimg_5485https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/067.jpg067Orange seed will flower orange or red, yellow seeds will flower yellow https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/c-gardenii.jpgc-gardeniiClivia gardenii https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/019-2.jpg019-2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/029-4.jpg029-4https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/10/img_5606.jpgimg_56062016-10-11T19:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/10/13/tried-and-true-ligularia-reniformis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/img_6451.jpgimg_6451https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/001-2.jpgThe first of the michelias in flower for the new season, albeit a little beaten by the torrential rainsThe first of the michelias in flower for the new season, albeit a little beaten by the torrential rains2016-10-08T22:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/09/24/plant-collector-magnolia-serene/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/001.jpg001https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/serene-tree.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe very pink Magnolia Serene in full bloom2016-10-08T22:24:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/01/21/make-your-own-compost-step-by-step-guide-with-abbie-mark-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo5-copy32.jpgphoto5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo4-copy32.jpgphoto4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo3-copy21.jpgphoto3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo2-copy41.jpgphoto2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo2-insert-copy.jpgphoto2-insert-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1-copy31.jpgphoto1-copy2016-10-08T19:49:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/02/21/making-cold-compost-part-3-step-by-step-with-abbie-and-mark-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-6-copy3.jpgphoto-6-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-5-copy3.jpgphoto-5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-4-copy3.jpgphoto-4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-3-copy3.jpgphoto-3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-2-copy3.jpgphoto-2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo-1-copy3.jpgphoto-1-copy2016-10-08T19:47:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/01/21/make-your-own-compost-part-2-step-by-step-with-abbie-mark-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1-inset-copy1.jpgphoto1-inset-copy1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo6-copy2.jpgphoto6-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo5-copy11.jpgphoto5-copy1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo4-copy11.jpgphoto4-copy1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo3-copy11.jpgphoto3-copy1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo2-copy11.jpgphoto2-copy1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1-inset-copy.jpgphoto1-inset-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1-copy11.jpgphoto1-copy12016-10-08T19:45:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/09/30/a-morning-in-the-graveyard/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/004.jpg004Interesting austerity to the right, topped by a kowhai tree https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/003.jpg003Looking left, the hanging gardens of New Plymouth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_2175.jpgimg_2175https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_2185.jpgimg_2185https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_2222.jpgimg_2222https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/007.jpg007https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_2164.jpgimg_2164https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/001.jpg001https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/006.jpg006https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/005.jpg0052016-09-30T08:35:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/09/25/a-book-worth-buying-the-sceptical-gardener/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_2087.jpgimg_20872016-11-24T19:41:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/09/16/but-where-is-the-vision-today-in-canberra-apparently/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0963.jpgimg_0963https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0844.jpgimg_0844and acorn pods https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0841.jpgimg_0841Banksia pods in the children's playground at the arboretum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0930.jpgimg_0930Banksia species in abundance at the Botanical Gardens in August https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0925.jpgimg_0925Indubitably Australian at the National Botanic Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0852.jpgimg_0852Looking over the city from the arboretum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0854.jpgimg_0854https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_0847.jpgimg_0847I can tell you that the Melia azedarach at the National Arboretum in Canberra was planted by Doctor Jose Ramos-Horta, President of Timor-Leste in 2010.2016-09-16T05:38:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/09/13/flagging-away-the-flag-iris/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_7183.jpgimg_7183and Louisiana iris https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/018.jpg018Lovely Higo irises https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_63051.jpgimg_6305https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_6305.jpgimg_6305More Louisianas that Mark has been raising to plant out https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/036.jpg036https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_7161.jpgimg_7161Iris sibirica https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_1773.jpgimg_1773Behold the offending rhizomes https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_7191.jpgimg_7191The offending flag iris https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/021-3.jpg021-32016-09-13T07:38:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/09/12/the-perfect-dish-of-brussels-sprouts/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_1024.jpgimg_1024https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/photo0106.jpgphoto0106https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/111.jpg111https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_7002.jpgimg_7002https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/photo0108.jpgphoto01082016-09-13T07:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/09/11/plants-that-do-not-know-their-place-high-maintenance-culprits/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/fairy-blush-5.jpgfairy-blush-5Camellia Fairy Blush https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/fairy-blush.jpgfairy-blushhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/buxus-blight-001.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAA blight upon your buxus! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/magnolia-little-gem.jpgmagnolia-little-gemhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/09/img_7178.jpgimg_7178Dudley on the bridge amidst 'Snow Showers' 2016-09-11T09:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/08/31/the-evolution-of-a-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_1587.jpgIMG_1587https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_1586.jpgIMG_1586https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_1584.jpgIMG_1584https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_1471.jpgIMG_1471https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_1411.jpgIMG_1411https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_14052.jpgIMG_1405https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_14051.jpgIMG_1405https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_1405.jpgIMG_14052016-08-31T10:35:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/08/25/urban-living-magnolia-grandiflora-little-gem-and-wheelie-bins/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0744.jpgIMG_0744https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0755.jpgIMG_0755https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0750.jpgIMG_0750https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_7138.jpgIMG_7138https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0741.jpgIMG_07412016-08-24T23:43:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/08/24/after-a-wait-of-17-years-flowers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/no-1-left-no-2-right.jpgno 1 left, no 2 rightC. euphlebia to the left, C. nitidissima on the right. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/no-3-left-no-2-right.jpgno 3 left, no 2 rightC. impressinervis to the left, C. nitidissima to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/nitidissima-2.jpgnitidissima (2)Camellia nitidissimahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/euphlebia-19.jpgeuphlebia (19)Camellia euphlebia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/impressinervis-14.jpgimpressinervis (14)Camellia impressinvervis 2016-08-24T21:46:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/08/23/why-do-so-many-new-zealanders-hate-trees/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_5481.jpgIMG_5481https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/064.jpg064https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0885.jpgIMG_0885Canberra suburbia https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0748.jpgIMG_0748Third floor balcony of a Sydney apartment https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/4589.jpg4589https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0878.jpgIMG_08782016-08-24T07:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/08/04/reticulata-camellias-from-china-with-passion/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/baotai-24.jpgBaotai (24)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/longxiadeng-village-18.jpgLongxiadeng Village (18)A private courtyard garden in the village of Longxiadenghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_7716.jpgIMG_7716Reticulata camellias are used extensively in public plantings in the Yunnan, such as this one at a temple in Dali.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/zhangjia-garden-6.jpgZhangjia garden (6)Zhangjia Garden – a modern recreation of traditional vernacular architecture with extensive displays of camellias (10 000, apparently), almost all grown in containers in the five internal courtyards. The majority are reticulatas, as can be seen in this temporary display in a stone trough.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/baotai-35.jpgBaotai (35)C. lindl is the is the dominant indigenous reticulata camellia species on Mount Baotai.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/baotai-36.jpgBaotai (36)C. lindlhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_7960.jpgIMG_7960A reticulata hybrid bred from C. lindl and named ‘Liuye Yinhong’, photographed at Kunming Botanic Gardenshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_3893.jpgIMG_3893Yours truly in the Kunming Botanic Gardens (photo: Tony Barnes) 2016-08-04T04:43:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/08/02/garden-urns-pots-and-fonts/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/seville-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/seville-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/431.jpg431https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/settrington-2.jpgSettrington (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/barnetts-60.jpgBarnetts (60)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/barnetts-3.jpgBarnetts (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/img_0227.jpgIMG_0227https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/044.jpg044https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/gresgarth-41.jpgGresgarth (41)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/08/gresgarth-21.jpgGresgarth (21)2016-08-01T21:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/05/11/outdoor-classroom-pruning-raspberries-step-by-step/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/photo-6-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/img_0031.jpgIMG_0031https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/photo-5-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/photo-4-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/photo-3-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/photo-2-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/photo-1-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/photo-6-copy.jpgphoto-6-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/photo-5-copy.jpgphoto-5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/photo-4-copy.jpgphoto-4-copy2016-07-22T04:18:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/07/16/the-start-of-a-new-gardening-year-magnolia-campbellii/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_8912.jpgIMG_8912Quaker Mason by the Anglican church in our local town https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/tupare-18.jpgTupare (18)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/tupare-17.jpgTupare (17)Tupare's white form of M.campbellii this morning https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_8853.jpgIMG_8853The 'Quaker Mason' form of M.campbellii in Taranaki https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_8863.jpgIMG_8863In the most urban of settings in central new Plymouth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/img_8744.jpgIMG_8744The very first blooms on the M.campbellii in our garden 2016-07-16T07:45:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/07/08/evergreen-azaleas-unsung-garden-heroes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/015.jpg015https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/003-9.jpg003 (9)Pink Ice is simply lustrous in bloom, but turns to mush in heavy rain. The smaller flowered varieties are more weather hardy.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/007-11.jpg007 (11)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/046-3.jpg046 (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/002.jpg002The $2000 azalea bonsai, spotted in Foshan, Chinahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/001.jpg001You can have any colour you like, as long as it is pink, white, red, lilac or coral2016-07-07T21:47:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/06/28/a-mid-winters-day-in-tikorangi/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/hovenia-dulcis-1.jpgHovenia dulcis (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8684.jpgIMG_8684https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8673.jpgIMG_8673https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8464.jpgIMG_8464https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8669.jpgIMG_8669https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8681.jpgIMG_86812016-06-28T21:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/06/21/tikorangi-notes-winter-reversions-and-grubby-knees/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_5309.jpgIMG_5309I like the yellow polyanthus with blue corydalis but the polyanthus need relatively frequent lifting and dividing to stay looking good https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/063.jpg063When perennial plantings work well - Curculigo recurvata with Ligularia reniformis (also in the pool garden) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8647.jpgIMG_8647And on June 20 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_6959.jpgIMG_6959January 27 this year https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8619.jpgIMG_8619https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8390.jpgIMG_8390https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8616.jpgIMG_8616https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/008-21.jpg008 (2)Casimiroa edulis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8604.jpgIMG_86042016-06-21T05:52:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/06/13/15706/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/0091.jpg009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8544.jpgIMG_8544Yuccan whipplei in its 'forever home" https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8532.jpgIMG_8532The final removal was no small task and involved two men, a tractor and a heavy chain https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_5271.jpgIMG_5271Removing the main stem last year https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/045.jpg045After more than 25 years, it flowered https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/064.jpg064Peaking above the roof on the first storey https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/0051.jpg005https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/0071.jpg007Yucca whipplei did at least give total privacy from garden visitors when sitting indoors 2016-06-12T21:07:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/jury-plants/jury-magnolias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/015.jpg015Magnolia Mark Jury - the lucky chance that gave a breeding breakthrough https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/img_3655.jpgIMG_3655Magnolia campbellii in early August, framed against our maunga - Mount Taranaki - in the distancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/iolanthe-13.jpgIolanthe (13)The original plant of Magnolia Iolanthe https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/vulcan-2.jpgVulcan (2)Magnolia Vulcan was a colour break for its time but does not perform consistently overseas in cooler climateshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/vulcan-1.jpgVulcan (1)Vulcanhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/serene-2.jpgSerene (2)Serene is the pinkest Felix named and the last of the season to bloom here https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/serene.jpgSereneSerene https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/milky-way-1.jpgMilky Way (1)Milky Way - a very consistent performer https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/milky-way-2.jpgMilky Way (2)Milky Way https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/lotus-1.jpgLotus (1)Lotus was Felix's best white 2016-06-12T01:50:37+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/jury-plants/jury-evergreen-magnolias-or-michelias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/fairy-white_micjur05_9513.jpgFairy White_MICJUR05_9513Fairy Magnolia White https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/september-8-2009-017.jpgSeptember 8, 2009 017Honey Velvet https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/img_4220.jpgIMG_4220Fairy Magnolia White https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/fairy-cream_2770.jpgFairy Cream_2770Fairy Magnolia Cream https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/img_6901.jpgIMG_6901Fairy Magnolia Blush https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/p1010718.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFairy Magnolia Blush kept clipped at our entrance https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/img_5589.jpgIMG_5589Part of the range within the seedlings but it takes a whole lot more than just an interesting bloom to select a plant for release. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/september-8-2009-016-small.jpgSeptember 8, 2009 016 (Small)Honey Velvet, front left and the more usual cream dianica to the rear and righthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/blush_9537-small.jpgBlush_9537 (Small)Fairy Magnolia Blush in full flowerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/september-8-2009-014-small.jpgSeptember 8, 2009 014 (Small)Honey Velvet - a dianica or yunnanensis selection2016-06-09T23:52:53+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/2009/10/30/30-october-2009-in-the-garden-including-the-recipe-for-preserved-lemons-as-promised-in-the-taranaki-daily-news/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/055.jpg0552016-06-09T21:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/06/06/the-golden-camellias-of-china-and-vietnam/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/camellia-impressinervis-2.jpgCamellia impressinervis (2)C. impressinervis (photo by Tony Barnes) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/camellia-species-longzhouensis.jpgCamellia species longzhouensisC. longzhouensis (photo by Tony Barnes) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/cam-chuongtsoensis.jpgCam. chuongtsoensisC. chuongtsoensis (photo by Tony Barnes) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/011.jpg011 The foliage on C. impressinervis, as on C. nitidissima and some of the other species, is heavily veined and textured (called bullate)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/009.jpg009Artist Xinger Li with her lovely painting titled (in English) ‘Chinese Camellia with Dense Dew”https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/008-2.jpg008 (2)Drying the flowers and buds for tea in Foshan https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/foshan-bot-13.jpgFoshan Bot (13)Tea made from the golden flowers was served to us on a number of occasions and is very prettyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/kunming-bot-29.jpgKunming Bot (29)Shen Yunguang is responsible for managing the covered house that contains the yellow camellia species at Kunming Botanic Gardens, where it is too cold to grow them outdoors. While it appears more usual to use the yellow species as the pollen donor, she is also trying to cross using them as seed setter. The hanging pink labels mark her crosses. To the left is Professor Wang Zhonglang from Kunming Botanical Institute https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/001.jpg001The Chinese national camellia show was staged in a temple in the heart of Dali Old Town. The yellow cultivars stood out amongst the more usual pinks, reds and whiteshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/012.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACamellia nitidissima (or chrysantha) – the one good flowering we have had on our plant in 20112016-06-08T08:01:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/06/05/camellia-stars/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/china-3.jpgChina (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/petal-blight.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACamellia petal blight https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/brevistyla-3.jpgbrevistyla (3)Camellia brevistyla https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/c-sinensis-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPink form of C. sinensis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/cam-hyb-high-fragrance.jpgCam hyb High FragranceCamellia High Fragrance (photo by Tony Barnes) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/china-4.jpgChina (4)Camellia heartland in Dali with cultural performances. The dancing girls are holding oversized camellias https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/sasanqua-camellias-2.jpgsasanqua camellias (2)Sasanqua camellias in autumn https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_2845.jpgIMG_28452016-06-05T03:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/06/04/conversation-on-radio-live/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/fava-beans-dried-broad-beans.jpgFava beans (dried broad beans)It appears common to call dried broad beans fava beans https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8498.jpgIMG_8498Luculias left to right: gratissima 'Early Dawn', pinceana 'Fragrant Pearl' and pinceana 'Fragrant Cloud'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/cyclamen-hederafolium.jpgCyclamen hederafoliumCyclamen hederafolium is just past its peak but has been flowering since January https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/img_8436.jpgIMG_8436The montana in bloom this week https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/041.jpg041Sasanqua camellias2016-06-04T07:04:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/05/29/the-final-postcards-of-china-a-land-of-contrast/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/021.jpg021https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/020.jpg020https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/019.jpg019https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/018.jpg018https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/017.jpg017https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/016.jpg016https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/015.jpg015https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/014.jpg014https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/013.jpg013https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/012.jpg0122016-05-29T00:35:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/05/26/a-red-letter-day/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8367.jpgIMG_8367https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8406.jpgIMG_8406Dropping the lines yesterday https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8347.jpgIMG_8347Pinus montezumae has had a reprieve from its death sentence https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8358.jpgIMG_8358Michelia doltsopa 'Rusty' reaching into the wireshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8372.jpgIMG_8372The wretched power lines draped across our park 2016-05-26T04:33:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/05/17/postcards-of-china-4-rocks-improving-vehicles-and-plants-both-ubiquitous-and-not/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/foshan-60.jpgFoshan (60)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/foshan-6.jpgFoshan (6)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_7600.jpgIMG_7600https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_7805.jpgIMG_7805https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/kunming-2.jpgKunming (2)U-turns permitted https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_7611.jpgIMG_7611https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_7871.jpgIMG_7871https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/foshan-45.jpgFoshan (45)I did admire the stone water containers and the slab stools - no longer chipped and shaped by hand https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/foshan-37.jpgFoshan (37)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/foshan-46.jpgFoshan (46)2016-05-16T23:25:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/05/16/glimpses-of-magnolia-in-china/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8009.jpgIMG_8009Random michelia at Kunming. Not, as suggested, M. laevifolia, I think. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_8006.jpgIMG_8006Magnolia sinicahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/book-4.jpgbook (4)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_4009.jpgIMG_4009Professor Sun Weibang, Tony Barnes and moi at Kunming https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/m-balansae.jpgM. balansaeTropical Magnolia balansaehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/baotai-19.jpgBaotai (19)Magnolia campellii at Mount Baotai https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/img_7950.jpgIMG_7950No yellow denudata image - just soulangeanas at Kunming Botanic Gardens 2016-05-17T04:44:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/05/11/stumperies-an-ecological-option/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/002.jpg002A naturally developing ecological haven on fallen poplar logshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/001.jpg001A natural-formed seat in the stumpery at Wisley, though it would look better without the dedication plaquehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/005.jpg005Allowing nature to create a stumpery – two pine logs left where they fellhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/006.jpg006A small stumpery (or stumpette) in a narrow, shaded border in Pat and Brian Woods garden in Waitarahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/003.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOur Rimu Avenue with its informal raised beds which are essentially a stumpery2016-05-10T23:34:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/05/10/plant-collector-camellia-amplexicaulis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/foshan-bot-4.jpgFoshan Bot (4)Not quite a forestry institute as we understand it - Foshan https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/kunming-bot-3.jpgKunming Bot (3)Camellia amplexicaulis in bud https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/05/foshan-bot-3.jpgFoshan Bot (3)Camellia amplexicaulis 2016-05-15T08:09:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/04/28/postcards-from-china-3-food/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_7603.jpgIMG_7603Chinese portaloo https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8045.jpgIMG_8045Allegedly cured goose but it might equally have been cured beef except that we were rarely served beef . With orchid. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/kunming-3.jpgKunming (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_7647.jpgIMG_7647https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_7178.jpgIMG_7178https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_7176.jpgIMG_7176https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/elephant-park-1.jpgelephant park (1)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/foshan-bot-18.jpgFoshan Bot (18)Golden camellia tea https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/jinhong-14.jpgJinhong (14)More Thai-influenced food down near the southern border in Jinghong - one of the most delicious meals we were served https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/003.jpg003Crops growing on a very domestic scale on what appeared to be public land alongside the Mekong River 2016-04-28T09:35:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/04/21/postcards-of-china-2-xishuangbanna-area/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_7801.jpgIMG_7801https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_7799.jpgIMG_7799https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/kapok-4.jpgkapok (4)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/kapok-2.jpgkapok (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/jinghong-26.jpgJinghong (26)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/jinghong-45.jpgJinghong (45)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/jinghong-24.jpgJinghong (24)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/ccv_dequuaan_eg.jpgCcv_deQUUAAN_Eghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/jinghong-10.jpgJinghong (10)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_7762.jpgIMG_77622016-04-25T09:26:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/04/20/rekindling-childhood-memories-of-chestnuts/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/img_8187-copy.jpgIMG_8187 - 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CopyFuchsia boliviana performs TOO enthusiastically in our climate https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/seeding-bangalow-copy.jpgseeding bangalow - CopyAbout the bangalow palm's seeding ways... https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/prunus-campanulata-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPrunus campanulata filled with tui https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/cape-pond-weed-copy.jpgCape Pond Weed - CopyCape Pond Weed 2016-03-17T03:18:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/03/11/a-trip-to-baotai-mount/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-14.jpgBaotai (14)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-49.jpgBaotai (49)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-47.jpgBaotai (47)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-19.jpgBaotai (19)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-36.jpgBaotai (36)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-34.jpgBaotai (34)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-43.jpgBaotai (43)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-3.jpgBaotai (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-4.jpgBaotai (4)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/baotai-16.jpgBaotai (16)2016-03-17T00:42:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/02/16/tikorangi-notes-off-to-china/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/img_7071.jpgIMG_7071https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/img_7085.jpgIMG_7085https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/img_7068.jpgIMG_7068https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/img_7093.jpgIMG_7093A random tui nest found yesterday 2016-02-16T01:06:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/02/13/simple-pleasures-hydrangeas-in-summer/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/tree-hyd-14-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe magnificent tree hydrangea, probably a form of H. asperahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/hydrangea-immaculata-copy.jpgHydrangea Immaculata - CopyHydrangea ‘Immaculata’ – a top performing compact, white macrophyllahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/057-copy.jpg057 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/003-copy.jpg003 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/schizo-1-copy.jpgschizo (1) - CopyWe prefer Schizophragma hydrangeoides to the climbing Hydrangea petiolarishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/preziosa-copy.jpgpreziosa - CopyHydrangea serrata ‘Preziosa’  changes flower colour through the seasonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/002-copy.jpg002 - CopyHydrangea quercifolia ‘Snowflake’https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/001-copy.jpg001 - CopyOne of the You-Me series of hydrangeas2016-03-22T06:33:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/02/08/plants-for-dry-shade-for-radio-live-listeners-and-others/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/012.jpg012Again, building up beds beneath the rimu trees, using ponga logs in this case that have already lasted decades https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/014-3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERABuilding up the planting areas beneath huge rimu trees https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/02/003-4.jpg003 (4)Scadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinae, beneath a canopy of rimu, pine and nikau 2016-02-07T21:44:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/01/28/editing-the-plants-for-a-lower-maintenance-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/0251.jpg025https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/025.jpg025A few years ago. It is amazing how much the skyline of trees has changed since. My feet. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6966.jpgIMG_6966Curculigo, euphorbia and Ligularia reniformis, lush enough to pretend to be tropical and low maintenance https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6959.jpgIMG_6959Patience is a virtue. The freshly planted dietes and black taro. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6956.jpgIMG_6956https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6960.jpgIMG_6960Pachystegia insignis in the foreground, Xeronema callistemon behind and overhead a large Aloe bainseii https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6907.jpgIMG_6907https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6896.jpgIMG_6896https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6892.jpgIMG_68922016-02-02T19:04:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/01/28/plant-uncollector-the-tale-of-our-disappointing-white-nepeta/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/uk2014-212.jpgUK2014 212The railway track effect at Tintinhull in England where the nepeta looked lovely https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6872.jpgIMG_6872In reality, it is even more insignificant than in this photo 2016-01-28T01:13:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/01/28/garden-lore-chainsaw-pruning/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6968.jpgIMG_6968Well established michelia hybrids respond to hard pruning with abundant fresh growth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6969.jpgIMG_6969Camellias severed to bare stumps 6 months ago 2016-01-27T22:26:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/01/14/on-the-verges/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/003.jpg003Fennel, not lace cap hydrangeahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/002.jpg002Toetoe beside the new Waikato expressway https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/009.jpg009Crocosmia - weed or woldflower? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/012.jpg012https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/005.jpg005https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/010.jpg010Agapanthus with the dreaded convolvus - the latter is pretty in flower but we do not need it https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/022.jpg022The ugliness of the sprayed verge https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/abbie-20-10-2015-copy.jpgabbie 20 10 2015 copy2016-01-18T19:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/01/10/tikorangi-notes-january-10-2016-gardening-this-week/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6746.jpgIMG_6746https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6752.jpgIMG_6752https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/004.jpg004https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6745.jpgIMG_6745https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6678.jpgIMG_6678The busy little wool carder bee at work, building her nest https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6739.jpgIMG_67392016-01-09T22:59:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/02/18/destroying-wasp-nests-step-by-step-with-abbie-and-mark-jury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo5-copy31.jpgphoto5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo4-copy31.jpgphoto4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo3-copy2.jpgphoto3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo2-copy4.jpgphoto2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/photo1-copy3.jpgphoto1-copy2016-01-09T22:11:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2016/01/03/welcoming-in-the-new-year2016/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6731.jpgIMG_6731https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6723.jpgIMG_6723https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6711.jpgIMG_6711https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2016/01/img_6701.jpgIMG_67012016-01-03T00:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/12/23/seasons-greetings/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/015.jpg015https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/img_6486.jpgIMG_6486https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/img_6484-copy.jpgIMG_6484 - 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CopyArisaema candidissimum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/marks-sikokianum-hybrids-3-copy.jpgMark's sikokianum hybrids (3) - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/marks-sikokianum-hybrids-2-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMark's A. sikkokianum hybrids https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/taiwanense-seed-copy.jpgtaiwanense seed - CopyA. taiwanense seed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/dahaiense-copy.jpgdahaiense - CopyArisaema dahaiense https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/dahaiense-1-copy.jpgdahaiense (1) - CopyDelighted by A. dahaiense https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/speciosum-copy.jpgspeciosum - CopyArisaema speciosum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/a-tortuosum-copy.jpgA. tortuosum - CopyArisaema tortuosum https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/12/010-copy.jpg010 - Copy2015-12-06T19:53:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/11/21/banishing-large-container-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/104.jpg104Beautiful pots don't even need a plant in them - photographed in Lynda Hallinan's garden near Auckland https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/052.jpg052The verandah pots at Jenny Oakley's garden near Manaia in peak health https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_6162.jpgIMG_6162I carefully scrubbed off the carefully cultivated patina of moss and lichen for the new owner https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_6165.jpgIMG_6165The stone trough dates back to the 1800s. With Japanese maple and rhodohypoxis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/181.jpg1812015-11-21T00:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/11/18/a-call-for-help/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/016.jpg016...but take no shellfish from the same area https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/012.jpg012Fishing at the Waitara river mouth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/collage-of-signs-post-card-1.jpgcollage-of-signs-post-card-1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/kui-werenia.jpgKui WereniaAuntie Ivy – Werenia Papakura Kipa. 1982. 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Copy2015-11-17T07:26:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/11/13/sydney-notes-friday-13-november-2015/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7130.jpgIMG_7130https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7128.jpgIMG_7128https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7135.jpgIMG_7135https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7132.jpgIMG_7132https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7141.jpgIMG_7141https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7138.jpgIMG_7138https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7111.jpgIMG_7111https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/11/img_7117.jpgIMG_71172015-11-13T00:02:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/10/28/clivias-with-a-sidetrack-onto-green-flowers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5615.jpgIMG_5615Satyrium odorum - green flower insignificance https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/068.jpg068https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5598.jpgIMG_5598https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5597.jpgIMG_5597https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5601.jpgIMG_5601https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5596.jpgIMG_5596https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5576.jpgIMG_55762015-10-28T09:19:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/10/28/tv-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5439.jpgIMG_5439Mustard, in lieu of kale here https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/crhyeojw0aesy7d.jpgCRhYeOjW0AEsy7dMonty's outfit, via Twitter https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/photo-credit-andy-mabbett.jpgPhoto credit Andy MabbettFilming Gardeners' World for the BBC (photo credit: Andy Mabbett)2015-10-29T00:44:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/10/22/an-abundance-of-spring-bloom/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5547.jpgIMG_5547https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5533.jpgIMG_5533https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/aloides-van-z-2.jpgaloides van z (2)L. aloides var. vanzyliaehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5403.jpgIMG_5403L. aloides tricolor https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/029.jpg029Earlier season L. aloides and aloides quadricolour https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5514.jpgIMG_5514Quite how I achieved this stylish, albeit over exposed image, I am not sure. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5508.jpgIMG_5508Lachenalia contaminata with the rockery behind https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5434.jpgIMG_5434https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5502.jpgIMG_5502https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_5588.jpgIMG_55882015-10-22T04:20:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/10/22/a-glut-yes-a-glut-of-avocados/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/010.jpg010Plump, avocado eating Dudley and the much lighter Spike - our two rescue dogs https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/img_7063.jpgIMG_70632015-12-03T19:18:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/10/07/exotica-in-the-shade/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/scadoxus-puniceus-copy.jpgScadoxus puniceus - CopyThe lesser known Scadoxus puniceus https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/hippeastrum-papilio-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHippeastrum papilio https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/hippeastrum-aulicum-copy.jpgHippeastrum aulicum - CopyHippeastrum aulicum, one of our woodland mainstayshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/calanthe-orchid-copy.jpgCalanthe orchid - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/pleione-orchids-1-copy.jpgPleione orchids (1) - CopyPleione orchids in the woodland https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/dendrobium-bardo-rose-1-copy.jpgDendrobium Bardo Rose (1) - CopyDendrobium Bardo Rosehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/059-copy.jpg059 - CopyShade gardens we have a-plenty 2015-10-08T02:25:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/09/30/tikorangi-notes-that-yucca-wretched-geissorhiza-and-the-close-of-magnolia-season/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5272.jpgIMG_5272https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5269.jpgIMG_5269https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/045.jpg045Yucca whipplei finally flowered after maybe 20 yearshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5005.jpgIMG_5005https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5004.jpgIMG_5004https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/geissorhiza-2.jpggeissorhiza (2)Pretty it may be in bloom, but I have spent countless hours trying to eradicate this plant, as Felix Jury did before mehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5251.jpgIMG_5251Magnolia Serene 2015-09-29T23:08:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/09/23/the-industrial-chic-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4496.jpgIMG_4496https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4483.jpgIMG_4483https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4511.jpgIMG_4511https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4505.jpgIMG_4505https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4499.jpgIMG_4499https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4506.jpgIMG_4506https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4509.jpgIMG_4509https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4503.jpgIMG_45032015-09-22T23:24:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/09/22/plant-collector-the-curious-native-muehlenbeckia-astonii/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/muehlenbeckia-astonii-4.jpgMuehlenbeckia astonii (4)Muehlenbeckia astonii, featuring prominently at Auckland Botanic Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/muehlenbeckia-astonii-7.jpgMuehlenbeckia astonii (7)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/muehlenbeckia-astonii-2.jpgMuehlenbeckia astonii (2)An unusual clipped specimen, M. astonii 2015-09-22T20:01:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/10/sole-survivor-tecomanthe-speciosa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/028.jpg???????????????????????????????Vines are large as human limbs on our native T. speciosa https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/p1012964.jpg???????????????????????????????Tecomanthe montana https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/tecomanthe-venusta-2.jpg???????????????????????????????Tecomanthe venusta https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/025.jpg???????????????????????????????I have a fondness for carpets of fallen blooms https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/036.jpg???????????????????????????????Tecomanthe speciosa - a sole surviving specimen was found in the wild 2015-09-21T22:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/09/21/when-saying-it-with-flowers-becomes-a-political-statement/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5062-21.jpgIMG_5062 (2)Red Peak in Narcissus Thalia and what I think is a tritonia, not a sparaxishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5062-2.jpgIMG_5062 (2)Red Peak in Narcissus Thalia and what I think is a tritonia, not a sparaxis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5062.jpgIMG_5062https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_5053.jpgIMG_5053Red Peak, rendered in Hippeastrum aulicum and wild cherry blossom. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/download.jpgdownloadhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/nz_flag_design_silver_fern_red_white__blue_by_kyle_lockwood-svg1.pngNZ_flag_design_Silver_Fern_(Red,_White_&_Blue)_by_Kyle_Lockwood.svghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/nz_flag_design_koru_black_by_andrew_fyfe-svg.pngNZ_flag_design_Koru_(Black)_by_Andrew_Fyfe.svghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/nz_flag_design_white__black_fern_by_alofi_kanter-svg.pngNZ_flag_design_White_&_Black_Fern_by_Alofi_Kanter.svghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/nz_flag_design_silver_fern_black_white__blue_by_kyle_lockwood-svg.pngNZ_flag_design_Silver_Fern_(Black,_White_&_Blue)_by_Kyle_Lockwood.svghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/nz_flag_design_silver_fern_red_white__blue_by_kyle_lockwood-svg.pngNZ_flag_design_Silver_Fern_(Red,_White_&_Blue)_by_Kyle_Lockwood.svg2015-09-21T09:26:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/09/16/tikorangi-notes-hellebores-again-fallen-tree-another-one-the-daffodil-show-and-heart-of-darkness/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4860.jpgIMG_4860A multitude of dormant growing tips on hellebores with only a leaf or two showing above https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4885.jpgIMG_4885Hellebore Anna's Pink https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_6923.jpgIMG_6923And because we are at Peak Magnolia, here is Milky Wayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4792.jpgIMG_4792https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4579.jpgIMG_4579https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4575.jpgIMG_4575https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4790.jpgIMG_47902015-09-16T01:52:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/plant-sales-3/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/056.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/055.jpg???????????????????????????????2019-11-19T23:41:27+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/2015/09/08/garden-lore-three-hedging-ideas-for-2015/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4467.jpgIMG_4467https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4438.jpgIMG_4438https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4441.jpgIMG_44412015-09-10T04:07:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/09/10/pink-and-yellow-together/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/001-6.jpg001 (6)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4516.jpgIMG_4516Magnolia Felix Jury with colour-toned tulips at Eden Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4525.jpgIMG_4525Pink vireya but with pastel yellow tulips https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4523.jpgIMG_4523Pastel hued tulips at Eden Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/171.jpg171Pink and yellow in Beth Chatto's garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/img_4385.jpgIMG_4385Bright yellow kowhai and cerise campanulata cherry at Auckland Botanic 2015-09-11T02:07:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/31/do-we-take-the-award-for-the-prettiest-roadsides-this-week/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_4138.jpgIMG_4138Looking back up Otaraoa Road https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_4154.jpgIMG_4154https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_4144.jpgIMG_4144You will just have to imagine the fragrance from all that bloom https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_4159.jpgIMG_4159https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_4145.jpgIMG_4145Looking along Tikorangi Road 2015-09-02T08:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/25/pretty-hellebores/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3922.jpgIMG_3922https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3896.jpgIMG_3896https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3954.jpgIMG_3954The merits of longer stems https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3931.jpgIMG_3931Too often the reality of the hellebore plant can look like this https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3909.jpgIMG_3909https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3911.jpgIMG_3911https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3914.jpgIMG_39142015-08-28T09:53:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/19/full-o-beans/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3806.jpgIMG_3806Variations on Phaseolus vulgaris with a little cross contamination https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3802.jpgIMG_3802Borlottis are both decorative and excellent croppers https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3803.jpgIMG_3803https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3795.jpgIMG_3795This is the blue pea but Mark is unconvinced by either crop yield or flavour so will keep to more traditional green varieties this season 2015-08-19T22:41:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/18/lachenalias-part-one-the-early-bloomers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/041.jpg041https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/016.jpg016Mark's reflexa hybrid is stronger growing than the straight species https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/bulbifera-6.jpgbulbifera (6)Lachenalia bulbifera https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/029.jpg029Same species, aloides. Quadricolor to the right. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/045.jpg045Nothing subtle about aloides but great in semi-wild areas https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/013.jpg013Left to right: Lachenalia aloides quadricolor, bulbifera, reflexa hybrid, aloides 2015-08-19T07:16:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/13/the-silver-fern/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_37251.jpgIMG_3725https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3725.jpgIMG_3725The silver tree fern, Cyathea dealbata, self sown in our park https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3738-copy.jpgIMG_3738 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3735.jpgIMG_3735https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3729.jpgIMG_3729Maggie Barry's tip, my gardening shoes 2015-08-13T10:36:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/12/the-magnolia-and-the-maunga-or-mountain/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/img_3678.jpgIMG_3678https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/august-12-9-45am.jpgAugust 12, 9.45amhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/august-10-12-38.jpgAugust 10, 12.38https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/august-9-5-07.jpgAugust 9, 5.072015-08-12T08:51:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/12/all-the-reds/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/burgundy-star-flower-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMagnolia 'Burgundy Star' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/black-tulip-1-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMagnolia 'Black Tulip' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/agenie-004-copy.jpgaGenie 004 - CopyMagnolia 'Genie' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/022-copy.jpg022 - Copy'Lanarth" is in full flower and looking particularly fine this week https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/vulcan-copy.jpgVulcan - CopyMagnolia 'Vulcan'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/liliiflora-nigra-copy.jpgliliiflora Nigra - CopyMagnolia liliiflora 'Nigra' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/felix-jury-copy.jpgFelix Jury - CopyMagnolia 'Felix Jury' 2015-09-07T08:53:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/08/tui-kereru-and-korimako/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/001.jpg001Too many to count. All the black shadows are tui. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/0271.jpg027https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/027.jpg027Acrobatic tui in a campanulata that is sterile but much too large for most gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/korimako.jpgkorimakoShy korimako in Prunus Pink Clouds. It was soon banished by the bullying tui https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/034-copy.jpg034 - CopyTui in the cherry tree https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/032.jpg032Apparently Vulcan scores highly on the kereru taste test https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/056.jpg056https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/004.jpg004Poor kereru died after flying into a window https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/072.jpg072Kereru feasting on Magnolia Vulcan buds 2015-08-08T20:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/02/tikorangi-lost-how-a-little-community-is-being-sacrificed-to-the-petrochemical-dollar/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????I sent NPDC a photo of Mangahewa A site signage to help them find it https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/012-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/009-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/009.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/021-copy.jpg021 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/seventeen.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/sixteen.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/fourteen.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/thirteen.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/twelveb.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-08-07T03:05:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/08/04/tikorangi-notes-august-4-2015-spring-flowers-franchi-seeds-a-new-spade-and-the-magnolia-and-the-cross/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/s-arnott-8.jpgS Arnott (8)Galanthus S Arnott in silver light https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/peeping-tom-7.jpgPeeping Tom (7)Narcissus Peeping Tom in golden light https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/033.jpg033https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/001-2.jpg001 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/035.jpg035The Magnolia and the Cross 2015-08-04T02:23:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/31/the-cordylines-on-devon-st-and-devon-rd/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/002-copy.jpg002 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/031-copy.jpg031 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/068-copy.jpg068 - CopyCordyline australis at a grand old age near Waitara https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/062-copy.jpg062 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/053-copy.jpg053 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/042-copy.jpg042 - CopyCordyline australis outside Devon Hotel https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/039-copy.jpg039 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/037-copy.jpg037 - CopyCordyline australis 'Purpurea' 2015-07-30T23:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/27/garden-flowers-preferred/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/0761.jpg076https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/032.jpg032https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/026.jpg026https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/0291.jpg0292015-08-02T20:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/23/the-magnolia-and-the-mountain/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/050.jpg050Mark's Fairy Magnolia White https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/066.jpg066First bloom of the season on Felix Jury https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/seedling-1-5.jpgseedling 1 (5)Just an unnamed seedling https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/018.jpg018Campbellii again https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/002.jpg002Magnolia campbellii https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/0111.jpg011Magnolia campbellii in our park and Mount Taranaki 2015-07-26T02:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/20/garden-lore-july-20-2015-petal-blight-white-camellia-hedges-and-winter-pruning/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/060.jpg060Camellia transnokoensis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/077.jpg077Petal blight https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/076.jpg076https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/078.jpg078https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/silver-dollar-1.jpgSilver Dollar (1)Camellia sasanqua Silver Dollar - an excellent hedging option 2015-07-19T22:39:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/17/magic-carpet/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/001-copy.jpg001 - CopyColchicum autumnale flowering at the base of a metasequoiahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/004-copy1.jpg004 - CopyBluebells and hooped petticoats (Narcissus bulbocodium) planted at the base of a eucalypthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/007-copy.jpg007 - CopyLachenalia aloides and grape hyacinths (muscari) at the base of Pinus muricatahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/003-copy.jpg003 - CopySnowdrops on a hillsidehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/005-1-copy.jpg005 (1) - Copy Bluebells planted on the margins, drifting through our park areahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/023-copy1.jpg023 - CopyCarrying a tray of Nerine pudica, in case you are wondering (which I admit I planted in the rockery, not in meadows) 2015-07-17T08:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/15/winter-whites/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/superstar-6.jpgSuperstar (6)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/067.jpg067https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/bholua-5.jpgbholua (5)Daphne bholua https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/061.jpg061Picked in the rain today https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/transnokoensis.jpgtransnokoensisCamellia transnokoensis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/029.jpg029https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/062.jpg062Galanthus - the winter snowdrops https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/early-pearly-4.jpgEarly Pearly (4)Early Pearly - the loveliest of sasanqua camellia flower forms https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/028.jpg028Ripples on the ice formed on a farm trough 2015-07-17T04:10:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/07/garden-lore-friday-7-march-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/p1013229.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2015-07-06T23:55:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/07/the-avocado-thief/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/033-copy.jpg033 - CopyTo the manner born https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/009-copy.jpg009 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/005-copy.jpg005 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/018-copy.jpg018 - CopyExhibit B https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/025-copy.jpg025 - CopyExhibit A https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/023-copy.jpg023 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/020-copy.jpg020 - CopyAvocado tree2015-07-07T00:02:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/04/the-holy-grail-of-horticulture/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/20150629_143844_resized_2.jpg20150629_143844_resized_2This knight...https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/015-2.jpg015 (2)Daphne Perfume Princess 2015-07-05T07:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/07/03/farewell-to-a-friend/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/1861.jpg186Ever curious, Charles headed cross country at A Place for Plantshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/184.jpg184https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/suffolk-pub-2.jpgSuffolk pub (2)This Suffolk pub, and I could find its name if I needed to, served the best ever hit chips with lunch https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/186.jpg186Ever curious, Charles headed cross country at A Place for Plants 2015-07-03T05:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/26/plant-collector-chamaedorea-woodsoniana/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/chamaedorea-woodsoniana.jpgChamaedorea woodsonianaChamaedorea woodsoniana growing in a protected position in our temperate climate https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/048.jpg048Attractive fruit but a worryingly large amount of it on the Chamaedorea woodsoniana 2015-06-26T04:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/26/garden-lore-touch-the-earth-lightly/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/photo0072-copy.jpgPhoto0072 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/photo0084-copy.jpgPhoto0084 - Copy2015-06-26T03:07:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/23/not-quite-lawn-free-but-leaning-more-to-meadows/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/012-copy.jpg012 - CopyMama Quail and two little feathered bumble bees of babies feeding on the lawnhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/028-copy.jpg028 - CopyWe have extensive areas of grass but have already decided that the front lawn should remain mown lawn rather than mixed meadowhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/019-3-copy.jpg019 (3) - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/014-copy.jpg014 - CopyI admit we own the Rolls Royce of lawnmowers. It cost more than our car to buy2015-06-29T08:21:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/21/flood/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/027.jpg027https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/021.jpg021https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/003.jpg003https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/0161.jpg016https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/008.jpg008https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/007-2.jpg007 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/006-2.jpg006 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/006.jpg006https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/005.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/004.jpg0042015-06-22T20:56:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/19/tikorangi-notes-friday-19-june-2015/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/033.jpg033I admit I probably took eleventy thousand photos of the monarchs this week https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/109.jpg109https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/056.jpg056https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/024.jpg024https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/017.jpg0172015-06-19T02:49:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/18/gone-in-a-morning-the-loss-of-the-waitara-riverbank-pohutukawa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/087.jpg087Once were trees. The new view from our town bridge https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/042.jpg042https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/053.jpg053https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/047.jpg047https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/043.jpg043https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/068.jpg068https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/0012.jpg001https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/0011.jpg001https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/091.jpg091Gone. The view from the lookout on Manukorihi Hill. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/049.jpg049Will this pretty scene downstream be allowed to remain? 2015-06-19T20:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/12/lavender-and-cricket/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/369.jpg369https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/345.jpg345https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/355.jpg355 Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' or plume thistle, I think. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/360.jpg360https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/373.jpg373This particular installation was a memorial but on theme https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/366.jpg366https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/365.jpg365https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/364.jpg364https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/368.jpg3682015-06-14T17:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/12/tikorangi-notes-june-11-2015-from-nerine-bowdenii-to-homeopathic-gins/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/001.jpg001Lovely in bloom, huge, but what is it? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/012.jpg012Blame the quail https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/007.jpg007https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/023.jpg023But at least I have red tamarillos on file https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/078.jpg078I lack a photo of passionfruit at the purple stage of ripening https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/011-2.jpg011 (2)The Kurume azaleas, underplanted with Cyclamen hederafolium 2015-06-13T21:00:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/06/01/tikorangi-notes-the-surprise-success-of-dried-persimmons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/025.jpg025Persimmons with Dahlia Orchid. How could I resist? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/018-2.jpg018 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/015.jpg015https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/016.jpg0162015-06-01T10:00:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/31/tikorangi-notes-the-virtues-of-little-green-apples/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/013.jpg013https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/011.jpg011Unripe windfall Granny Smiths https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/016.jpg016The latest efforts are ginger and tangelo marmalade (in apple base) and feijoa and passionfruit jam.2015-05-31T23:47:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/28/when-near-enough-is-not-far-enough/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/wisley-62.jpgWisley (62)"For I have seen the national rhubarb collection" https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/brevistyla-left-micropyhlla-right-4.jpgbrevistyla left, micropyhlla right (4)Camellia brevistyla left, microphylla right. They look mighty similar to us. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/0151.jpg015Anybody can raise seedlings of Black Tulip but are they then all worth naming? We think not. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/p1010249.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHoney Tulip top left with other named cultivars. Might we have seen this as a breakthrough in flower form? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/sparkling-burgundy-left-elfin-rose-right-8.jpgSparkling Burgundy left, Elfin Rose right (8)Sparkling Burgundy left, Elfin Rose right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/gay-border-left-navajo-right-1.jpgGay Border left, Navajo right (1)Gay Border on the left, Navajo to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/012.jpg0122015-05-28T21:02:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/21/her-last-butterfly-of-the-season/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/002.jpg002https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/018.jpg0182015-05-21T02:20:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/20/tramps-in-the-garden-trampolines-for-the-avoidance-of-doubt/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/img_20150520_0001.jpgIMG_20150520_0001The disused water tank stand which made the tramp twice the fun. I see from the date that our daughter was only 6 at this time. By modern standards, we clearly allowed our children to take physical risks. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/293.jpg293Attempting to hide the trampoline in a more aesthetically pleasing manner is more likely to ensure that it won't be used much. The spiky stumps on the hard trimmed hedge to the left looked downright dangerous to me. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/106.jpg106The modern safety version of the family trampoline is not going to have the life expectancy of the traditional design so grin and bear it 2015-05-20T00:35:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/20/late-bloomers-the-tree-dahlias-in-autumn/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/017-copy.jpg017 - CopyLeft to right: 'Chameleon" , 'Orchid' (both Hammett varieties), D. imperialis and an unnamed Hammett variety. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/005-copy.jpg005 - CopyTree dahlia 'Orchid', bred by Keith Hammett https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/022-copy.jpg022 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/003-copy.jpg003 - CopyDahlia imperialis Alba - soaring skywards as winter descends upon us https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/002-copy.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADahlia imperialis, my personal favourite2015-05-25T10:06:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/12/introducing-drum-roll-please-daphne-perfume-princess/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/the-eucomis-look.jpgThe eucomis lookhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/046.jpg046https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/015.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPerfume Princess to the left, centre is a large flowered D. odora 'Grace Stewart', right is a normal sized Daphne odora https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/050.jpg050Mark's Daphne Perfume Princess 2015-07-07T22:57:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/11/garden-lore-another-use-for-gingko-leaves/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/001-2.jpg001 (2)I had to burn books. so badly infested were they https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/ginkgo-3.jpgginkgo (3)Ginkgo leaves 2015-05-11T04:35:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/06/a-specious-and-fallacious-argument/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/059.jpg059The chainsaw brigade see the predominantly African planting in the foreground as being of more value than the established pohutukawa seen in the background https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/024.jpg024The trees behind are to be clear felled. Removed entirely. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/003.jpg003Native, but not native enough, some say 2015-05-06T00:53:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/05/05/human-design-vs-natures-ways/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/img_5661-copy.jpgIMG_5661 - CopyI lack many photos of bedding plant schemes, hence this one from Wisley. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/kairau-lodge-15-copy.jpgKairau Lodge (15) - CopyI have been waiting for an opportunity to use this photo - see the final paragraph below 2015-05-05T01:57:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/29/a-brief-diversionary-activity-for-moments-of-extreme-boredom/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/tikorangi-the-jury-garden-park-2.jpgTikorangi- The Jury Garden - park (2)Our own bridge, pre- Monet-ising https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/uk2014-400-copy.jpgUK2014 400 - CopyThe Monet bridge - one of two at Giverny https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/tikorangi3.jpgtikorangi3Monet-ish or Monet-esque. Perhaps. 2015-04-28T22:06:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/26/garden-adornment/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/0251.jpg025https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/021.jpg021https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/008.jpg008https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/019.jpg019https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/042.jpg042https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/hirst-cottage-3.jpgHirst Cottage (3)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/049.jpg049https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/0261.jpg026https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/029.jpg029https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/016.jpg0162015-04-25T22:12:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/22/garden-lore-the-autumn-trim-of-the-hellebores/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/0471.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/016-3.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-04-26T07:10:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/20/the-april-garden-vireya-rhododendrons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/jiminy-cricket-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Jiminy Cricket is another of Os Blumhardt’s hybrids and is a sister plant to Saxon Glow and Saxon Blush which are widely availablehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/os-blumhardt-seedling-copy.jpg??????????????????????????????? The late Os Blumhardt had a major breeding programme on vireyas and gave us a number of his seedlings, including this good performing one in our swimming pool garden. It is reliable and healthy rather than outstandingly showyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/macgregoriae-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????R. macgregoriae is still going strong in our garden after 60 yearshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/vireya-cuttings-are-easy-but-make-wounds-on-two-sides-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/r-konorii-seedling-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????R. konorii is a species with the desirable traits of large flowers, strong fragrance and heavy foliage but the resulting hybrids are not always easy to keep growing well. This is an unnamed one of Mark’s that is still doing well in our garden.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/pink-jazz-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Pink Jazz, one of Mark’s hybrids that is standing the test of time here as a healthy garden plant. It was named for our elder daughter, Jasmine, who had a passion for hot pink in her teen years.2015-04-19T20:45:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/14/an-understated-beauty-autumn-seed-heads/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/057.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/135.jpg???????????????????????????????Francoa and Hydrangea quercifolia 'Snowflake'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/111.jpg???????????????????????????????Sedum and miscanthus https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/128.jpg???????????????????????????????Phlomis russeliana at top, one of the echinops below https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/082.jpg???????????????????????????????Rhododendron sino nuttallii seed headhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/085.jpg???????????????????????????????The lovely Hibiscus trionum seed heads https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/064.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/052.jpg???????????????????????????????Cardoon! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/070.jpg???????????????????????????????Clematis at top, left to right rhododendron, Schima khasiana, Hibiscus trionum, Schizophragma hydrangeoides 2015-04-15T22:14:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/07/taonga-the-yellow-pohutukawa-on-the-waitara-river-bank/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/pohutukawa-letter.jpgPohutukawa letterhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/085-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/097.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/gift-from-motiti-island.jpg???????????????????????????????Metrosideros excelsa 'Aurea" or pōhutukawa in Waitara2015-04-07T06:03:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/05/more-harvest-than-festival/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/002-9.jpg???????????????????????????????I have even made Cape gooseberry jam again this year. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/0121.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-04-04T21:47:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/04/04/flowers-from-an-early-autumn-easter-weekend/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/030.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/043.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/033.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/024.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/009.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/013.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/047.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/012.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/026.jpg026https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/006.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-04-04T03:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/03/24/from-foxgloves-to-foxtail-lilies-eremurus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/img_5396-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The cutting or picking garden at Mount St John in Yorkshire https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/eremurus-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Eremurus - but in Yorkshire not Tikorangi 2015-03-25T04:48:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/03/23/schooling-the-foxgloves/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/005-21.jpg???????????????????????????????Seedling variation showing a white centre to the common purple https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/009.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/025-2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/003-3.jpg???????????????????????????????Common Digitalis purpurea seen here with Rhododendron Caroline Allbrook 2015-03-23T02:37:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/03/20/keeping-our-monarchs-at-home/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/giverny-144-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/015-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????We are working to establish the admirals in the garden, seen here feeding from Lycoris aurea last autumnhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/dsc02456-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Swan plants are the food source for monarch caterpillarshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/p1013485-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Joe Pye weed is a handy source of nectar for the monarch butterflies. We have always known Joe Pye as a eupatorium but it has now been renamed Eutrochium purpureum2015-03-29T20:36:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/03/16/garden-lore-another-tree-falls/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/017.jpg???????????????????????????????The folly of allowing trees to develop multi leaders https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/005-2.jpg???????????????????????????????Poor old Picea omorika 2015-03-15T23:44:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/03/15/tikorangi-notes-sunday-march-15-2015-mostly-about-saving-native-trees/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/016.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/052.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/038.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/127.jpg???????????????????????????????The Waitara #Pohutukawa23https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/035-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Foliage on our own kauri tree https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/033-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Our own kauri is but a young tree at 65 years https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/033-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Schefflera septulosa in flower 2015-03-14T22:55:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/03/06/bamboo-but-where-are-the-panda-bears/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/paloma-006.jpg???????????????????????????????Paloma Garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/129.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/133.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/126.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/338.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/334.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/013-2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/005.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/278.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/277.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-03-06T23:03:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/03/06/garden-lore-the-agapanthus-conundrum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/010.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/030.jpg030https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/065.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-03-06T16:20:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/23/despatches-from-heroic-garden-festival-3-gaudi-esque-meets-hollywood-glam/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/3251.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/319.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/318.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/329.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/326.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/328.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/331.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/325.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/311.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/309.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-02-23T00:42:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/20/february-in-the-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/068-copy.jpg068 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Baptisia and buddleia in the plantings designed by Penelope Hobhouse at Tintinhull, Somerset https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Geraniums, linaria and one of the white umbelliferous plants of the Queen Anne's Lace type at RHS Wisley Garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Giant allimns at Mount St John in Yorkshire 2015-02-20T01:14:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/19/not-exactly-italy-despatches-from-heroic-garden-festival-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/287.jpg???????????????????????????????The modern domestic reinterpretation on the other side of the world https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/italy2008-105.jpg???????????????????????????????The grand historic reality https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/italy2008-103.jpg???????????????????????????????Villa Cimbrone in Ravello on the Amalfi Coast https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/slide2.jpgslide2Villa del Balbianello on Lake Como https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/288.jpg???????????????????????????????More Miami than Italy in Auckland https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/italy2008-123.jpg???????????????????????????????The real deal in Italy https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/272.jpg???????????????????????????????Coleus, I regret to inform you, appear to be staging a comeback if what I saw in Auckland at the weekend is any guide 2015-02-18T19:38:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/11/lessons-from-the-tikorangi-gaslands/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/p1011862-copy1.jpg??????????????????????Save your home baking for friends and family https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/p1011862-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Save your home baking for friends and family https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/028-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/008-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Or it could be a behemoth of a modern site https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/014-copy.jpg014 - Copy"Just a single well. Probably." Or maybe not. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/017-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The way things used to be https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Some may be grateful for a hamper containing Bluebird salt and vinegar chips and housebrand Pam's Christmas mincemeat tarts https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/unnamed.jpgunnamedThe genie is well and truly out of the lamp. Flaring on Mangahewa E site down the road. Photo: Fiona Clark 2015-02-18T10:03:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2008/06/20/a-garden-with-a-view-in-italy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dsc00352.jpg???????????????????????????????Serendipity at the Palatine in Romehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/italy2008-106.jpg???????????????????????????????The Terrace of Infinity at Villa Cimbronehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dsc00251.jpg???????????????????????????????The ficus bid for total domination at Orto Botanicohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/dsc00241.jpg???????????????????????????????Plants in serried ranks at Orto Botanico2015-02-18T04:22:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/18/mid-summer-gardens-despatches-from-the-heroic-gardens-festival-1/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/020.jpg???????????????????????????????Eupatorium, salvias and gaura planted in generous swathes https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/101.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/081.jpg???????????????????????????????Cannas - not my favourite plant but they can be used well https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/087.jpg???????????????????????????????Old style amenity strip planting https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/022.jpg???????????????????????????????B I G swathes - here of asters, Joe Pye weed and cannas https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/040.jpg???????????????????????????????I won't be planting Rosa Tropical Delight https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/062.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/059.jpg???????????????????????????????The pondside wild garden at Auckland Botanic Gardens https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/224.jpg???????????????????????????????White cosmos in a front garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/110.jpg???????????????????????????????Underplanting on the orchard hillside - rudbeckia again 2015-02-18T08:12:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/16/something-to-see-here-garden-mirrors/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/373-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The bougainvilleas were repeated throughout the garden, carefully managed in small spaces and looking vibrant. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/362-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Thte trompe l'oiel of the world of garden mirrors https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/359-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Spot the mirror 1.2015-02-18T09:44:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/12/tikorangi-notes-thursday-12-february-2015-wildflowers-or-weeds/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/img_6013-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????More Bury Court. Is this not lovely? I think so. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/img_5990-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Who wouldn't covet the oast houses at Bury Court? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/024-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Pretty by the road to town. The convolvulus IS a strangling problem and agapanthus come in for a lot of criticism in NZ. 2015-02-12T21:34:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/08/tikorangi-notes-feb-8-2015-in-search-of-a-missing-tennis-ball/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/021.jpg???????????????????????????????I have removed a prodigious amount of material - to the left for compost, to the right to be chipped and then composted https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/001.jpg???????????????????????????????I have ALL the lilies https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/2013_0105carol0023-small.jpg2013_0105carol0023 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dsc01260-small.jpgDSC01260 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/dsc01258-small.jpgDSC01258 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/001-2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/029.jpg???????????????????????????????New dog Dudley lacked application when it came to searching for his missing tennis ball in the shrubbery 2015-02-08T00:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/02/08/plant-collector-z-is-for-habranthus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/026-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Habranthus. Not zephyranthes any longer. Apparently. 2015-02-09T03:22:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/30/the-utilitarian-washing-line-in-the-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-6-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-5-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-4-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-3-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-2-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-1-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-01-29T19:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/30/my-farewell-message-to-waikato-times-readers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/057-copy-copy.jpg057 - Copy - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/065-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-02-10T01:26:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/21/the-january-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/001-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Aforementioned JAUS https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/giverny-144-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/tiger-lily2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Orange tiger lilies growing through the espaliered apple trees https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/007-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Just another unnamed seedling (or JAUS, as we call them here) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/wisley-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The lily we scorned at Wisley https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/auratums-and-lobelia-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Auratums and pink lobelia2015-01-26T22:55:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/23/the-return-of-the-red-hot-poker/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/wildside-118-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????This attractive yellow and green kniphofia with much finer foliage fitted well in the looser plantings of Wildside Garden in Devonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/206-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Kniphofia combine well with the grasses much favoured in modern perennial plantings – seen here at the display gardens at Blooms of Bressingham in Norfolkhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/hilliers-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Kniphofia, combined here with tall growing Campanula lactiflora, in the classic, long herbaceous borders at Hilliers Arboretum in Hampshire last Junehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/003-2-copy.jpg??????????????????????????????? Maybe it is time to bring the red hot poker off the roadside and back into gardens as a valued plant2015-01-23T23:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/23/plant-collector-the-cream-poinsettia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/043-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-01-20T19:19:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/23/garden-lore-friday-23-january-2015/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/079-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-01-20T19:14:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/16/garden-lore-friday-16-january-2015/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/252-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/062-copy-copy.jpg062 - Copy - Copy2015-01-13T20:02:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/16/outdoor-classroom-twin-scaling/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-6-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-5-copy.jpgphoto 5 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-4-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-2-copy.jpgphoto 2 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/photo-1-copy.jpgphoto 1 - Copy2015-01-13T19:58:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/09/a-forest-of-cycads/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/212-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A carpet of bark, leaves and debris from the top layer of eucalypts creates conditions which discourage many other plantshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/205-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????In the wild, eucalypts and Macrozamia communis near the coast south of Sydney. Notice the lovely mottled bark on the gum treehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/201-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????I admit not everybody will find a woodland understory of native cycads exciting but we were pretty taken with this natural phenomenonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/149-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The macrozamia is equally popular as a garden plant2015-01-08T08:43:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/09/garden-lore-friday-9-january-2015/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/024-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2015-01-05T07:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/09/plant-collector-brachychiton/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/245-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/248-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Brachychiton - a showy Australian native 2015-01-05T07:37:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/20/december-in-the-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/007-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/abbie2-007-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/004-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/michaeljeans3047-copy.jpgmichaeljeans3047 - CopyKevin and Sharon - the reindeer - at the base of the toetoe Christmas tree 2014-12-20T08:01:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/14/solastalgia-the-story-of-our-corner-and-changing-times/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/014-2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/079.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/081.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/img_20141214_0001.jpgIMG_20141214_0001https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/img_20141214_0002.jpgIMG_20141214_00022014-12-28T17:02:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/12/saturday-morning-at-the-christmas-tree-farm/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/053-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Last year’s leftover trees, kept trimmed, now 4 ½ years old for those who want a super duper grade of tree and have wide enough doors to fit one insidehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/047-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????It was a hive of cheerful activity at the Christmas tree farmhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/051-copy-copy.jpg051 - Copy - CopyChoosing exactly the right tree was a family affair although the choice is Pinus radiata or Pinus radiatahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/044-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Max the Dalmatian posed amongst the pine trees destined to the 2015 crop for harvesting. These have yet to be trimmed to get the denser habit which is desirable.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/023-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A southern Christmas – the pine tree on the SUV roof against a background of blue summer skies and orange Mitre 10.2014-12-14T06:10:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/12/garden-lore-friday-19-december-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/005-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-14T06:08:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/12/plant-collector-higo-iris-and-primula-helodoxa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/011-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Down by the stream 2014-12-14T06:07:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/14/from-new-plymouth-new-zealand-to-plymouth-england/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/011.jpg???????????????????????????????The original Magnolia Iolanthe in our garden here last spring https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/img_20141214_0001-5.jpgIMG_20141214_0001 (5)2014-12-14T06:00:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/09/04/flowering-this-week-magnolia-iolanthe/2014-12-14T05:44:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/02/garden-decoration-2-contemporary-colour-and-bold-statements/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/006-insert-copy-copy.jpg006 insert - Copy - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/005-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/004-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/003-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/photo4-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/002.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/001-copy3.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-11T01:52:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2015/01/02/garden-lore-january-2-2015/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/007-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-11T01:42:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/26/stumperies-for-shaded-areas/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/001-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????Not our seat as you can probably tell from the dedication plaque to Miss Ruth Ezra who was, apparently, ‘Unique, Outstanding and Unforgettable’, but a fine example of a bench seat constructed from a weathered tree trunk. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/004-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????The addition of wood in this garden is for both decorative purposes but also to enable the soil levels to be built up so that plants will thrive despite competition from tree rootshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/005-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????The stumpery style can be adapted to narrow house borders on the shaded side and will give a low maintenance optionhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/003-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????This is fallen poplar and it has only taken a few short years for Nature to move back in and colonise what remains. Poplar is a soft wood that will break down quickly. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A recently fallen pine tree needed some chainsaw work to tidy up the remains but the trunk will be left to lie where it is and we will garden around ithttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/wisley-175-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-11T00:45:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/26/garden-lore-friday-26-december-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/033-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-11T00:33:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/19/oh-christmas-tree-oh-christmas-tree/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/006b-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/006a-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/003-insert-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/002b-copy.jpg002b - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/002a-copy.jpg002a - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/001-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-11T00:27:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/26/plant-collector-campanula/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/003-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-10T23:36:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/05/garden-lore-friday-5-december-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/marys-garden-15-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-10T02:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/05/garden-decoration-1-leaning-to-the-understated-look/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/photo-6-inset-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/photo-6-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-5-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-4-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-4-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-3-inset-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-3-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-2-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-1b-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-1a-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-12-10T01:59:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/12/19/garden-lore-a-flower-fairy-christmas/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/img_20140512_0002-copy.jpgIMG_20140512_0002 - CopyOur own little sweet pea fairy with her Nana Jury from three decades ago https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/015-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/001-copy.jpg001 - Copy2014-12-28T16:58:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/12/11/in-the-garden-december-11-2009/2014-12-01T22:48:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/28/treemageddon/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/029.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/025-2.jpg025 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/022-2.jpg022 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/023-2.jpg023 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/005-2.jpg005 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/004-2.jpg004 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/009-2.jpg009 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/003-2.jpg003 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/002-2.jpg002 (2)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/014-2.jpg014 (2)2014-11-28T22:35:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/28/when-less-may-be-more-restraint-with-focal-points/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/015-6-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Elfin Rose, cloud pruned in layers to give an accent pointhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/010-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????An outdoor seating area marooned forever as a focal point more than a social centrehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/093-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The tanalised pine gazebo is much favoured in New Zealand gardens, often as a focal pointhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/466-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????We lack a cricket pavilion in our garden. To build one, even as attractive as this one, would look sadly out of place herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/gresgarth-68-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Miscanthus and alliums gave a subtle end point to a long walk at Gresgarth2014-12-01T03:34:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/28/garden-lore-friday-28-november-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/puketarata-10-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The ha-ha as viewed from above - the near seamless connection to the wider landscape is what it is about https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/puketarata-7-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The ha-ha at Puketarata as viewed from below2014-11-27T20:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/28/plant-collector-strelitzia-reginae/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/strelitzia-regina-copy.jpgStrelitzia regina - CopyStrelitzia reginae or the bird of paradise 2014-11-27T20:07:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/19/the-november-garden-rose-time/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/cymbeline-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cymbeline, on of the David Austen roses https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/flower-carpet-appleblossom-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rose Flower Carpet Appleblossom https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/mme-plantier-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Mme Plantier, I understand https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/045-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-11-27T19:54:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/21/wildside-the-new-naturalism-in-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/dsc00911-small.jpgDSC00911 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/dsc00905.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-6-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-5-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-4-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-2-inset-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/photo-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-11-27T19:51:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/21/garden-lore-friday-21-nov-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/065-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Pretty little Orlaya grandiflora https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/img_6027-copy.jpgIMG_6027 - Copy2014-11-27T19:44:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/08/27/learning-from-the-old-country-the-appeal-of-traditional-english-crafts/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/p1012216-small.jpgFrom this (1950's concrete roof tiles)....From this (1950's concrete roof tiles)....2014-11-22T01:40:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/14/don-quixote-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/te-popo-copy.jpg??????????????????????????????? Te Popo is a cool climate, woodland garden on a large scale inland from Stratford with a romantic feel that I love. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/wildside-46-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Wildside in North Devon was different to any garden that we have seen and we were quite simply entranced by our visit. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/paradise-columns-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????These are only half the columns at Paradise. The other half of the crescent is already wreathed in plants as a completed section of colonnade. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/paloma-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Paloma is unique amongst New Zealand gardens in design, plant content and genuine creativity, aided the boundless energy of its owners. 2014-11-15T07:55:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2008/08/15/in-praise-of-plants/2014-11-14T05:55:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/14/plant-collector-davidia-involucrata/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/davidia-involucrata-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-11-14T03:01:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/14/garden-lore-friday-november-14-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/046-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Plastic stakes and ties - never a good look 2014-11-14T02:47:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/07/a-place-to-sit-and-contemplate/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-11-06T22:45:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/11/07/garden-lore-friday-november-7-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/geissorhiza-1-copy.jpggeissorhiza (1) - CopyDecidedly invasive geissorhiza https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/008-2-copy.jpg008 (2) - CopyDecidedly dangerous allium 2014-11-06T19:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/25/all-for-show-not-necessarily/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/img_5704-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????“Our Garden” by Andy Sturgeon – I wouldn’t mind this as my gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wisley-95-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The Rill Garden. I am sure it would have had many scatter cushions in its original inceptionhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wisley-94-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Perspex panels, no thank you. Dated already, as fashion items do. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/wisley-92-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The blue and yellow colour scheme is very “of the day”. I am reserving judgement on the stainless steelhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/img_5693-copy.jpgIMG_5693 - CopyEach garden has an information board in show garden style2014-11-02T06:53:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/31/all-about-roses-by-diana-sargeant/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/d68458bf-8598-4fc7-9e33-200637668d7c-copy.jpgd68458bf-8598-4fc7-9e33-200637668d7c - Copy2014-10-31T08:52:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/31/garden-lore-friday-31-october/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/002-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-31T08:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/31/romantic-gardens-part-2-the-grand-historic-and-famous/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/004-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????In the village of Giverny, even le chat français and le yellow plastic pot had a certain romantic charm in the evening light.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/005-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????The soft-edged naturalism, helped by French village style, showed romantic gardening at a very domestic level. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/003-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????Monet’s waterlily garden is charming enough, as long as you don’t mind sharing it with many strangers. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/002-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????There is nothing romantic at all about the latest, hard-edged modern garden addition at the Alhambra. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/001-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????The gardens at the Alhambra are re-creations. Not the gentlemen on the left, politely trying not to intrude on my photo. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/giverny-174-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-31T19:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/08/garden-lore-friday-february-8-2013/2014-10-27T09:24:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/22/banned-plants-in-new-zealand/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/flag-iris-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The days are numbered here for the yellow flag irishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/bangalow-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????We have not cut our bangalows out at this stage, but we are alarmed at their weed potential https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/016-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The offending Lilium formasanum 2014-10-27T09:22:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/11/windflower-romance/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/038.jpg038 The white Japanese anemone down the road looks better than the patch we have in our gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/022.jpg022Japanese anemones are commonly found in pinks and white although selections are being made to extend the colour range into lilac blueshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/033.jpg033Wind flowers are a personal marker of our wedding anniversary 2014-10-27T09:20:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/26/the-giverny-experience-monets-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/giverny-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The table d’hote dinner at our bed and breakfast was home-cooked rustic fare and particularly delicioushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/010-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????About the coaches... just a few and yes, some of these are parked two deep https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/uk2014-341-copy-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Entry to the garden includes entry to Monet’s house which is presented as it was in his dayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/giverny-150-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Almost Madonna-like in the garden, one of a small tribe of young women grooming the pelargoniums petal by petalhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/uk2014-330-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A rare sight - the garden not full of people https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/uk2014-400-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The iconic bridge at Giverny is recognisable from many Monet paintings.2014-10-27T07:26:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/24/for-those-in-need-of-a-little-support/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/006-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/005-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/004-insert-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/004-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/003-insert-copy.jpg003 insert - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/002-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/001-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-23T21:37:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/24/garden-lore-friday-24-october-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/068-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-23T21:05:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/24/plant-collector-doronicum-orientale/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/049-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/048-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Doronicum orientale, not as was fixed in my mind, a geronicum 2014-10-23T20:57:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/20/the-october-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/floral-legacy-bud-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Floral Legacy in bud https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/034-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The nuttalliis! Oh the nuttalliis! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/008-11-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The glory of the sino nuttallii rhododendrons https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/046-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Thrips! https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/barbara-jury-6-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rhododendron Barbara Jury - one of Felix's hybrids 2014-10-21T01:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/17/the-romantic-garden-part-1/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gresgarth-13-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????It wasn’t all pastel and white at Gresgarth. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gresgarth-22-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Gresgarth offered many small pictures of subtle detail.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/img_5547-copy.jpgIMG_5547 - CopyI think it was the gardener’s cottage in days gone by, located in the walled garden. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gresgarth-54-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Good bones help but the contrast of plants and the simplicity of the daisies would work even without the hall in the background.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gresgarth-41-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/gresgarth-37-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????How romantic is this? Artfully simple placement in the long grass of the arboretum at Gresgarth 2014-10-31T19:20:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/17/garden-lore-friday-17-october-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/lepperton-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-17T02:05:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/17/the-splendour-of-the-tree-by-noel-kingsbury/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/58195.jpg581952014-10-16T18:51:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/10/13714/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/awanui-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-12T02:54:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/10/stepping-up-and-stepping-down/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/003.jpg003https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/002-inset-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-10-12T02:49:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/10/plant-collector-kerria-japonica-pleniflora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/10/kerria-japonica-pleniflora-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Kerria japonica 'Pleniflora'2014-10-12T09:07:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/03/peak-bluebell/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/mostly-te-popo-014-copy.jpgMostly Te Popo 014 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/020-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Bluebells and very fragrant jonquil species are both originally from Spain.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/019-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Bottom left, clockwise: Spanish bluebells in blue, white and pink, allegedly English bluebells, blue lachenalias and grape hyacinths – muscari – which some people mistakenly refer to as bluebells.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/mostly-te-popo-035-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Bluebells beneath deciduous trees at Te Popohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/mostly-te-popo-067-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Flynn the dog did not show a great deal of respect for the Te Popo bluebells, alas 2014-10-13T22:37:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/03/garden-lore-witches-broom/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/witches-broom-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Indubitably witches broom, not two trees 2014-10-02T18:36:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/10/03/pink-bluebells/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/030-3.jpg???????????????????????????????Pink Hyacinthoides almost certainly hispanica - I picked them because the light conditions were not good enough for the row multiplying in the old vegtable garden to be photographed 2014-10-02T18:34:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/26/established-espalier/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wisley-84-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wisley-83-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/005-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/img_5390-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wisley-77-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wisley-75-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/gresgarth-58-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wisley-86-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-09-25T23:02:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/26/garden-lore-friday-26-september/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/uk2014-212-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-09-25T23:00:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/20/petal-carpets-the-garden-in-september/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wildside-77-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Wildside in North Devon was the one that excited us most https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/eyestopper-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rhododendron 'Eyestopper' https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/022-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia Iolanthe https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/dsc01423-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Petal carpets are a second delight 2014-09-20T13:35:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/19/plant-collector-magnolia-iolanthe/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/iolanthe2-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/014-2-copy.jpgThe inimitable Magnolia IolantheThe inimitable Magnolia Iolanthe 2014-09-18T23:53:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/19/garden-lore-friday-19-september-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/021-copy.jpg021 - Copy2014-09-18T23:38:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/19/points-of-interest/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/img_5584-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Clipped accent plants give form in this garden which has predominantly loose herbaceous plantings and grassy meadows. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/uk2014-192-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Often referred to as “pudding trees”, these Chamaecyparis give structure in the otherwise informal cottage garden made by Margery Fish at East Lambook Manorhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/img_6037-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Pyramids on stilts give an accent point, a breathing space between two very different gardens. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/gresgarth-29-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????While the topiary bird may be beyond the amateur, the sharp lines give contrast to the informal plantings and design. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/giverny-34-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????In an otherwise undistinguished garden, these clipped hummocks gave real impact. 2014-09-17T09:39:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/12/garden-lore-friday-12-september/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/008-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-09-11T21:12:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/12/at-the-stake/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/005-copy.jpg005 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-09-11T21:09:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/05/the-cottage-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/centaurea-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A yellow thistle relative – likely one of the centaurea family. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/santolina-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Santolinas are a cottage garden standard. There is one selected by Margery Fish named ‘Lambrook Silver’, though whether this is it, I do not know. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/uk2014-163-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cottage gardening is about combinations both deliberate and by chance – in this case a vetch and a broom.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/uk2014-155-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Convolvulus to the left, periwinkle to the right, plump marshmallow dog in the middle. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/morgan-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The current owner likes yellow convertibles. This is a Morgan, though apparently reproduction. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/uk2014-176-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????East Lambrook Manor House has sections dating back 600 years and a garden dating back to the late 1930s2014-09-12T09:45:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/05/plant-collector-romneya-coulteri/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/wisley-132-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Romneya coulteri - the Californian tree poppy 2014-09-04T19:32:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/09/05/the-1-minute-gardener-by-fabian-capomolla-and-mat-pember/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/9781743517000.jpg97817435170002014-09-04T19:30:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/29/garden-lore-friday-29-august-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/giverny-15-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Clipped rather than pleached but certainly on stilts 2014-08-28T21:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/29/dig-deeper-by-meredith-kirton/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/dig-deeper.jpgdig-deeper2014-08-28T19:46:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/29/sit-down-why-dont-you/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/006-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-09-17T10:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/29/backyard-bees-a-guide-for-the-beginner-beekeeper/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/backyard-bees.jpgbackyard-bees2014-09-01T23:22:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/27/tikorangi-roads-traffic-and-about-that-speed-limit/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/10407252.jpg10407252Photo credit: Taranaki Daily News. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/020.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/019.jpg019https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/015.jpg015Photo: Fiona Clark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/014.jpg014Photo: Fiona Clark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/013.jpg013Photo: Fiona Clark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/012a.jpg012aPhoto: Fiona Clark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/012.jpg012Photo: Fiona Clark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/011.jpg011Photo: Fiona Clark https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/010.jpg010Photo: Fiona Clark 2014-08-28T03:07:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/22/a-host-of-golden-narcissi/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/naturalising-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Some narcissi are better than others when it comes to naturalising. We are having some success with the cyclamineus types. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/beryl-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Narcissus ‘Beryl’ has yet to open her flowers this season but is another reliable performer amongst the dwarf narcissi. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/038-copy.jpg??????????????????????????????? Left to right: All dwarf varieties. N. bulbodium citrinus (the bright yellow form flowers later in the season), N. cyclamineus (or close to that species with its fine form and swept back skirt), ‘Twinkle’ showing its cyclamineus genes. Fourth along is ‘Twilight’ which we regard as an exceptional performer with a long flowering season, comparable to the world renowned ‘Tete a Tete’ to its right. Finally are the first two flowers to open on what we think is ‘Jetfire’. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/037-copy-copy.jpg037 - Copy - CopyLeft to right: An old, scented double variety often found in paddocks and around homesteads even today. The closest bloom I could find to a King Alfred type in our garden this week is this larger flowered cultivar with classic trumpet (corona) and skirt but in lemon. Third along is what is often called a jonquil with its delicious scent, but it is actually a N. tazetta hybrid which we think is ‘Soleil d’Or’. Next to it is one of my favourites, the fragrant N x ‘Odorus’ which is believed to be a natural jonquilla hybrid (crossed with psuedonarcissus). Finally on the right is ‘Peeping Tom’, rated a dwarf variety though somewhat larger in size than most dwarves. It is a remarkably reliable performer. 2014-08-21T21:17:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/22/100-best-native-plants-for-new-zealand-gardens-by-fiona-eadie/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/9781775536512.jpg97817755365122014-08-21T21:01:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/20/floral-skypaper-the-garden-in-august/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/magnolia-felix-jury-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia Felix Jury https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/fairy-magnolia-white-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Mark's new 'Fairy Magnolia White'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/best-one-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/cyclamineus-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/theatre-of-the-banana-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-08-20T01:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/15/garden-lore-friday-15-august/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_5764-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-08-14T20:46:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/08/grasses-anyone/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/wildside-12-copy.jpg??????????????????????????????? These are New Zealand grasses, seen at their best in a North Devon garden, Wildside https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/pettifers-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The shimmering Stipa tenuissima, seen here with alliums, but not a good choice for New Zealand where it has already been determined an invasive varietyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_6049-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Mark, standing in the elegant grass garden at Bury Courthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_5625-copy-copy.jpgIMG_5625 - Copy - CopyStipa gigantea looks ethereal seen here with phlomis but it looks equally ethereal in everybody else's gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/515-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rivers of a grass at Scampston - a little too conceptual for our gardening taste2014-08-13T21:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/08/plant-collector-hellebore-annas-red/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????We are very impressed by Hellebore 'Anna's Red' 2014-08-07T20:48:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/08/garden-lore-friday-8-august-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_6170-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Great nursery plants - the autumn-toned heucheras look so interesting in the garden centre but I have yet to see them perform as garden plants https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/img_6170.jpgIMG_6170https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/wisley-8-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Neither spray damaged nor sickly - just had to use well 2014-08-07T20:35:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/01/garden-lore-friday-august-1-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/014-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-08-01T01:21:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/08/01/modern-directions-in-perennial-planting-patterns/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/007-copy.jpg007 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/006-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/005-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/004-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/003-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/002-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/001-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-08-01T00:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/25/plant-collector-carpenteria-californica/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/carpenteria-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Carpenteria californica - but in Yorkshire, not Tikorangi 2014-07-24T20:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/25/garden-lore-friday-25-july-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/img_5634-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-07-24T19:42:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/21/pink-white-parade/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/leucojum-vernum-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/galanthus-s-arnott-again-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Galanthus S. Arnotthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/magnolia-lanarth-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia Lanarth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/first-blooms-on-vulcan-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia Vulcan https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/m-campbellii-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia campbellii 2014-07-21T07:03:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/18/edging-garden-borders/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-07-17T21:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/18/garden-lore-friday-july-18-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/giverny-205-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-07-17T19:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/14/westward-ho/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/038-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/luculia-fragrant-pearl.jpg???????????????????????????????Luculia Fragrant Pearlhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/patio-maple.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-07-14T23:07:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/11/plant-collector-fuchsia-boliviana/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/fuchsia-boliviana-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rewarding but a weed here - Fuchsia boliviana 2014-07-09T08:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/11/a-retirement-garden-from-scratch/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/027-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Ann and Maurice were keeping their intensively gardened areas close to the house - very close for these areas under cover https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/005-copy2.jpg???????????????????????????????Scatter pavers in the middle of wide borders to give somewhere to stand when tending to the sections that can't be reached from the side (this one in my garden) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/028-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The garden owners know exactly what they like and how they want their new garden to look 2014-07-09T07:52:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/11/garden-lore-friday-11-july-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/101-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-07-25T06:18:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/04/digging-and-dividing-clivias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/006-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/005-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/004-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/003-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/002-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/001-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-09-30T06:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/07/04/garden-lore-friday-4-july-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/027-5-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-07-03T20:12:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/27/plant-collector-rhododendron-augustinii/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/r-augustinii-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rhododendron augustinii 2014-06-26T20:56:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/27/my-tree-will-stop-growing-when-it-reaches-3-metres-wont-it/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/009-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A mature Camellia Tiny Star makes an almost perfect small tree but it takes many years to get therehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/dsc01398-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia Iolanthe is not going to stop growing when it has reached 2 or 3 metreshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/williams-st-cambridge-copy.jpgWilliams St, Cambridge - CopyThis ginkgo tree on the corner of Hall and Williams Streets in Cambridge gives lie to the 2.5 metre claim, though it is over 10 years of age. (Photo: Michael Jeans) 2014-06-26T20:55:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/27/garden-lore-friday-27-june-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/002-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-06-26T20:51:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/20/retaining-walls/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/007-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-06-19T21:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/20/garden-lore-june-20-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/007-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-06-19T21:01:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/13/garden-lore-friday-13-june-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/027.jpg027Kereru in the apple trees2014-06-15T01:20:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/13/plant-collector-narcissus-bulbocodium-var-citrinus-pandora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/n-bulbocodium.jpgN bulbocodiumNarcissus bulbocodium var. citrinus ‘Pandora’2014-06-12T19:37:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/13/a-fossil-but-very-much-alive-ginkgo-biloba/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/lindsay-park-pope-terrace-leamington-copy.jpg????????????????????????????????????Trees take a while to mature and take on their final form but the usual conical shape can be seen developing in this tree which is in Lindsay Park in Leamingtonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/gil-lumb-park-pope-terrace-leamington.jpg??????????????????????????????????????????Ginkgo leaves have a distinctive fan shape. These are on a tree in the Gil Lumb Park in Leamington. The foliage has long been used in traditional Asian medicine, particularly for its alleged memory enhancing benefits.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/gil-lumb-park-pope-terrace-leamington-3432.jpg??????????????????????????????????????????With so many ginkgos planted in the area, there are sufficient specimens of both male and female trees to get consistent crops of the nuts. While the outer casing emits a deeply unpleasant odour, the inner kernel is prized in traditional Chinese cuisine.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/cambrian-lodge-motel-hamilton-road-cambridge.jpg????????????????????????????????????????????At the front of the Cambrian Lodge Motel in Cambridge on the main road to Hamilton, this ginkgo has been a remarkable sight for many years. Its wide spreading habit of growth belies the usual pyramidal form and may possibly be a result of having been topped and trimmed over several years earlier in its life. 2014-06-12T19:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2007/01/17/abbies-column-3/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/1024px-yellowpohutukawa.jpg1024px-YellowPohutukawaThe Waitara riverbanks are also home to the oldest yellow pohutakawa on the mainland 2014-06-11T01:53:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/23/garden-lore-friday-may-23-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/025.jpg025Vegetable time bombs, we call them2014-06-09T08:33:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/06/garden-lore-friday-6-june-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/004.jpg004The death spiral2014-06-07T11:49:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/06/fencing-options-for-urban-gardens-probably-part-1-of-several/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/006.jpg006https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/005-alternate.jpg005 alternatehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/0041.jpg004https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/003.jpg003https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/002.jpg002https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/001.jpg0012014-06-06T05:18:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/06/02/autumn-bulbs/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/mostly-mulches-001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/033-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Ornamental oxalishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/030-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cyclamen hederafoliumhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/p1011150-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Nerines sarniensis hybridshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/001-7-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Colchicum autumnale https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/023-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Haemanthus coccineushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/045-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Moraea polystachya - the autumn flowering peacock iris 2014-06-02T04:30:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/30/farewell-to-the-trees/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/0251.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/024.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/2012-12-16-1658.jpg2012-12-16-1658Imagine the lake scene at Te Ko Utu in Cambridge Domain without big treeshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/2014-05-27-10-56-17.jpg2014-05-27 10.56.17What would Cambridge be like without its street trees like these on Taylor (Photo: Michael Jeans) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/060.jpg060To the left has been “beautified”. To the right are the 60 year old trees to be clear-felled for more such “beautification”2014-06-14T05:04:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/30/garden-lore-friday-30-may-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/044.jpg044Tightly clipped azalea hedge 2014-05-29T08:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/30/plant-collector-sasanqua-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/0281.jpg0282014-05-29T08:04:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/12/31/tikorangi-notes-december-31-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/p1013221-small.jpgThe colours of a New Zealand Christmas - at least in the upper half of the North IslandThe colours of a New Zealand Christmas - at least in the upper half of the North Island2014-05-28T10:24:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/01/14/the-new-zealand-garden-is-there-such-a-thing/2014-05-28T10:22:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/07/repetition-unifying-a-garden-or-downright-dull/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/023-copy.jpgIf you are determined to unify through repeat planting, at least pick something with bragging rights - desirable dark red trilliums, perhapsIf you are determined to unify through repeat planting, at least pick something with bragging rights - desirable dark red trilliums, perhaps2014-05-28T10:14:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/23/outdoor-classroom-multiplying-succulents/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/photo-6.jpgPhoto 6https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/photo-5.jpgPhoto 5https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/photo-4.jpgPhoto 4https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/photo-3.jpgPhoto 3https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/photo-2.jpgPhoto 2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/photo-1.jpgPhoto 12014-05-23T10:05:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/21/singing-the-praises-of-blue-flowers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/005-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Moraea villosa or peacock iris https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/dsc02193-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cordyline strictahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/010-9-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Meconopsis or Himalayan blue poppyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/026-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Iris sibiricahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/daphne-genkwa-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Daphne genkwahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/dsc02324-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Jacaranda mimosifoliahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/052-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Nigella damascenshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/eryngium-planum-copy.jpgEryngium planum - CopyEryngium planumhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/010-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-05-21T00:23:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/16/garden-lore-friday-16-may-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/090.jpg090Simple base boards add a finishing touchhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/088.jpg088A little detailing can make a huge differencehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/086.jpg086The brutality of the utility wooden fence2014-05-23T21:03:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/16/plant-collector-medlar-mespilus-germanica/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/032.jpg032The medlar - probably better as an ornamental than for its harvest2014-05-15T20:15:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/16/the-good-and-the-bad-of-gardening-suburbia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/podocarpus-henkelii.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAAlas, the Podocarpus henkelii I saw have no chance to ever reach this staturehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/little-gem.jpgLittle GemEven Magnolia Little Gem drops leaves2014-05-24T01:12:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/09/garden-lore-friday-9-may-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/unidentified_fungi_59691.jpgUnidentified_Fungi_5969Armillaria hinnulea - one of three species we have in NZ (photo Wiki Commons)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/unidentified_fungi_5969.jpgUnidentified_Fungi_5969 Armillaria hinnulea - one of three species we have in NZ (photo Wiki Commons) 2014-05-11T08:30:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/09/autumn-hues/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/006-fairy-magnolia-blush.jpg006 Fairy Magnolia Blushhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/005-soloman-seal.jpg005 Soloman Sealhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/004-taxodium.jpg004 taxodiumhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/005-patio-maple.jpg005 patio maplehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/002-prunus.jpg002 prunushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/001-grape.jpg001 grapehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/012.jpg0122014-05-09T00:43:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/02/garden-lore-friday-may-2-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/sweetheart.jpgSweetheartMagnolia Sweetheart (AGM) 2014-05-04T02:41:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/02/the-fascination-of-fungi/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/0471.jpg047A bracket fungus, though which one we do not knowhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/003-2.jpg003 (2)We have no idea of the name of this delicate fungal growth in the base of a pine conehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/010-2.jpg010 (2)Common-basket stinkhorn (Ileodictyon cibarium)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/005-2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe story book scarlet flycap mushroomhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/001-2.jpg001 (2)A parasol mushroom, though not, I think, the popular edible shaggy parasol2014-05-11T08:40:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/05/02/plant-collector-nerine-pudica/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/nerine-pudica-2.jpgNerine pudica (2)Nerine pudica 2014-05-04T02:27:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/28/the-jury-camellia-legacy/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/pearly-cascade-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Pearly Cascade (Mark Jury) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/fairy-blush-hedge-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Fairy Blush (Mark Jury) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/fairy-blush-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Fairy Blush (Mark Jury) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/rose-bouquet-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Rose Bouquet (Felix Jury) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mimosa-jury-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Mimosa Jury (Felix Jury)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/dream-boat-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Dream Boat (Felix Jury) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/jurys-yellow-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Jury's Yellow (Les Jury) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/jurys-pearl-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Jury's Pearl https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/volunteer-copy.jpg??????????????????????Camellia Volunteer (Mark Jury) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/itty-bit-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia Itty Bit (Felix Jury) 2014-04-28T06:59:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/25/garden-lore-friday-25-april-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/048.jpg0482014-04-28T21:36:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/25/outdoor-classroom-sowing-seed-in-trays/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/photo-6.jpgPhoto 6https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/photo-5.jpgPhoto 5https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/photo-4.jpgPhoto 4https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/photo-3.jpgPhoto 3https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/photo-2.jpgPhoto 2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/photo-1.jpgPhoto 12014-04-25T01:38:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/17/an-easter-legend-the-glastonbury-thorn/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/glastonbury_abbey_lady_chapel_c1900.jpgGlastonbury_Abbey_Lady_Chapel_c1900An impossibly romantic view from 1900 of the Lady Chapel in the ruins of the once powerful Glastonbury Abbey https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/glastonbury_9589-1.jpgGlastonbury_9589 (1)Crataegus monogyna 'Biflora" - quite possibly descended from the original plant referred to as the Glastonbury thorn but probably unrelated to Joseph of Arimatheahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/032.jpg032I went looking for the Glastonbury thorn but it was not to be found at St Mary's cathedral after all2014-04-16T20:32:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/13/future-new-zealand-the-simon-bridges-and-national-government-vision/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/036.jpg036https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/10104-p1060757-motunui.jpg10104 P1060757-MotunuiMotonui (photo by Fiona Clark)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/turangi-a.jpgTurangi Ahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mckee.jpgMcKeeMcKee (photo by Fiona Clark)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/waitara-valley.jpgWaitara Valleyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/motunui.jpgMotunuiMotonui (photo by Fiona Clark) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/mangahewa-d-19-02-2014.jpgMangahewa-D-19-02-2014-Mangahewa D (photo: Fiona Clark)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/pouri-a1.jpgPouri AThis is little Pouri A, up the road. The way things used to be2014-04-14T01:13:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/11/plant-collector-hibiscus-probably-trionum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/003-copy.jpg003 - CopyHibiscus probably trionum2014-04-10T20:37:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/11/garden-lore-friday-11-april-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/002-copy.jpg002 - Copy2014-04-10T20:26:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/04/autumn-seed/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/agapanthus.jpgagapanthusAgapanthus - weed or wildflower? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/arisaema.jpgarisaemaArisaema seed head, in this case A. tortuosumhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/pachystegia-rufa.jpgPachystegia rufaPachystegia rufahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/clematis.jpgclematisClematis tanguticahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/phlomis.jpgphlomisPhlomis russelianahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/fennel.jpgfennelFennel - foeniculum vulgare2014-04-03T22:19:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/04/04/garden-lore-friday-april-4-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/001.jpg001https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/002.jpg002https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/047.jpg0472014-04-04T04:08:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/28/what-price-public-accountability-and-garden-reviews/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/1280px-rousham_house_4.jpg1280px-Rousham_House_4Rousham House (photo credit Grahamec via Wikimedia Commons)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/from-laptop-256.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAWe were underwhelmed in every way by this overseas garden so I prefer not to identify it or write about ithttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/035.jpg035We put the closed sign up late last year2014-03-27T20:26:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/28/plant-collector-amaranthus-caudatus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/027.jpg027Amaranthus caudatus - Love Lies Bleeding2014-03-27T19:31:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/28/garden-lore-friday-28-march-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/001-5.jpg001 (5)2014-03-27T18:28:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/21/garden-lore-friday-21-march-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/0581.jpg0582014-03-20T20:45:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/21/outdoor-classroom-layering-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photo-6.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photo-5.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photo-4.jpgphoto 4https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photo-3.jpgphoto 3https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photo-2.jpgphoto 2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/photo-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-03-20T20:36:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/14/continuing-the-quest-to-get-to-grips-with-perennials/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/uk09-066.jpgUK09 066The yellow perennial bay at Hyde Hall, the RHS garden north of Londonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/uk09-112.jpgUK09 112The long border at Great Dixter in England is regarded as a classic example of its typehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/041.jpg041Perennial beds at Auckland Botanic Gardens - white gaura with eupatorium and a salvia.2014-03-14T08:27:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/14/garden-lore-friday-14-march-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/016.jpg0162014-03-14T07:24:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/14/plant-collector-chaenomeles/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/022.jpg0222014-03-14T07:17:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/03/07/perennials-for-late-summer-colour/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/canna.jpgcannaShowy not subtle, the cannashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/dahlia-bishop-of-llandaff.jpgDahlia Bishop of LlandaffDahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/asters.jpgastersThis aster is a lovely colour but it needs lifting and dividing every year or twohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/coreopsis-moonbeam.jpgCoreopsis MoonbeamCoreopsis 'Moonbeam' flowers for a long time through summer without needing deadheadinghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/sedums.jpgsedumsSedums - good bee and butterfly food https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/kniphofia.jpgkniphofiaKniphofia - worth a second look 2014-03-06T19:38:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/21/gardening-101-dividing-perennials/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/0061.jpg006https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/005.jpg005https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/004.jpg004https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/003.jpg003https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/002.jpg002https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/001.jpg0012014-02-27T19:40:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/28/garden-lore-friday-21-february-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/0511.jpg0512014-02-27T21:42:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/28/plant-collector-dietes-grandiflora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/017-copy.jpg017 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/062.jpg0622014-02-27T19:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/28/the-folly-of-the-quest-for-garden-perfection/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/043.jpg043Cyclamen hederfolium give pretty flowers from summer through autumn and carpet of attractive foliage until mid springhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/0501.jpg050How ironic that I still went searching for a photograph to show the garden bed looking good - but had to settle for Spike the dog creating a dust bath in the reworked ground covers. This is a long way from the mental image I have of what it is to look like. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/dsc01736.jpgDSC01736Rhodohypoxis are to be in drifts, not clumps, thank you.2014-02-27T19:26:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/04/15/in-the-garden-this-week-friday-15-2011/2014-02-16T08:37:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/14/rather-too-much-winter-firewood-has-arrived/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/051.jpg051At least when the gum tree fell over, it ripped its roots out. A brave clump of clivias is unscathed. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/015.jpg015 We have pine cones for eternity here. Or at least several years. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/009.jpg009The latest pine to fall, failed to snap off cleanly, maybe 6 metres up. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/006.jpg006Over the decades, the angle of lean increased past the point of balance. After 80 years, these two pines fell.2014-02-13T20:32:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/14/plant-collector-corymbia-ficifolia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/026.jpg026Techically Corymbia ficifolia but more commonly known as the flowering gum2014-02-13T19:52:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/14/garden-lore-february-14-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/005-2.jpg005 (2)2014-02-13T19:48:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/07/plant-collector-agave-attenuata/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/098.jpg098Agave attenuata growing in the Auckland Regional Botanic Gardens2014-02-06T20:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/07/garden-lore-friday-7-february-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/023.jpg0232014-02-06T20:31:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/02/07/a-very-public-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/052.jpg052It is impossible to get everything right all of the time. The sign by this sad plant read “Better than box. Little leaves and lots of new growth from the base make Hebe ‘Wiri Mist’ a great little hedge.” I think not.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/084.jpg084Always a sucker for the duckshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/050.jpg050Clipped Muehlenbeckia astonii and nikau palms show native plants are not boring at allhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/082.jpg082Shimmering grasses in the lightest of breezes. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/02/096.jpg096I politely admired two, elderly, plump chihuahuas (not corgis)2014-02-10T08:50:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/31/garden-style/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/abbie1-037.jpgAbbie1 037Meadow gardening and a return to a more natural style is evident in UK gardens, less so here.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/p1012562.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMore about wealth and power than plants - the Alhambra in Spainhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/mark4-040.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASissinghurst of course - the inspiration for many, many gardens in NZhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/069-2.jpg069 (2)2014-01-30T20:16:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/31/plant-collector-streptocarpus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/061.jpg061https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/069.jpg069streptocarpus hybrids - woodland bedding for mild climates2014-01-30T18:44:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2005/11/19/large-gardens-small-gardens-and-silver-beet/2014-01-29T21:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/31/garden-lore-friday-jan-31-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/photo-3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2014-01-29T07:27:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/24/garden-lore-friday-24-january-2014/2014-01-23T23:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/24/january-bulbs-for-mid-summer/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/crinum-moorei.jpgCrinum mooreiCrinum mooreihttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/gladiolus.jpggladiolusGladiolushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/gloriosa-superba.jpgGloriosa superbaGloriosa superbahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/auratum-lily.jpgauratum lilyAuratum lilieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/scadoxus-katherinae.jpgScadoxus katherinaeScadoxus multiflorus ssp katherinaehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/worsleya.jpgWorsleyaThe prized worsleya 2014-01-23T23:28:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/24/plant-collector-tigridia-pavonia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/056.jpg056Tigridia pavonia - missing the scarlet red one we have which had no flowers open on the day2014-01-23T00:11:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/17/climbing-and-clambering-clematis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/023-8.jpg023 (8)Two named varieties. I just don't have the names any more.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/002-13.jpg002 (13)An unnamed blue seedling that has settled down happily in a mixed borderhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/007-15.jpg007 (15)What we have as the tried and true "Nellie Moser" although it may be a seedling rather than the real thinghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/0141.jpg014A selection of clematis which are still flowering in the garden, including two of the decorative seed heads2014-01-17T01:12:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/17/plant-collector-crocosmia-lucifer/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/034.jpg034Red Crocosmia 'Lucifer' with yellow anigozanthus2014-01-16T20:52:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/17/garden-lore-friday-17-january-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/018.jpg018A wonderful blue but don't trust this commelina in NZ2014-01-16T20:43:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/13/welcome-to-2014-tikorangi/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/kowhai-b-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/turangi-c-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/manga-e.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/0081.jpg008https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/026.jpg026https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/me-from-stockman-rd-14-12-1.jpgME-from-Stockman-rd-14-12-1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/m-c-kowhai-c-stakes-m-c-in.jpgM-c-Kowhai-C-stakes-M-c-in-https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/kowhai-c.jpgKowhai-c-https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/kc-from-opp-kb-on-foremans.jpgKC-from-opp-Kb-on-foremanshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/kowhai-c-from-me-site.jpgKowhai-c-from-ME-site2014-01-17T00:27:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/10/the-answer-truly-lies-in-the-soil/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/008.jpg008https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/005-2.jpg005 (2)2014-01-10T23:46:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/10/garden-lore-friday-10-january-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/rhubarb-and-sago.jpgRhubarb and sagoSago!2014-01-09T19:23:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/10/plant-collector-aurelian-lilies/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/014.jpg014The lovely Aurelian lily hybrids2014-01-09T19:17:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/08/about-the-butterflies-and-the-bees/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/014-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Single and semi double blooms offer the most to both bees and butterflieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/aphids-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Nasty yellow aphidshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/abbie-sanvitalia-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Monarchs, the most rewarding common butterfly on offer in this countryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/009-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Single flowers like the white cosmos and semi doubles like the aster provide pollen and nectar2014-01-04T22:07:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/30/what-about-land-farms-then/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/brown-rd-lined-pond.jpgBrown-Rd-lined-pondThis pit was at least lined but still unfenced. Is this the fracking fluids?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/brown-rd-pit-b.jpgBrown-rd-pit-BUnlined and unfenced. What is this liquid on the Brown Road *land farm*?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/0121.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/0112.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/0101.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/009.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/008-1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/007.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/006.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/005.jpg???????????????????????????????2014-01-03T06:23:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/03/new-years-gardening-resolutions-for-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/009.jpg009Plant food for the bees. Collectively, gardeners can make a differencehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/011-copy.jpg011 - CopySingle flowers with visible pollen and stamens feed the bees and indeed the butterflieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/004-2.jpg004 (2)We are encouraging clover back into our lawns. It stays green, doesn't need mowing as often and feeds the bees2014-01-02T19:38:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/03/garden-lore-friday-january-3-2014/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/japanese-black-trifele-tomato.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAJapanese black trifele tomatoes2014-01-02T19:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2014/01/03/plant-collector-justicia-carnea-alba/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2014/01/050.jpg050The white candles of Justicia carnea alba2014-01-04T07:22:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/27/toxic-plants-and-natural-remedies/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/047.jpg047Most of the alocasias are toxic but this one particularly so. We are cautious handling it in the garden https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/042.jpg042Brunfelsia, or the Yesterday Today Tomorrow plant, is highly toxic to dogs but fortunately few dogs eat flowers.2013-12-26T18:40:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/27/garden-lore-friday-27-december-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/045.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-12-26T18:38:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/27/plant-collector-pachystegia-insignis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/pachystegia-insignis.jpgPachystegia insignisPachystegia insignis - one of our loveliest native plants2013-12-26T18:37:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/04/big-ideas-for-small-gardens-clever-ways-to-enhance-new-zealand-outdoor-spaces/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/003.jpg0032013-12-22T23:04:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/20/plant-collector-nerium-oleander/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/099.jpg099Oleanders - internationally popular for harsh growing conditions2013-12-19T20:16:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/20/garden-lore-friday-20-december/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/103.jpg1032013-12-19T20:14:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/20/ideas-for-very-small-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/096.jpg096Simplicity, formality and immaculate presentation gave kerb appeal although there is little to appeal to the creative gardenerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/017.jpg017The gothic revival courtyard had a sense of romantic abandon at odds with its Coogee Beach location. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/066.jpg066Synthetic grass has come a long way in recent years and can look surprisingly like the real thing. In a few circumstances, it may even be a better option. 2013-12-19T19:37:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/15/rich-fruit-wreath-alison-holsts-super-christmas-wreath-recipe/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/139.jpgRich Fruit WreathReady for the oven, in duplicate. 2013-12-21T19:38:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/13/garden-lore-friday-13-december/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/007-copy.jpg007 - Copy2013-12-12T22:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/13/plant-collector-swainsona-formosa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/126.jpg126The remarkable Sturt Desert Pea or Swainsona formosa2013-12-12T23:26:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/13/the-call-of-gardening-in-less-hospitable-situations/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/095.jpg095We could learn a thing or two from street trees in Australia - this pleasant leafy road is in in Canberrahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/115.jpg115Hydrangeas - easycare plants. They are all pink in Canberra.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/091.jpg091What to do with a front yard which is merely access to the house? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/108.jpg108Indubitably Australia2013-12-12T22:37:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/06/plant-collector-rosa-mme-plantier/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/mme-plantier-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Scented, healthy and lovely in every way, but only once flowering - Mme Plantier2013-12-07T09:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/06/bulb-meadows/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/winter-1-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Drifts of bulbs are harder to manage herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/aloides-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Bluebells to the left and common old Lachenalia aloides in fronthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/010-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????So how many bulbs are needed to fill an area? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/038-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Belladonnas beneath the gum tree at our entrancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/004-5-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Colchicums in the park2013-12-05T18:59:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/12/06/garden-lore-december-6-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/007-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-12-05T18:49:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/29/maples-in-the-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/maple-with-natural-shape-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/051-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A random collection of maple leaves from around the gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/058-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Autumn colour supremehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/dwarf-maple-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-11-28T19:45:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/29/garden-lore-friday-november-29-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/008-2-copy.jpg008 (2) - Copy2013-11-28T19:43:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/29/plant-collector-rhododendron-sino-nuttallii/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/017-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rhododendron sino nuttallii https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/016-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Just beautiful - R. sino nuttallii 2013-11-28T19:39:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/22/plant-collector-tall-bearded-iris-black-suited/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/black-suited.jpgBlack SuitedIris 'Black Suited'2013-11-22T22:13:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/22/stripes-splashes-and-edges-variegated-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/p1010914.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFarfugium tussilagineum argenteum lights up shady areas https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/064.jpg064Yellow variegated conifers are redolent of the 1960s and 70s but we have retained those that add a statement to the garden landscapehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/058.jpg058The variegated disporum lit up a dark area but proved altogether too invasivehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/015.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOffset variegated hostas with other plain coloured varieties for best effect2013-11-22T22:11:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/08/garden-lore-friday-november-8-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/merodon_female.jpgMerodon_(female)Photo credit: Sandy Rae, Wiki Commonshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/peeping-tom-3.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-11-21T23:13:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/22/garden-lore-friday-22-november-2013/2013-11-21T23:12:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/15/irises-named-for-the-greek-goddess-of-rainbows/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/041.jpg041A field of irises being grown commerciallyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/peacock-iris-moraea-villosa.jpgPeacock iris - Moraea villosaMoraea villosa or the peacock irishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/iris-sibirca.jpgIris sibircaOne of the easiest of all iris to grow, as long as you have heavy or damp soil - Iris sibiricahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/crowned-heads-bearded-iris.jpgCrowned Heads (bearded iris)'Crowned Heads'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/010.jpg010Yes that is a black iris, called 'Anvil of Darkness' no less, and an old yellow variety to the righthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/louisiana-iris.jpgLouisiana irisLouisiana iris are flowering by our stream2013-11-14T18:49:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/15/plant-collector-ornithogalum-arabicum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/003.jpgOrnithogalum arabicumThe lovely Ornithogalum arabicum2013-11-14T18:34:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/15/garden-lore-friday-15-november/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/014.jpg0142013-11-14T18:29:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/08/where-to-start-childhood-success-in-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Quick maturing vegetables are the way to go with children https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/019-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Rural families may have a damaged farm trough to recycle as a child's garden but move it to a sunny, prominent spot https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/016-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Lobelia and pansies - two choices among many quick maturing annuals2013-11-20T09:09:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/01/plant-collector-staghorn-fern-or-platycerium/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/0371.jpg037Our giant staghorn fern or platycerium2013-11-07T19:36:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/01/why-viburnums-send-a-shiver-down-marks-spine/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/v-sargentii-onandago.jpgV. sargentii OnandagoV. sargentii 'Onandago'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/024-2.jpg024 (2)Balls of delicious fragrance from one of V. carlesii hybridshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/v-sargentii-onandago-2.jpgV. sargentii Onandago (2)Viburnum sargentii 'Onandago'https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/roseace.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAViburnum plicatum 'Roseace' - pretty as a picture2013-11-01T03:27:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/01/the-essential-plant-guide/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/071.jpgThe Essential Plant Guide2013-10-31T20:13:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/11/01/garden-lore-friday-1-november-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/073.jpg0732013-10-31T19:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/25/garden-lorec-friday-25-october-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/016-21.jpg???????????????????????????????It's compost all the way here, or most of the way at least 2013-10-24T22:19:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/11/garden-lore-friday-11-october/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/037.jpg037Thrip infested leaves to the left, healthy to the right. 2013-10-24T19:37:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/18/garden-lore-friday-18-october-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/003-2.jpg003 (2)2013-10-24T19:31:39+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/25/about-tanalised-timber-in-the-veg-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/023-2.jpg023 (2)Our bean frame - it's hard to avoid tanalised pine in the veg garden2013-11-02T08:11:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/25/plant-collector-ranunculus-cortusifolius/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/008.jpg008Not the ordinary field buttercup, Ranunculus cortusifolius2013-10-24T19:00:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/17/cumulative-effects-of-petrochemical-development/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/0091.jpg???????????????????????????????Just another load for the MET 3 construction at McKee passing our placehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/048.jpg048https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/062.jpg062Bit of an oops with a spill on the road outside our placehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/0111.jpg???????????????????????????????This is what a rig move looks like, but multiply by between 75 and 95 loads https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/016-copy.jpg016 - CopyAnother day, more traffic herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/027-4.jpg???????????????????????????????Greymouth's yellow tanker on their new stretch of Otaraoa Roadhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????And side by side letters both appeared in the letter box yesterdayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/031.jpg???????????????????????????????Side by side newsletters2013-10-17T23:27:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/18/plant-collector-telopea-probably-speciosissima-or-australian-waratah/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/012.jpg012https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/009.jpg0092013-10-17T18:44:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/18/the-merits-of-mulch/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/photo2.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPea straw may be a better option for the vegetable garden than the ornamental gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/photo-1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERALeaf litter can be untidy but makes a good mulchhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/photo1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHomemade compost - our preferred garden mulch2013-10-17T18:43:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/10/16/flowering-this-week-veltheimia/2013-10-13T06:43:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/11/plant-collector-dendrobium-bardo-rose/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/dendrobium.jpgDendrobiumDendrobium Bardo Rose2013-10-10T19:45:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/11/better-in-theory-than-practice-planting-street-berms-in-edibles/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/025.jpg025Plums - more likely to feed the birds than the human populacehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/dsc02748.jpgDSC02748Street plantings of orange trees in Cordoba https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/0131.jpg013Feijoas! Definitely an option for road verge plantings2013-10-10T19:34:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/25/plant-collector-eryngium-planum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/eryngium-planum-copy.jpgEryngium planum - CopyThe hazy blue of Eryngium planum2013-10-06T20:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/04/lowish-maintenance-shade-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/011.jpg011Everything looks better with ferns, in my opinion. Ligularia reniformis. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/013.jpgLow(ish) maintenance shade gardeningleft to right: Helleborus x sternii, Francoa ramosa, pulmonaria, arthropodium (renga renga), phlomis, random fern and mondo grass - all cheap, reliable options for low maintenance shade gardening https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/016-2.jpg016 (2)2013-10-03T20:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/04/plant-collector-trillium-sessile/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/028.jpg028Trilliums! Not common in gardens in our area. T.sessile2013-10-03T20:23:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/10/04/garden-lore-friday-4-october-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/022.jpg0222013-10-03T21:02:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/27/garden-lore-september-27-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/003-5-copy.jpg003 (5) - Copy2013-09-26T20:26:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/27/the-yellow-magnolias-and-honey-tulip/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/honey-tulip-1.jpgHoney Tulip (1)Honey Tulip - a lucky break in flower form and performancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/yellow-fever3.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMagnolia Yellow Fever planted on our road boundaryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/honey-tulip-2.jpgHoney Tulip (2)Honey Tulip - looking very good this weekhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/iolanthe2-2.jpgIolantheThe ultimate breeding challenge - is a yellow Iolanthe even possible? 2013-10-08T08:54:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/27/plant-collector-camellia-minutiflora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/015-2.jpg015 (2)After maybe 15 years, the plant is about a metre tall - C.minutiflorahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/c-minutiflora.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACamellia minutiflora2013-09-26T20:28:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/01/20/tikorangi-notes-friday-20-january-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/oilandgas-010-copy.jpgJust up the road - on the neighbouring property, in factJust up the road - on the neighbouring property, in facthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/auratum4-copy.jpgauratum4-copy2013-09-21T21:32:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2008/01/04/demystifying-compost-and-muck/2013-09-21T21:27:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/01/19/tikorangi-the-new-texas/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/oilandgas-014-copy.jpgI try not to look but in this case, it is both sides of the road. They should be screened from view.I try not to look but in this case, it is both sides of the road. They should be screened from view.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/oilandgas-017.jpgThe house next door is, I understand, still occupied by a very long term Tikorangi residentThe house next door is, I understand, still occupied by a very long term Tikorangi residenthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/oilandgas-011-copy.jpgAn increasingly common sight in our landscapeAn increasingly common sight in our landscapehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/oilandgas-003-copy.jpgNext door - not quite the Tikorangi locals signed up for when they settled hereNext door - not quite the Tikorangi locals signed up for when they settled herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/mine-no-yuki-1-copy.jpgA large cloud pruned specimen of Camellia sasanqua Mine No YukiA large cloud pruned specimen of Camellia sasanqua Mine No Yuki2013-09-21T21:26:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/07/tikorangi-news/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cry_smile.gifcry_smilehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/015.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/010-2.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/sixteen.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/021.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/seventeen.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/regular_smile2.gifregular_smilehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/sad_smile.gifsad_smilehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/regular_smile1.gifregular_smilehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/036.jpg0362013-09-21T21:25:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/23/letter-to-the-parliamentary-commissioner-for-the-environment/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/015-2-copy.jpg015 (2) - CopyThe latest rig near us, photographed from Ngatimaru Road2013-09-21T21:25:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/02/saving-tikorangi-what-could-councils-do/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/026-copy.jpg026 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/038.jpg???????????????????????????????Genuine resident Tikorangi goat. Draw your own conclusionshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/028.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-09-21T21:24:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/31/tikorangi-newsletter-2-august-30-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/002-5.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/024.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/sad_smile.gifsad_smilehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/img_0953-copy-greymouth-on-road-small.jpgIMG_0953 copy Greymouth on Road smallhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/regular_smile.gifregular_smilehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/tikorangi-butter-footer.jpgTikorangi-Butter-footerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/016-copy.jpg016 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/trucks-on-raod-by-tikorangi-school.jpgTrucks on raod by Tikorangi schoolhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/photo-8.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/tikorangi-butter-paper.jpgTikorangi-Butter-paper2013-09-21T21:24:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/08/tikorangi-news-3-september-8-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/ngatimaru-rd-04-09-13-3-451.jpgNgatimaru-Rd-04-09-13--3.45https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/on-top-of-hill-k-c.jpgOn-top-of-hill-K-C-https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/ngatimaru-rd-04-09-13-3-45.jpgNgatimaru-Rd-04-09-13--3.45https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/mangahewa-c-quarters-march.jpgMangahewa-C-quarters-march-https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/059.jpg???????????????????????????????Greymouth's pittos https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/063.jpg???????????????????????????????Todd's plantings https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/025.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/021-copy.jpg021 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/005.jpg005https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/otar-rd-12-11-pm-07-09-2013.jpgOtar-Rd-12.11-pm-07-09-20132013-09-21T21:23:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/10/descending-into-farce-tikorangi-newsletter-no-4/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/004.jpg004And 3 days later: look!https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/0251.jpg???????????????????????????????Plenty of warning signage coming from the other side at 10.20am on Friday 6 Sept https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/music_quote_icon.pngMusic_quote_iconhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/friday-6-sept-10-31am.jpg???????????????????????????????Plenty of road signage was in place at 10.31 on Friday 6 September when work had commencedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tikorangi-butter-paper.jpgTikorangi-Butter-paper2013-09-21T21:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/15/living-in-petrochemical-heartland/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/008.jpgNew power pylons marching over the landscape, solely to service the petrochem industryNew power pylons marching over the landscape, solely to service the petrochem industryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/015.jpg015https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/004.jpgThe "improved entranceway" opens from this small country roadThe "improved entranceway" opens from this small country roadhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/002.jpgCos every farmer yearns for an "improved entranceway" like this bisecting the farm?Cos every farmer yearns for an "improved entranceway" like this bisecting the farm?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/012.jpgThe site of the Otaraua protestThe site of the Otaraua protesthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/050-copy.jpgHeavy transport passing our entranceHeavy transport passing our entrancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/045-copy.jpgHelicopters are part of it allHelicopters are part of it allhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/036.jpg0362013-09-21T21:22:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/22/no-problems-with-petrochem-development-in-taranaki/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/009-copy.jpgDon't worry. No probs here in Taranaki. Apparently. Don't worry. No probs here in Taranaki. Apparently. 2013-09-21T21:21:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/20/garden-lore-friday-20-september-2013/2013-09-19T20:37:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/20/pruning-and-shaping/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/0252.jpg025Once the initial shaping and training is done, it does not take huge skill to maintain it. These are just camellias used as shapes in the garden. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/0101.jpg010There was almost as much on the ground as left on the plant but you could not tell that by looking. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/046.jpg046Ulmus Jacqueline Hillier after pruning. For the avoidance of confusion, this plant is only 3m by 3m, not a forest giant. 2013-09-27T22:03:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/20/plant-collector-onixotis-triqueta/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/onixotys-triquetra-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Now Onixotis triquetra, no longer a dipidax2013-09-20T04:09:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/13/tulips-but-not-from-amsterdam/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/tulip_in_kiso_sansen_national_government_park.jpgTulip_in_Kiso_Sansen_National_Government_ParkI went looking for a photo of tulip fields in Holland and found instead this one of tulip fields in Japan, pretending they are in Holland!https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/034.jpg???????????????????????????????Indubitably tulip, but we have no name on it and it never increases. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/031-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Some species - we just don't know which one https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/045-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Tulips from Crete - T. saxatilis2013-11-24T08:43:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/13/plant-collector-daphne-genkwa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/daphne-genkwa-1.jpgDaphne genkwa (1)Daphne genkwa - as lovely as a flowering shrub can be2013-09-12T19:47:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/13/garden-lore-friday-september-6-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/018-3.jpg018 (3)2013-09-12T19:46:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/09/06/the-story-of-the-red-magnolias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/felix-jury1.jpgFelix Jury1Magnolia Felix Jury at its best herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/black-tulip.jpgBlack TulipBlack Tulip - the first of the second generation red magnoliashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/vulcan.jpgVulcan... and the result was this: Vulcanhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/lanarth.jpgLanarthcrossed with this (Lanarth)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/liliiflora-nigra.jpgliliiflora NigraThis (liliiflora 'Nigra')https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/043.jpg043Vulcan to the left, Lanarth to the right2013-09-07T09:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/30/plant-collector-magnolia-manchu-fan/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/manchu-fan.jpgManchu FanMagnolia Manchu Fan2013-08-29T21:36:29+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/30/the-tyranny-of-monocultural-gardening/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/malaysia-013.jpgMalaysia 013Palm oil - the increasingly common monoculture of some Asian countrieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/005.jpg005Raising our own selections of golden kiwifruit gives genetic diversityhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/002.jpg002We have abandoned the tyranny of the perfect lawn2013-08-29T21:34:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/30/garden-lore-friday-30-august-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/020-4.jpg020 (4)2013-08-29T21:27:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/23/garden-lore-friday-23-august-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/buxus-blight-006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The dreaded buxus blight2013-08-29T21:26:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/12/our-towering-pines/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/038-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Zephyr the dog photobombs yet another garden shot - the leaning trunks of the old pines https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/013-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Pinus muricata, lesser known here and probably the same age as the radiata pines https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/035-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The tops are not things of great splendour, but these Pinus radiata are now over 130 years old https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/039-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The rich tapestry epiphytes that has developed over many decades 2013-08-24T07:45:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/23/the-pros-and-cons-of-the-campanulata-cherries/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Petal carpets supreme https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/059-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Prunus Pink Cloud - one of the sterile forms raised here by Felix Jury https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/010-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Manna from heaven for the tui https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/010.jpg010Manna from heaven 2013-08-25T21:49:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/23/plant-collector-aloe-ferox/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/aloe-ferox-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Aloe ferox - very orange and loved by waxeyes at this time of year2013-08-22T22:25:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/16/tropical-gardens-re-created-in-asian-hotel-style/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/malaysia-190.jpgMalaysia 190Frangipani - usually seen as a hotel garden planthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/malaysia-194.jpgMalaysia 194The two dimensional traveller's palm is in fact not a palm at all (Ravenala madagascariensis,)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/malaysia-057.jpgMalaysia 057Blocking off a street in Kota Bharu https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/malaysia-007.jpgMalaysia 007Fake trees in Kuala Terengganuhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/malaysia-034.jpgMalaysia 034The wheelbarrow as the main transporter of freight https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/malaysia-087.jpgMalaysia 087The distinctive spindle palm or Hyophorbe verschaffeltii at Kota Bharu airport2013-08-15T20:55:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/16/plant-collector-rhododendron-pukeiti/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/pukeiti-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????One of the big leafed rhododendrons, "Pukeiti" (otherwise known as R. protistum var. giganteum) 2013-08-15T20:51:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/16/garden-lore-friday-16-august-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/058-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-08-15T20:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/09/the-winter-garden-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/007.jpg007Those who shun deciduous plants miss out on the wonder of plants like Magnolia Vulcanhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/054-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????While not usually fans of variegated flowers, The Czar var on the back lawn is an exceptionhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/041-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The mandatory tui in the campanulata cherry tree photo https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/044-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????If narcissus could look startled, these cyclamineus growing in the park certainly dohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/048-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia Lanarth has a short but glorious season2013-08-09T00:48:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/02/garden-lore-august-2-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/sprengeri-diva-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolias and lawn spray do not mix. This one is Sprengeri diva2013-08-09T00:45:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/04/27/putting-the-cat-amongst-the-pigeons-on-garden-assessment-and-nzgt/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/003-copy11.jpgMark, nose pressed to the window (or door, in this case). On the outside looking in.Mark, nose pressed to the window (or door, in this case). On the outside looking in.2013-08-05T10:38:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/08/02/plant-collector-vriesea/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/vriesea-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A vriesea, but we are not sure which one 2013-08-01T19:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/26/flower-carpet-roses/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????White again, much favoured by New Zealanders https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Flower Carpet Pink - rather bright but undeniably a fantastic performer which keeps wonderful foliagehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/002-7-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Flower Carpet White growing growing through a dwarf maplehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Flower Carpet Appleblosson - one of the prettiest of the series 2013-08-02T10:34:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/26/plant-collector-cycas-revoluta/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cycas-revoluta-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cycas revoluta - the so-called Japanese sago palm2013-07-25T21:16:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/26/garden-lore-friday-26-july-2013/2013-07-25T19:58:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/19/food-forests-fashion-trend-or-sound-option/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/004-10-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Parsley, bluebells and self-seeding brassicas. Why not? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/013-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Not such a great view in winter, but what can we expect? Navel orange trees. swan plants (for the monarch butterflies) and physalis https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/037-3-copy.jpgFood forests – fashion trend or sound option?Mark's recent directions in the old vegetable garden may unwittingly be well down the food forest track https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/037-3.jpg037 (3)2013-07-18T19:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/19/garden-lore-friday-19-july-2013/2013-07-18T19:39:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/19/plant-collector-daphne-bholua/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/daphne-bholua-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Daphne bholua - oh the fragrance 2013-08-02T10:36:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/12/plant-collector-galanthus-s-arnott/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/galanthus-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????What is prettier than snowdrops in the depths of winter?2013-07-15T08:16:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/12/fruit-hedges/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/feijoa-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The ubiquitous feijoahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/011-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Ugni molinae or NZ cranberryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/psidium-littorale-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Psidium littorale or strawberry guava 2013-07-11T20:55:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/12/garden-lore-friday-12-july/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/cutting-back-to-bare-wood-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cutting back to bare wood2013-07-11T20:44:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/05/reviewing-roses/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/raspberry-ice-2-copy.jpgRaspberry Ice (2) - CopyRaspberry Ice (photo: NZ Rose Soc) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/sally-holmes-078-copy.jpgSally Holmes 078 - CopySally Holmes - tried, true and still a top ranked variety (photo: NZ Rose Soc)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/444-hamilton-gardens-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Hamilton Gardens - sport of Paddy Stephens (Photo: NZ Rose Soc)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/328-paddy-stephens-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Paddy Stephens - the top ranked rose overall. Again. (Photo: NZ Rose Soc)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/graham-thomas.jpg???????????????????????????????Graham Thomas has stood the test of time2013-07-04T21:47:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/05/plant-collector-nandina-domestica-richmond/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/004-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Orange berries all winter on Nandina domestica ‘Richmond’2013-07-04T21:44:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/07/05/the-ha-ha-reinterpreted/2013-07-04T21:12:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/28/garden-lore-friday-june-28-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/020-3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Hooping roses to maximise flowering2013-06-27T20:45:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/19/a-flurry-of-feathers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/038-copy.jpg038 - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/031.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/015.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/014.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/013.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/012.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/0111.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/010.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/09.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/08.jpg082013-06-27T19:44:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/28/my-favourite-white-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/superstar-2.jpgSuperstar (2)This one is Superstar. We can't pick it from Lily Ponshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/early-pearly-sasanqua-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Early Pearly, one of the loveliest white sasanquas of them allhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/046-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Left to right: C. microphylla, sasanqua Silver Dollar, transnokoensis, drupifera, gauchowensis, yuhsienensis 2013-06-27T19:32:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/28/plant-collector-lachenalia-aloides-quadricolor/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/026-copy.jpg026 - CopyThe first lachenalia of the season: L. aloides quadricolor2013-06-27T19:30:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/21/know-thine-species/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/013-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Hybrid arisaemas for our own gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/asters-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Named hybrid aster at top, self sown seedling at bottomhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/camellia-gauchowensis-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Species Camellia gauchowensishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/show-dahlia-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The show dahlia2013-06-21T00:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/21/garden-lore-friday-21-june-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/027-5-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-06-20T21:08:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/21/plant-collector-zygocactus-or-schlumbergera-probably-truncata-hybrid/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/015-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Winter woodland charmer - we refer to it as zygocactus2013-06-20T21:05:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/14/9971/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/p1010118-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The outer areas are on a once a year maintenance cyclehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/036-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Close in by the house is under constant maintenance2013-06-14T02:03:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/14/plant-collector-guichenotia-ledifolia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/guichenotia-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Guichenotia ledifolia2013-06-14T01:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/14/garden-lore-june-14-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/005-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-06-14T01:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/07/garden-lore-friday-7-june-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/002-2.jpg002 (2)2013-06-06T19:43:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/07/stripes-hedges-and-gardening-on-the-flat/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/240.jpg240Mobile hedge-trimming platform from Trotts Garden in Canterburyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/011.jpg011David Hobb's garden in Canterburyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/claude_monet_house_and_garden_in_giverny_8742613740.jpgClaude_Monet_house_and_garden_in_Giverny_(8742613740)Striped gardening a la Monet (photo: Michal Osmenda via Wiki Commons)2013-06-06T19:38:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/06/07/plant-collector-pyrostegia-venusta/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/pyrostegia.jpgPyrostegiaPyrostegia venusta2013-06-06T19:35:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/18/outdoor-classroom-pruning-wisteria/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/028-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/006-copy.jpg006-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/028-copy.jpg028-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dsc01106-copy.jpgdsc01106-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/wisteria5-copy.jpgwisteria5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/wisteria3-copy.jpgwisteria3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/wisteria2-copy.jpgwisteria2-copy2013-06-03T04:39:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/31/plant-collector-monstera-deliciosa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/monstera.jpgMonsteraMonstera deliciosa - commonly known as the fruit salad plant2013-05-30T21:28:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/31/begone-edging-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/001-2.jpg001 (2)Would an edging of mondo grass really improve this bed of cyclamen which is already defined by brick edging and mowing strip?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/026.jpg026Shocked to realise I had planted the Tiger’s Jaw (Faucaria tigrinia) in a row...2013-06-04T22:26:47+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/31/garden-lore-friday-31-may-2013/2013-05-30T21:09:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/24/garden-lore-may-24-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/008-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-05-23T20:22:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/24/our-world-of-azaleas-here/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/012-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/013-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The evergreen azaleas are gently flowering already and will continue through til springhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/september-22-2009-003-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Our sky carpet of Kurume azaleas in Septemberhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dsc02890-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Vibrant colour in late October from deciduous azaleas2013-05-23T20:20:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/24/plant-collector-persimmons-diospyros-kaki-probably-hachiya/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The persimmon - worth growing as an ornamental even if the fruit is not to one's taste2013-05-23T20:19:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/17/gardening-crimes-against-nature/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/010-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The banks of waterways should not be sprayed https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????An array of edging tools - preferable to spraying garden edges2013-05-17T23:52:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/17/garden-lore-friday-17-may-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/026-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The aphid infestation on old hellebore leaves2013-05-16T20:16:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/17/plant-collector-astelia-solandri/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/astelia-solandri-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The quiet charm of self sown Astelia solandri2013-05-16T20:13:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/10/magnolia-michelia-the-evergreens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/fairy-magnolia-white-copy.jpgFairy Magnolia White - CopyOur new star - Fairy Magnolia White to be released this yearhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/fairy-magnolia-blush-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Fairy Magnolia Blush - bringing pink into the rangehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/magnolia-laevifolia-syn-m-yunnanensis-copy.jpgMagnolia laevifolia syn M.yunnanensis - CopyJust another Magnolia laevifolia (syn Michelia yunnanensis) selection but in this case it is our selection which we called Honey Velvet2013-05-09T20:27:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/10/plant-collector-tree-dahlias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/007-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Reasonably sure this is the one named Timothy Hammetthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/006-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/024-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-05-16T10:14:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/10/garden-lore-may-10-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/messy-sedums-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????...which is more than can be said for the messy sedumshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/phlomis-1-copy1.jpg???????????????????????????????The phlomis age quite gracefully....https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/phlomis-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The phlmi2013-05-09T19:42:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/08/out-of-the-box/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/41.jpg4https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/5.jpg5https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/4.jpg4 https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/3.jpg3https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/2.jpg2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/1.jpg12013-05-09T22:20:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/03/plant-collector-dichroa-versicolour/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/dichroa-versicolour-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Dichroa versicolour - flowers all year round here2013-05-04T23:41:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/03/fruity-facts-pragmatism-over-romance/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/014-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The modest lemon - common in many NZ gardenshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/012-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Feijoas - one of the few plant 'em and leave 'em fruit cropshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/006-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/002-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Apples are a reliable crop for us2013-05-04T23:40:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/19/garden-lore-friday-april-19-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/002-copy.jpg002 - Copy2013-05-02T20:40:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/05/03/garden-lore-friday-3-may-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/018-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-05-02T20:37:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/15/a-tale-of-two-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/felix-jury.jpgFelix-JuryFather - Felix Jury (d.1997) in a patch of Cordyline Red Fountainhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/cordyline-burgundy.jpgCordyline-Burgundyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/cordyline-red-fountain-copy.jpgCordyline Red Fountain - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/roma-06-foreground-red-fountain-rear-growing-trials-copy.jpgRoma 06 foreground, Red Fountain rear - growing trials - CopyThe growing trials - can you pick the difference? https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/dsc04585-small.jpgDSC04585 (Small)and son - Mark Jury with Cordyline Red Fountainhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/side-by-side-garden-centre-plants.jpgSide by side garden centre plantsSide by side at the garden centre. Is the customer likely to see any difference? 2013-04-29T08:07:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/19/a-prickly-tale-plants-doubling-as-burglar-deterrents/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/015.jpg???????????????????????????????Vertical cacti now guarding the laundry window (and the inimitable Zephyr once again getting himself into a photograph) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/012-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Aloe ferox - now a distinct hazard at the base of our fire escapehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/009-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????It would have saved a lot of effort had one of us looked up Yucca whipplei before we planted it 20 years ago2013-04-22T19:27:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/19/plant-collector-koelreuteria-paniculata/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/koelreuteria-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/koelreuteria-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Koelreuteria paniculata - it may be a long wait for flowers in our climate 2013-04-22T19:26:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/09/03/moving-large-plants-a-step-bystep-guide-with-mark-and-abbie-jury-and-lloyd-sorensen/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo5-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo4-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo3-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo2-copy.jpg??????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/photo-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-04-18T10:03:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/17/a-case-of-the-emperors-new-clothes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/001-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cordyline Red Fountain and Cordyline Burgundy - side by side garden centre plants, apparently with identical DNAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/004-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Cordyline Red Fountain (ours) and Cordyline Design-A-Line Burgundy - we have yet to find anybody who can pick them apart 2013-05-07T20:04:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/12/plant-collector-acer-griseum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/acer-griseum-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Acer griseum - it's mostly about the wonderful bark 2013-04-11T19:18:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/12/garden-lore-friday-12-april-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/crimson-king-sasanqua-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Camellia sasanqua Crimson King2013-04-11T19:16:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/05/garden-lore-friday-5-april-2013/2013-04-06T02:58:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/05/plant-collector-syagrus-romanzoffiana/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/syagrus-romanzoffiana-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The towering Queen Palm, or Syragus romanzoffiana growing in coastal Taranaki2013-04-06T02:57:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/04/05/at-the-end-of-a-golden-summer-come-the-autumn-bulbs/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/moraea-polystachya-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Moraea polystachya - the autumn flowering peacock irishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/014-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????We are big fans of the Nerine sarniensis hybrids https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/carpets-of-cyclamen-copy.jpgCarpets of cyclamen - CopyThe charm of carpets of Cyclamen hederfolium https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/colchicums-not-autumn-crocus-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Colchicums, not autumn crocus2013-04-06T02:54:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/05/21/tikorangi-notes-may-21-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p1011395-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA2013-04-02T19:53:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/07/30/tikorangi-notes-july-30-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011988-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAFalling from 20 metres, the fronds can be somewhat alarming.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011998-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERATowering 20 metres up in the air - our queen palms2013-04-02T19:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/08/13/beware-the-bangalow-arcontophoenix-cunninghamiana/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/bangalow-small.jpgA very handsome palm in the landscape, but scary weed potentialA very handsome palm in the landscape, but scary weed potential2013-04-02T19:52:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/09/16/trees-for-small-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/008-copy.jpgThe handsome Queen Palm (Syragus romanzoffiana) comes with a warningThe handsome Queen Palm (Syragus romanzoffiana) comes with a warning2013-04-05T08:47:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/12/09/tikorangi-notes-friday-9-december-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/img_0016.jpgSparrows in the Queen Palm condoSparrows in the Queen Palm condohttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/017-2.jpgCelmisia - New Zealand's mountain daisyCelmisia - New Zealand's mountain daisyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/002-4-copy.jpgInspired by Hidcote - the white foxglovesInspired by Hidcote - the white foxgloves2013-04-02T19:50:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/28/a-gem-of-a-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/061-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????A touch of formality, careful colour choices and paving instead of lawn in a tiny back garden areahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/066-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The front garden of Number 11 in tawny and red tones2013-03-27T08:09:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/15/plant-collector-lilium-formasanum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/lilium-formasanum-copy.jpgLilium formasanum - CopyThe last of the lilies to flower 2013-03-24T20:36:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/22/plant-collector-cyclamen-hederifolium/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cyclamen-hederifolium-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-03-21T18:54:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/22/garden-lore-friday-march-22-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/019-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-03-21T18:52:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/15/the-jury-magnolias-from-new-zealand/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/burgundy-star-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Magnolia Burgundy Star - as yet unproven overseas but we are hopeful it may prove hardy and keep good flower colourhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/black-tulip-copy.jpgBlack Tulip - CopyBlack Tulip - good form, solid, dark colour and heavy petalshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/fairy-white_micjur05_9513-copy.jpgFairy White_MICJUR05_9513 - CopyFairy Magnolia® White is from a different breeding line and we see it as a garden friendly M. doltopa type with very beautiful, perfumed flowers. (photo by Sally Tagghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/felix2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Felix®, bred by Mark, fulfilled the magnolia breeding ambitions of his father, Felix Jury. It is heartening to hear reports of how well it is performing internationally.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/fairy-cream_2770-copy.jpgFairy Cream_2770 - CopyFairy Magnolia® Cream has very fragrant, large cream flowers over a long season and will be released internationally in 2013. (photo by Sally Tagg)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/clipped-fairy-magnolia-blush-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Fairy Magnolia® Blush clips very successfully. These plants are kept to this size with trimming in late spring and a light follow-up in late summer.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/purple-michelia-seedlings-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????While Mark is getting some interesting colors in the michelia hybrids, none has yet passed the propagation trials.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/iolanthe-copy.jpgIolanthe - CopyMagnolia ‘Iolanthe’ is one of our star performers here and has achieved considerable stature after 50 years. It has necessitated relocating the vegetable gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/honey-tulip_2846-copy.jpgHoney Tulip_2846 - CopyMagnolia Honey Tulip™ is a soft golden version of M. Black Tulip® scheduled for release in 2013. The rounded flower form and heavy textured petals appear to be an advance in the yellow magnolias. (photo by Sally Tagg)2013-03-15T07:09:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/15/garden-lore-march-15-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/007-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-03-14T21:59:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/15/reviewing-summer-garden-choices-as-the-drought-worsens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/abbie4-040.jpgAbbie4 040Eryngiums - another plant option for dry conditionshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/helichrysum-silver-cushion-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAHelichrysum Silver Cushion - happy in dry conditions, attractive, tidy and it's even a nativehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/good-garden-013.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMissouri meadow garden at Wisley - simple but magic in 2009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/abbie4-037.jpgAbbie4 037Plant options for dry conditions- at Beth Chatto's Garden.2013-03-15T05:01:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/08/plant-collector-calliandra-probably-eriophylla/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/calliandra-copy.jpgCalliandra - CopyCalliandra (probably eriophylla) - like a strawberry pink starburst2013-03-07T21:11:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/08/garden-lore-march-8-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/012-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Lawns tell lies. The grass will almost certainly survive the current drought2013-03-07T19:51:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/01/garden-lore-friday-1-march-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/010-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-02-28T19:30:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/01/plant-collector-nerine-filifolia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/016-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The daintiest of nerines - N. filifolia2013-02-28T18:30:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/03/01/allotments-and-community-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/007.jpg007A quaint bird house built by a volunteer at the New Brighton Community Gardenshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/004.jpg004https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/abbie2-006.jpgAbbie2 006Allotments with a million pound view at Gerrans in Cornwallhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/0061.jpg006https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/006.jpg006The New Brighton community gardens2013-02-28T18:29:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/22/the-lost-gardens-of-christchurch/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/chch-lost-gardens-4-copy.jpgChch lost gardens (4) - CopyRoses flower on in formerly loved gardens, now abandonedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/chch-lost-gardens-3-copy.jpgChch lost gardens (3) - CopyGraffiti and vandalism abound https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/chch-lost-gardens-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Historic house sitting in limbo but the gorse and broom are staging a comeback in the central cityhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/chch-lost-gardens-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Behind every overgrown gateway, there is a personal story 2013-03-05T20:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/22/plant-collector-nolina-syn-beaucarnia-recurvata/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/013-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The good side of the bowl on our nolina. There is no bowl on the other side due to rot in our mild, humid climatehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/047-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Nolina recurvata, flowering in our rockery2013-02-21T18:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/22/garden-lore-friday-22-february-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/020-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????2013-02-21T18:30:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/15/plant-collector-hydrangea-quercifolia-snowflake/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/hydrangea-quercifolia-snowflake-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Hydrangea quercifolia "Snowflake"2013-02-14T18:28:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/15/gardening-on-a-steep-slope/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/032-copy.jpg032 - CopyThe DIY fence is often obvious by its undulating line, following the contourshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/020-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Professionals step fences to get them down slopeshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/011-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Terracing allows for easier gardening after the initial cost and effort (but I think the steps are too steep to be comfortable) https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/015-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Where space allows, wide steps look more generous and less onerous to climbhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/007-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Weed mat is never a good look 2013-02-14T18:25:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/15/garden-lore-friday-15-february-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/007-copy1.jpg007 - Copy2013-02-14T18:23:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/08/plant-collector-blandfordia-february-bells-here/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/blandfordia-2-copy1.jpgblandfordia (2) - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/blandfordia-1-copy1.jpgblandfordia (1) - CopyBlandfordia - Australia's Christmas bellshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/blandfordia-1-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/blandfordia-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Blandfordia - Australia's Christmas bells2013-02-07T18:24:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/08/the-chelsea-chop-comes-to-new-zealand/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/023-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Sedum, cut back last November and holding itself well. Flowering is unaffectedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/022-2-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Sedum, left to its own devices and falling apart alreadyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/031-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Lobelia, phlox, campanula, aster, pensetemon and coreopsis - all candidates for the Chelsea chop here2013-02-07T18:23:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/01/plant-collector-jacaranda-mimosifolia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/jacaranda-mimosifolia-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????The summer delight of the jacaranda2013-01-31T20:56:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/01/garden-lore-friday-1-february-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/001-copy1.jpg001 - Copy2013-01-31T18:40:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/02/01/blue-sky-gardening-rather-than-feeling-blue/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/nigella-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Nigella damascena - a personal favourite https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/022-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Impressed by the garden performance of the You-Me hydrangea serieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/chicory.jpg???????????????????????????????The simplicity of chicory https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/p1013381-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Weeds maybe, but pretty on summer roadsides - agapanthus2013-02-03T01:36:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/03/09/6669/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/007-3-copy.jpgThe North American perennial lobelias are very easy to lift and divideThe North American perennial lobelias are very easy to lift and dividehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/006-3-copy.jpgA perennial lobelia from North America - but which one? A perennial lobelia from North America - but which one? 2013-01-29T08:02:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/27/not-one-but-three-new-jury-magnolias-this-year/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/026.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMagnolia (deciduous) Honey Tuliphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/fairy-cream_2762.jpgFairy Cream_2762Fairy Magnolia Creamhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/fairy-cream_2770.jpgFairy Cream_2770Fairy Magnolia Cream - many flowers over a long seasonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/honey-tulip_2846-copy.jpgHoney Tulip_2846 - CopyMagnolia Honey Tulip, our new yellow version of Black Tuliphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/fairy-white_micjur05_9513-copy.jpgFairy White_MICJUR05_9513 - CopyThe sublime blooms on Fairy Magnolia® White2013-03-20T04:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/03/11/learning-to-garden-with-shade-the-woodland/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/raised-beds-small.jpgRaised beds can be desirable, but not in tanalised timberRaised beds can be desirable, but not in tanalised timber2013-01-25T21:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/25/the-answer-as-they-say-lies-in-the-soil/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/007-copy.jpg007 - CopyThe aim is to develop friable loamhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/020-2-copy.jpg020 (2) - CopyWhat is visible above ground is entirely dependent on what is happening below2013-01-24T18:29:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/25/garden-lore-friday-25-january-2013/2013-01-24T18:27:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/18/plant-collector-solandra-longiflora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/004-copy1.jpg004 - CopyA carpet of spent trumpetshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/002-copy.jpg002 - CopySolandra longiflora or the chalice vine2013-01-17T18:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/18/9241/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/pulmonaria-copy.jpgpulmonaria - CopyThe potted foliage of pulmonaria (with the unromantic common name of lungwort)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/acanthus-mollis-copy.jpgAcanthus mollis - CopyZephyr beside the Acanthus mollishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/impatiens-copy.jpgimpatiens - CopyHappy and easy care perennial impatiens 2013-01-17T18:30:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/18/garden-lore-january-18-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/025-copy.jpg025 - CopyPrunus Awanui, flowering in spring here, has a tendency to develop witches' broom2013-01-17T18:28:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/jury-plants/cordyline-red-fountain-other-miscellaneous-jury-bred-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/smokey-queen1-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANerine Smoky Queenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/narcissus-cyclamineus-small.jpgnarcissus cyclamineus (Small)Cyclamineus seedlings with celmisias behindhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/ariseamas-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMark's hybrid ariseamashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/august09-028-small.jpgAugust09 028 (Small)Prunus Petite Pink - a true dwarf campanulatahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/prunus-mimosa2-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAPrunus Mimosa2013-01-16T02:40:23+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/2013/01/11/cicelys-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/prunus_serrulata_kanzan_flowers.jpgPrunus_serrulata_kanzan_flowersEvery garden had Prunus Kanzanhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/krim-pfingstrose.jpgKrim-PfingstroseThe paeony with the impossible name https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/mum-garden-taranaki-copy.jpgMum Garden Taranaki - CopyMy mother and sister at the start of another of her gardens2013-01-12T01:08:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/11/plant-collector-cordyline-stricta/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/cord-stricta-copy.jpgCord stricta - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/cord-stricta-2-copy.jpgCord stricta 2 - CopyCordyline stricta - blue flowers but no scent2013-01-10T18:12:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/11/garden-lore-january-11-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/006-2-copy.jpg006 (2) - CopyJust a few of my aged concrete pots - far too heavy to use with ease2013-01-10T18:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/04/plant-collector-hydrangea-serrata-preziosa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/hydrangea-preziosa-copy.jpgHydrangea PreziosaHydrangea "Preziosa" - generally colour stable in all soil conditions. 2013-01-03T07:30:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/04/lower-maintenance-gardening-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/030-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Shun plants which need staking each season if you want an easier care gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/024-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Roses need more care than many other plants if they are to look goodhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/020-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Do away with island beds in the midst of the lawn if you want to reduce maintenance2013-01-03T21:19:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2013/01/04/garden-lore-january-4-2013/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/004-copy.jpg004 - CopyBlue Sapphire is doing quite a good effort at repeat flowering this summerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/009-copy.jpg???????????????????????????????Thwart the wisteria's plans for breaking the spouting2013-01-03T07:14:34+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/28/plant-collector-dicentra-eximia-alba/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/dicentra-eximia-alba-copy.jpgDicentra eximia alba - CopyDicentra eximia alba - a modest little plant for semi shade areas2012-12-27T20:49:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/28/garden-lore-dcember-28-2012/2012-12-27T20:42:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/28/meadows-prairies-and-wildflower-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/0451.jpg045https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/076.jpg076https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/074.jpg074https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/045.jpg045https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/041.jpg0412012-12-27T20:36:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/21/a-pedestrian-matter/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/natural-mulch-path-copy.jpgOMulching the leaf litter for the most pleasant walking surface of all https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/aged-concrete-copy.jpgAged concrete - CopyAged concrete softened at the edge with prostrate thymehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/001-5-copy.jpg001 (5) - CopyThe chequer board approach (in need of a gravel top up) 2012-12-20T18:32:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/21/garden-lore-december-21/2012-12-20T18:31:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/14/plant-collector-hydrangea-indochinensis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/h-indochinensis-copy.jpgH. indochinensis - CopyHydrangea indochinenis - an evergreen lacecap2012-12-13T19:43:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/14/the-terminator-of-the-world-of-weeds/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/dying-equisetum-copy.jpgDying equisetum - CopyAt least the pesky equisetum is dying https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/007-2-copy.jpg007 (2) - CopyA free sample for review! The terminator of the weed world.2012-12-13T19:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/14/garden-lore-rev-samuel-hole/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/028-copy.jpg028 - CopyLate winter flowering Lachenalia bulbifera 2012-12-13T19:32:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/07/the-outdoor-dining-and-entertaining-conundrum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/p1012565-copy.jpgOMy all time favourite garden room from the Alhambra in Granada but it may look a tad pretentious herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/009-copy.jpg009 - CopyJust our glorified porch but an indication to me of how well used a garden room could be https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/037-copy.jpg037 - CopyA well designed outdoor dining area at Foreman's garden in Lepperton - and well under 20 paces from the kitchen2012-12-06T18:32:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/07/plant-collector-cardiocrinum-giganteum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/cardiocrinum-copy.jpgCardiocrinum - CopyThe tree metre flower spike of Cardiocrinum giganteum - worth the wait of up to 7 years to 2012-12-06T18:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/12/07/garden-lore-december-7-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/003-copy.jpg003 - CopyFarfugium tussilagineum argenteum - standing up well after being dug and divided last autumn2012-12-06T18:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/jury-plants/jury-rhododendrons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/felicity-fair1-small.jpgFelicity Fair1 (Small)Felicity Fair - Felix's personal favouritehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/barbara-jury11.jpgBarbara Jury1Barbara Jury - the purest yellow of this rangehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/moon-orchid1.jpgMoon Orchid1Moon Orchid - one of Felix's best selectionshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/dsc01781-small.jpgDSC01781 (Small)Platinum Ice - introducing blue tones to the maddeniishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/bernice-small1.jpgBernice (Small)Rhododendron Bernice - arguably one of the best performers Felix namedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/bernice-small.jpgBernice (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/meadow-lemon2-small.jpgMeadow Lemon2 (Small)Meadow Lemon - healthy with no spraying in our meadowshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/katie-small.jpgKatie (Small)Katie can form a wall of apricot to peachy orange flowershttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/saffron-queen3-small.jpgSaffron Queen3 (Small)Saffron Queen is indeed saffron yellow and can entirely smother the bush in bloomhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/dsc01697-small.jpgDSC01697 (Small)Rhododendron Floral Gift2012-12-02T08:13:08+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/jury-plants/jury-vireya-rhododendrons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mango-sunset1-small.jpgMango Sunset1 (Small)Mango Sunset https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/hot-gossip-small.jpgHot Gossip (Small)Hot Gossiphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/mango-sunset-small.jpgMango Sunset (Small)Mango Sunset - a reliable performerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/sweet-vanilla-small.jpgSweet Vanilla (Small)Sweet Vanilla - opens pink and fades to cream. Deliciously fragrant.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/lulu-small.jpgLulu (Small)Lulu - subtle colours and very long flowering seasonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/cherry-pie-small.jpgCherry Pie (Small)Cherry Pie - spreading habit and rich pink flowershttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dsc01849-small1.jpgDSC01849 (Small)Sherbet Rose - smaller flowers but a powerful fragrancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dsc01845-small.jpgDSC01845 (Small)Pink Jazz - named for a daughter with an obsession for hot pinkhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dsc01849-small.jpgDSC01849 (Small)Sherbet Rose - smaller flower and deliciously fragranthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/dsc01847-small.jpgDSC01847 (Small)Sherbet Rose - smaller flowers and deliciously fragrant2012-12-02T08:05:14+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/2012/05/25/outdoor-classroom-guide-to-garden-mulches/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo1-copy.jpgbtob-photo1-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo2-copy.jpgbtob-photo2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo3-copy.jpgbtob-photo3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo4-copy.jpgbtob-photo4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo5b-copy.jpgbtob-photo5b-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo5a-copy.jpgbtob-photo5a-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo6-copy.jpgbtob-photo6-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo7-copy.jpgbtob-photo7-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo8-copy.jpgbtob-photo8-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/btob-photo9-copy.jpgbtob-photo9-copy2012-11-30T07:20:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/30/the-vexing-issue-of-underplanting/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/008-copy.jpg008 - CopyAcceptable cliviashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/011-copy.jpg011 - CopyBergenia ciliata and Siberian irises - this gardener's version of block planting https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/001-3-copy.jpg001 (3) - CopyA row of alternating annuals makes a statement, though it may not be the statement the gardener is aiming for2012-11-29T23:12:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/30/plant-collector-kalmia-latifolia-nipmuck/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/kalmia-nipmuck-copy.jpgKalmia latifolia "Nipmuck"Kalmia latifolia "Nipmuck"2012-11-29T18:31:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/30/garden-lore-gertrude-jekyll/2012-11-29T18:31:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/23/contemporary-gardens-of-new-zealand-by-carol-bucknell-photography-by-sally-tagg/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/9780143566946.jpg97801435669462012-11-22T22:34:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/23/modernist-gardening-modern-gardens-and-contemporary-design/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/068.jpg068https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/dsc06929-copy.jpgMost people actually like flowersMost people actually like flowershttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/la-rosaleda-credit-jane-dove-juneau-5-copy.jpgLa Rosaleda - photo credit Jane Dove JuneauLa Rosaleda - photo credit Jane Dove Juneauhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/035-copy.jpgThe Foreman Garden in LeppertonThe Foreman Garden in Leppertonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/038-2-copy.jpgDesign and finish is paramount - no forgiving flowers and colourDesign and finish is paramount - no forgiving flowers and colour2012-11-24T02:45:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/23/plant-collector-ananas-sagenaria/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/001-copy.jpgAnanas sagenaria - hardier than a tropical pineappleAnanas sagenaria - hardier than a tropical pineapple2012-11-22T21:48:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/23/garden-lore-mirabel-oliver/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/006-copy.jpg006-copy2012-11-22T21:31:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/16/but-where-are-the-hollyhocks/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/022-2-copy.jpgThe cold border in the park with meconopsis and Inshriach primulasThe cold border in the park with meconopsis and Inshriach primulashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/003-2-copy.jpgBragging rights on the home grown pineappleBragging rights on the home grown pineapple2012-11-15T21:16:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/16/plant-collector-gesneria-cardinalis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/gesneria-cardinalis-2-copy.jpgThe tuber in growth. I have cut chunks from it to grow new plants. The tuber in growth. I have cut chunks from it to grow new plants. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/gesneria-cardinalis-1-copy.jpgGesneria cardinalis, or maybe Sinningia cardinalisGesneria cardinalis, or maybe Sinningia cardinalis2012-11-15T19:35:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/16/garden-lore-culpeper/2012-11-15T19:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/16/ayrlies-by-beverley-mcconnell/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/ayrlies-cover-press-3.jpgayrlies-cover-press-32012-11-15T19:26:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/02/plant-collector-celmisia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/001.jpgCelmisias - New Zealand's mountain daisiesCelmisias - New Zealand's mountain daisieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/016-copy.jpgCelmisias - New Zealand's mountain daisiesCelmisias - New Zealand's mountain daisieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/celmisia-copy.jpgcelmisia - Copy2012-11-12T06:02:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/09/8846/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/019-2.jpgCleared entirely and left to weeds and erosionCleared entirely and left to weeds and erosionhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/016.jpg016https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/022.jpgFortunately, this planting facing State Highway 3 still grows and bloomsFortunately, this planting facing State Highway 3 still grows and blooms2012-11-10T06:06:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/09/plant-collector-deutzia-x-rosea/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/deutzia-rosea.jpgDeutzia x roseaDeutzia x rosea2012-11-08T18:38:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/09/garden-lore-november-9-2012/2012-11-08T18:33:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/02/the-late-spring-bulbs/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/hippeastrumpapilio-copy.jpgHippeastrum papilio Hippeastrum papilio https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/scadoxus-puniceus-copy.jpgScadoxus puniceus Scadoxus puniceus https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/one-copy.jpgone-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/two-copy.jpgtwo-copy2012-11-06T03:46:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/01/powerco-taranaki-garden-spectacular-update/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/037.jpg037https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/035.jpgBlue cammassiaBlue cammassiahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/026.jpgIris sibirica and Jovellana punctataIris sibirica and Jovellana punctata2012-11-04T19:49:58+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/03/the-last-day-of-festival-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/009.jpgNot a common buttercup - Ranunculus cortusifolius from the Canary IslandsNot a common buttercup - Ranunculus cortusifolius from the Canary Islandshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/0071.jpg0071https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/007.jpg0072012-11-04T19:43:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/11/02/garden-lore-henry-mitchell/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/023-copy1.jpg023-copy12012-11-01T18:30:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/29/powerco-taranaki-garden-spectacular-day-4/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/001.jpg0012012-10-29T09:04:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/27/powerco-taranaki-garden-spectacular-day-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/026.jpg026https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/025.jpg025https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/027.jpg027https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/012-copy.jpg012-copy2012-10-28T08:55:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/26/powerco-taranaki-garden-spectacular/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/blooms.jpgbloomshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/garden-visitors.jpgTikorangi garden visitors October 20122012-10-27T07:11:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/26/8695/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/1-copy.jpgWonderful peeling bark and bullate foliageWonderful peeling bark and bullate foliagehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/1-4-copy.jpgOur very own Floral SunOur very own Floral Sunhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/1-3-copy.jpgBernice, as red as the maddeniis getBernice, as red as the maddeniis gethttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/1-2-copy.jpgThe Rolls Royce of rhododendrons - sino nuttalliiThe Rolls Royce of rhododendrons - sino nuttallii2012-10-25T18:34:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/26/plant-collector-rhododendron-rubicon/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/rubicon-copy.jpgRhododendron Rubicon - in our opinion, the best big red in the country. Rhododendron Rubicon - in our opinion, the best big red in the country. 2012-10-25T18:32:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/26/garden-lore-christopher-lloyd/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/020-copy1.jpg020-copy12012-10-25T18:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/19/plant-collector-rhodohypoxis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/rhodohypoxis.jpgPretty little rhodohypoxis - Ruth (white), Susan (pink), Albrighton (dark)Pretty little rhodohypoxis - Ruth (white), Susan (pink), Albrighton (dark)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/rhodohypoxis-copy.jpgPretty little rhodohypoxis - Ruth (white), Susan (pink), Albrighton (dark)Pretty little rhodohypoxis - Ruth (white), Susan (pink), Albrighton (dark)2012-10-18T22:38:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/19/for-the-love-of-wisteria/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/amethyst-copy.jpgWisteria Amethyst Wisteria Amethyst https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/white-silk-copy.jpgWisteria White Silk Wisteria White Silk https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/snow-showers-copy.jpgSnow Showers - a floribunda selection on our bridgeSnow Showers - a floribunda selection on our bridgehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/blue-sapphire-copy.jpgBlue Sapphire - a classic blue sinenis wisteriaBlue Sapphire - a classic blue sinenis wisteria2012-10-18T21:01:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/19/garden-lore-julian-barnes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/onehunga-weed-copy2.jpgOnehunga WeedOnehunga Weedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/onehunga-weed-copy1.jpgOnehunga Weed - Copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/onehunga-weed-copy.jpgOnehunga Weed - Copy2012-10-18T18:37:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/12/the-high-cost-of-regional-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/002.jpg0022012-10-11T22:07:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/12/plant-collector-satyrium-corrifolium/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/satyrium-corrifolium-copy.jpgSatyrium corrifolium Satyrium corrifolium 2012-10-11T21:35:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/12/the-potential-folly-of-the-phalanx-planting/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/010-2-copy.jpgThe humble origins of the ornamental phalanx may lie in commercial plantationsThe humble origins of the ornamental phalanx may lie in commercial plantationshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/pearly-shadows-copy.jpgPearly Shadows - but allow 15m spacings long termPearly Shadows - but allow 15m spacings long termhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/the-phalanx-copy.jpgThe seductively quick result of grid plantingThe seductively quick result of grid planting2012-10-11T21:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/12/garden-lore-charles-barr/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/029-copy.jpg029-copy2012-10-11T21:23:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/05/plant-collector-prunus-x-yedoensis-ivensii-with-collospermum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/007-copy.jpgPrunus x yedoensis 'Ivensii'Prunus x yedoensis 'Ivensii'2012-10-05T05:16:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/05/of-slugs-and-snails-but-no-puppy-dogs-tails/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/snails_evelyn-simak1.jpgsnails_evelyn-simak1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/snails_evelyn-simak.jpgSnails_Evelyn Simakhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/a_slug_in_netherlands.jpga_slug_in_netherlandshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/the-bait-trap.jpgThe bait trapThe bait traphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/dsc01817-copy.jpgdsc01817-copy2012-10-06T02:13:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/10/05/garden-lore-celia-thaxter/2012-10-04T18:59:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/28/weeding-just-like-outdoor-vaccum-cleaning-really/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/weeds211.jpgEdging tools, push hoes and our well-used petrol powered line trimmerEdging tools, push hoes and our well-used petrol powered line trimmerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/weeds3.jpgSpitting cressSpitting cresshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/weeds1.jpgThe rusted Niwashi, implement for flat weeds and aptly branded Wonder WeederThe rusted Niwashi, implement for flat weeds and aptly branded Wonder Weederhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/weeds21.jpgEdging tools, push hoes and our well-used petrol powered line trimmerEdging tools, push hoes and our well-used petrol powered line trimmerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/weeds2.jpgWeeds22012-09-28T02:38:38+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/08/27/tikorangi-notes-august-27-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/032-copy.jpgMagnolia Black Tulip - for those who prefer a more understated size of flowerMagnolia Black Tulip - for those who prefer a more understated size of flowerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/rhododendron-konori-copy.jpgThe beautiful, fragrant and touchy vireya R. konori flowers on regardlessThe beautiful, fragrant and touchy vireya R. konori flowers on regardlesshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/protistum-var-giganteum-pukeiti-copy.jpgR. protistum var. giganteum "Pukeiti" - with the frosted version just visible behindR. protistum var. giganteum "Pukeiti" - with the frosted version just visible behindhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/sargentiana-robusta-copy.jpgMagnolia sargentiana robusta came through last week's winter unscathedMagnolia sargentiana robusta came through last week's winter unscathedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/027-copy.jpgThe reticulata camellias are in full bloomThe reticulata camellias are in full bloom2012-09-27T21:57:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/10/tikorangi-notes-friday-10-august-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/033.jpgLanarth again - at its best against our blue skiesLanarth again - at its best against our blue skieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/005-4.jpgAll the early narcissi are in flowerAll the early narcissi are in flowerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/004-5.jpgCymbidium orchids in the woodlandCymbidium orchids in the woodland2012-09-27T21:55:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/21/orchids-as-garden-plants/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/calanthe-1-copy.jpgBesotted by calanthesBesotted by calantheshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/diy-bamboo-stake-copy.jpgDIY bamboo stake DIY bamboo stake https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/cymbidium-copy.jpgCymbidiums give long lived blooms, even outdoors Cymbidiums give long lived blooms, even outdoors https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/pleiones-copy.jpgOne of the easiest orchids to grow - pleionesOne of the easiest orchids to grow - pleioneshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/013-2-copy.jpgReferred to here as the Aussie dendrobes - dendrobiumsReferred to here as the Aussie dendrobes - dendrobiums2012-09-28T17:53:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/10/01/plant-collector-calanthe-orchids/2012-09-27T21:08:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/28/plant-collector-narcissus-jonquilla-and-narcissus-bulbocodium/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/024-copy.jpgNarcissus bulbocodium - one of the last to flower hereNarcissus bulbocodium - one of the last to flower herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/030-copy.jpgDainty but with a strong perfume - N. jonquillaDainty but with a strong perfume - N. jonquilla2012-09-27T19:34:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/28/garden-lore-henry-beard/2012-09-27T19:30:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/28/yates-garden-problem-solver/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/9781869509811.jpg97818695098112012-09-27T19:27:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/articles/2012-09-23T22:29:43+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/2012/08/31/tikorangi-diary-friday-august-31-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/iol.jpgThere is rather a lot of Iolanthe looking gloriousThere is rather a lot of Iolanthe looking glorious2012-09-23T04:53:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/07/tikorangi-notes-friday-7-september-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/029.jpgMore IolantheMore Iolanthehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/047.jpgJust another unnamed seedling, as we say hereJust another unnamed seedling, as we say here2012-09-23T04:52:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/21/garden-lore-oscar-wilde/2012-09-20T20:00:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/31/lynda-hallinans-year-in-her-country-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/029.jpg029https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/028.jpg028https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/027.jpg0272012-09-20T19:39:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/21/plant-collector-magnolia-laevifolia-velvet-and-cream/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/m-laevifolia-copy.jpgNow renamed Magnolia laevifoliaNow renamed Magnolia laevifolia2012-09-20T23:18:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/20/the-illustrated-guide-to-ducks-and-geese-and-other-domestic-fowl/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/the-illustrated-guide-to-ducks-and-geese-and-other-domestic-fowl.jpgthe-illustrated-guide-to-ducks-and-geese-and-other-domestic-fowl2012-09-20T19:23:18+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/08/24/dividing-calanthe-orchids/2012-09-17T09:23:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/07/garden-lore-wisdom-and-hints/2012-09-15T22:50:09+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/31/garden-lore-a-collection-of-garden-hints-and-quotes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/wood-ash-copy.jpgwood ash wood ash 2012-09-15T22:49:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/14/garden-lore-on-weather-and-pruning/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/018-copy.jpgTikorangi The Jury Garden2012-09-13T21:06:16+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/24/garden-lore-a-collection-of-quotes-and-hints-2/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/photo6-copy.jpgphoto6-copy2012-09-13T21:04:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/14/reviewing-accepted-garden-practice/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/005-3-copy1.jpgRoses need considerable intervention to stay lush through summerRoses need considerable intervention to stay lush through summerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/005-3-copy.jpgOhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/002-2-copy.jpgLawncare - one of the worst culprits in environmental vandalismLawncare - one of the worst culprits in environmental vandalism2012-09-13T19:50:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/14/garden-tours-a-visitors-guide-to-50-top-new-zealand-gardens/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/9781869799922-copy.jpg9781869799922-copy2012-10-03T00:24:27+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/14/plant-collector-erythronium-revolutum/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/erythronium-copy.jpgThe transient delight of dogs tooth violets - Erythronium revolutumThe transient delight of dogs tooth violets - Erythronium revolutum2012-09-13T19:38:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/07/30/our-annual-plant-sale/2012-09-11T11:21:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/30/more-tikorangi-tui-in-prunus-te-mara-this-week/2012-09-11T11:06:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/02/28/deja-vu/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/001-copy.jpgDr Hessayon may be surprisedDr Hessayon may be surprised2012-09-11T11:05:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/08/08/hrh-queen-elizabeth-is-presented-with-magnolia-black-tulip/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/jrl-with-queen-capel-opening-2.jpgThe Queen is presented with Magnolia Black TulipThe Queen is presented with Magnolia Black Tulip2012-09-11T11:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/03/02/an-award-not-a-rum-deal/2012-09-11T11:00:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/11/13/taming-the-wilderness-workshop-notes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/dsc02021-small.jpgDSC02021 (Small)Create space around individual plants2012-09-11T06:04:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/09/07/plant-collector-magnolia-burgundy-star/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/003-3-copy.jpgMagnolia Burgundy Star in full gloryMagnolia Burgundy Star in full glory2012-09-06T22:05:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/05/14/tikorangi-notes-may-14-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc02596-small.jpgDSC02596 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p1011310-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOxalis purpurea alba - one of the very best garden varieties.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p1011313-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe colours of the autumn flowering oxalis2012-09-06T20:27:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/05/26/the-jury-plants-cordyline-red-fountain/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc04585-small1.jpgDSC04585 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc04585-small.jpgDSC04585 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/festival-grass-usa-name-small.jpgFestival Grass (USA name) (Small)Cordyline Red Fountain - one of our flagship plants here2012-09-06T20:27:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/08/21/tikorangi-notes-august-21-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/p1010730-small.jpgMagnolia Serene by the pool, 2009Magnolia Serene by the pool, 2009https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/dsc01424-small.jpgIolanthe, after a stormIolanthe, after a stormhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/lanarth-petal-drop-small.jpgLanarth petal dropLanarth petal drophttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/p1010718-small.jpgCircles of Fairy Magnolia Blush petalsCircles of Fairy Magnolia Blush petalshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/august-22-2009-024.jpgMagnolia Lanarth is the first to drop its petalsMagnolia Lanarth is the first to drop its petals2012-09-06T20:26:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/03/28/the-jury-rhododendron-legacy-first-published-in-the-rhs-rhododendrons-camellias-and-magnolias-2011-yearbook/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-001.jpgRhododendron BerniceRhododendron Bernicehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-002.jpgRhododendron Felicity FairRhododendron Felicity Fairhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-008.jpgRhododendron Moon OrchidRhododendron Moon Orchidhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-006.jpgRhododendron KatieRhododendron Katiehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-010.jpgRhododendron Floral DanceRhododendron Floral Dancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-005.jpgRhododendron Floral SunRhododendron Floral Sunhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-003.jpgRhododendron Floral GiftRhododendron Floral Gifthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-0071.jpgRhododendron Meadow LemonRhododendron Meadow Lemonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rhs-article-007.jpgRhododendron Meadow LemonRhododendron Meadow Lemon2012-09-06T20:26:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/05/01/tikorangi-notes-friday-29-april-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/001-copy.jpgA somewhat over the top performance from just one Cyclamen hederafolium tuber, albeit a large and well established oneA somewhat over the top performance from just one Cyclamen hederafolium tuber, albeit a large and well established one2012-09-06T20:26:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/07/17/tikorangi-notes-july-18-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/book-blog-007-1.jpgbook-blog-007-1https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/042.jpgMagnolia Black Tulip is just starting to openMagnolia Black Tulip is just starting to open2012-09-06T20:25:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/03/30/tikorangi-diary-march-30-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/0091.jpg... and Oxalis massoniana... and Oxalis massonianahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/006-2.jpgThe lovely autumn oxalis - O.ecklonianaThe lovely autumn oxalis - O.ecklonianahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/005-2.jpgThe clean up continuesThe clean up continues2012-09-06T20:23:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/01/tikorangi-notes-friday-june-1-2012/2012-09-06T20:23:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/24/tikorangi-notes-friday-24-august-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/016-copy.jpgPerched on the very top - the dainty silvereye or tauhouPerched on the very top - the dainty silvereye or tauhouhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/038-copy.jpgThe shy bellbird or korimako The shy bellbird or korimako https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/014.jpgMagnolia Black TulipMagnolia Black Tulip2012-09-06T10:17:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/08/09/magnolia-diary-8-august-2009/2012-09-06T03:33:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/08/27/latest-posts-friday-august-27-2010/2012-09-04T04:31:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/07/09/tikorangi-notes-friday-july-9-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011850-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERARhododendron augustinii - a bit of a triumph in our climatehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011822-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe winter flowering chain cactus - more fun than polyanthus2012-09-04T04:30:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/07/02/tikorangi-notes-july-2-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011713-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe harbingers of spring - galanthus2012-09-04T04:29:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/06/11/tikorangi-notes-june-11-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/p1011562-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMark's colourful new pigeons, acclimatising in the raspberry coop2012-09-04T04:27:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/06/18/tikorangi-notes-june-18-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/p1011623-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAMandarins - fetching winter colour in the gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/p1011670-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERARescuing the lawnmower from a watery slide2012-09-04T04:27:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/06/04/tikorangi-notes-june-4-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/p1011434-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThe Theatre of the Banana2012-09-04T04:22:52+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2008/10/07/400/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/abbiejury0258.jpgabbiejury02582012-09-04T04:20:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/05/06/tikorangi-notes-may-7-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/p1011282-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASome fruits of a Tikorangi autumn2012-09-04T04:18:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/04/30/tikorangi-notes-april-30-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1011157-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERACurculigo recurvata is not common here and needs s p a c e2012-09-04T04:18:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/04/23/tikorangi-notes-april-23-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1011140-small.jpgP1011140 (Small)From apricot to near purple with plenty of oranges, reds and pinks betweenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1011091-small.jpgP1011091 (Small)Autumn in the rockery at Tikorangi2012-09-04T04:17:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/04/07/camellia-diary-the-first-entry-april-7-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1010967-small.jpgP1010967 (Small)Scarlet King - the first of the season's sasanquas to flower2012-09-04T04:17:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/07/16/tikorangi-notes-friday-16-july/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011896-small1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAOur magnificent Podocarpus henkelii will see the nursery capillary beds surrounding it both come and go in its lifetimehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011896-small.jpgOur magnificent Podocarpus henkelii will see the nursery capillary beds surrounding it both come and go in its lifetimeOur magnificent Podocarpus henkelii will see the nursery capillary beds surrounding it both come and go in its lifetime2012-09-04T04:15:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/07/23/3451/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/p1011924-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERANaturalising the snowdrops takes some special efforts here. The rhododendron leaf belongs to a sino nuttallii2012-09-04T04:15:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/08/13/tikorangi-notes-august-13-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/p1012088-small.jpgMagnolia LanarthMagnolia Lanarth https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/campbellii-again-2010-small.jpgMagnolia campbellii in full flower this weekMagnolia campbellii in full flower this week2012-09-04T04:15:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/08/20/tikorangi-notes-friday-august-20-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/p1012172-small.jpgNectar-feeding tui in a Prunus campanulataNectar-feeding tui in a Prunus campanulatahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/p1012163-small.jpgCampanulata for the tuiCampanulata for the tui2012-09-04T04:14:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/09/03/tikorangi-notes-september-3-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/p1012281-small.jpgThe pink and white blooms of Iolanthe are more to our tasteThe pink and white blooms of Iolanthe are more to our taste2012-09-04T04:14:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/10/15/tikorangi-notes-friday-october-15-2010/2012-09-04T04:14:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/10/23/tikorangi-notes-saturday-23-october-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/p1012698-small1.jpgRhododendron Bernice flowering this weekRhododendron Bernice flowering this week2012-09-04T04:13:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/11/05/tikorangi-notes-friday-november-5-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dsc02893-small1.jpgThe wonderfully strident azalea mollisThe wonderfully strident azalea mollishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dsc02893-small.jpgDSC02893 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dsc02894-small.jpgThe park is at its prettiestThe park is at its prettiesthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dsc02884-small.jpgParking can be a mission during FestivalParking can be a mission during Festival2012-09-04T04:13:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/11/12/tikorangi-notes-friday-12-november-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/p1012917-small.jpgThe very pretty Tecomanthe montanaThe very pretty Tecomanthe montana2012-09-04T04:13:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/11/19/tikorangi-notes-friday-19-november-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/p1012945-small.jpgLooking more cottage garden than rockery this weekLooking more cottage garden than rockery this weekhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/p1012957-small.jpgA particularly good verbascum for our conditionsA particularly good verbascum for our conditions2012-09-04T04:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/11/26/tikorangi-notes-friday-26-november/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/dsc02904-small.jpgA barrow load of wineA barrow load of wine2012-09-04T04:13:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/12/03/tikorangi-notes-friday-3-december/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/sinonuttallii.jpgRhododendron sinonuttallii in all its glory this weekRhododendron sinonuttallii in all its glory this week2012-09-04T04:12:59+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/12/10/tikorangi-notes-friday-10-december/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/p1013048-small1.jpgWondering about watering the rose gardenWondering about watering the rose gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/photo-6-alternative1.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/p1013068-small.jpgThe little Disa tripetalata naturalising by the stream, we hopeThe little Disa tripetalata naturalising by the stream, we hope2012-09-04T04:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/12/17/tikorangi-notes-friday-17-december-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/p1013142-small.jpgStraight after the rains, the zephyranthes appeared this weekStraight after the rains, the zephyranthes appeared this week2012-09-04T04:10:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/12/24/tikorangi-notes-friday-december-24-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/michaeljeans3042.jpgKevin, Sharon and our Christmas treeKevin, Sharon and our Christmas tree2012-09-04T04:10:35+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/01/28/tikorangi-notes-friday-28-january-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/abbie-jury-blue.jpgAgapanthus blue and white, and montbretia on our roadsideAgapanthus blue and white, and montbretia on our roadsidehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/p1013378-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/p1013370-small.jpgVariegated agapanthus - doubly damned in NZVariegated agapanthus - doubly damned in NZ2012-09-04T04:08:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/02/11/tikorangi-notes-friday-11-february-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/gecko-alternative-small.jpgThe gecko - a first for us to find a live one in our gardenThe gecko - a first for us to find a live one in our gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/p1013441-small.jpgWorsleya rayneri in the garden, just starting to open its bloomsWorsleya rayneri in the garden, just starting to open its blooms2012-09-04T04:08:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/02/18/tikorangi-notes-friday-18-february-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/p1013489-small.jpgA pleasantly shaded garden to work in during summerA pleasantly shaded garden to work in during summerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/p1013512-small.jpgThe swimming pool gardenThe swimming pool garden2012-09-04T04:08:36+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/02/25/tikorangi-notes-friday-25-february-2011/2012-09-04T04:08:26+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/03/04/tikorangi-notes-friday-march-4-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/dsc00684-small.jpgIt must be autumn. The Cyclamen hederafolium are flowering again.It must be autumn. The Cyclamen hederafolium are flowering again.2012-09-04T04:08:14+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/03/18/tikorangi-notes-friday-march-18-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rango-selections-012.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rango-selections-010.jpgThe watermelon catfishThe watermelon catfishhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rango-selections-011.jpgMembers of Rango in our carpark areaMembers of Rango in our carpark areahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rango-selections-013.jpgNot a common sight in the rural area of Tikorangi - Rango in performance in our gardenNot a common sight in the rural area of Tikorangi - Rango in performance in our gardenhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/rango-selections-014.jpgAlas it rained, especially as people arrived for the luncheonAlas it rained, especially as people arrived for the luncheon2012-09-04T04:08:03+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/03/25/tikorangi-notes-friday-25-march-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/brugmansia-005-copy.jpgDouble white brugmansia in flower this weekDouble white brugmansia in flower this week2012-09-04T04:07:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/06/06/tikorangi-notes-monday-6-june-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/023.jpgLuculia pinceana Fragrant CloudLuculia pinceana Fragrant Cloud2012-09-04T04:07:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/06/19/tikorangi-notes-june-19-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/016.jpgSpring Festival is one of the prettiest in flower this week though spring is still a way off hereSpring Festival is one of the prettiest in flower this week though spring is still a way off herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/011.jpgThe first blooms on Magnolia Vulcan were hit by hailstones last nightThe first blooms on Magnolia Vulcan were hit by hailstones last night2012-09-04T04:07:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/07/28/tikorangi-notes-thursday-july-29-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/sapote-copy.jpgThe white sapote - now a winter fruit staple hereThe white sapote - now a winter fruit staple herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/005.jpgSchefflera septulosa - distinctly worse for the frostSchefflera septulosa - distinctly worse for the frosthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/002.jpgNew Zealand Woman's Weekly on magnolias - Burgundy Star, Black Tulip and Fairy Magnolia Blush in the photosNew Zealand Woman's Weekly on magnolias - Burgundy Star, Black Tulip and Fairy Magnolia Blush in the photos2012-09-04T04:06:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/09/09/tikorangi-diary-september-9-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/moraea-spathulata.jpgMoraea spathulataMoraea spathulatahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/te-mara-and-carpark-purple.jpgPrunus Te Mara and a seedling magnolia in our carpark areaPrunus Te Mara and a seedling magnolia in our carpark areahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/010.jpgMagnolia Felix Jury in its glory nowMagnolia Felix Jury in its glory now2012-09-04T04:05:30+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/03/23/tikorangi-notes-friday-march-23-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/storm-damage-012.jpgThe Picea omorika felled itselfThe Picea omorika felled itselfhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/february-bulbs-047-copy.jpgThe Picea omorika as it was in FebruaryThe Picea omorika as it was in Februaryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/storm-damage-010.jpgDamage to the multi forked Picea omorika several metres upDamage to the multi forked Picea omorika several metres uphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/storm-damage-005-copy.jpgAt least the falling totara missed the garageAt least the falling totara missed the garagehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/storm-damage-004.jpgA salutary lesson in why trees should never be allowed to fork close to the ground - half the totara split outA salutary lesson in why trees should never be allowed to fork close to the ground - half the totara split out2012-09-04T04:03:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/02/24/tikorangi-notes-friday-24-february-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/february-bulbs-047-copy.jpgfebruary-bulbs-047-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/february-bulbs-043-copy.jpgOur old man pines, Pinus radiata, are large trees after 130 yearsOur old man pines, Pinus radiata, are large trees after 130 yearshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/february-bulbs-009-copy.jpgSummer and Mark's vegetable garden is taking on its meadow garden alter ego as he grows food for the butterfliesSummer and Mark's vegetable garden is taking on its meadow garden alter ego as he grows food for the butterflies2012-09-04T04:03:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/11/05/tikorangi-notes-saturday-5-november-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/006-3.jpgThe wonderful fragrant nuttalliis are coming into flower - this one is Floral Legacy (nuttallii x sino nuttallii)The wonderful fragrant nuttalliis are coming into flower - this one is Floral Legacy (nuttallii x sino nuttallii)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/002-3.jpgAnd "Coconut Ice" is looking a pictureAnd "Coconut Ice" is looking a picturehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/platinum-ice.jpgMark's "Platinum Ice" is just openingMark's "Platinum Ice" is just opening2012-09-04T04:03:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/12/02/tikorangi-notes-friday-2-december-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/monet-copy.jpgThe DIY Monet effect, courtesy of the Te Papa websiteThe DIY Monet effect, courtesy of the Te Papa websitehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/003-3.jpgComing up next week: the Higo irisesComing up next week: the Higo iriseshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/012-41.jpgThe next series of Mark's arisaema hybrids are coming into flowerThe next series of Mark's arisaema hybrids are coming into flower2012-09-04T04:02:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/01/27/tikorangi-notes-friday-27-january-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/vallota.jpgThe pink vallota. Or should that be the peach cyrtanthus?The pink vallota. Or should that be the peach cyrtanthus?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/chrysantha-copy.jpgThe sad state of Camellia chyrsanthaThe sad state of Camellia chyrsantha2012-09-04T04:02:31+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/02/03/tikorangi-notes-friday-3-february-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/006-copy.jpgThe auratum lily season is late this year, but no less spectacular for its delayThe auratum lily season is late this year, but no less spectacular for its delayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/017-2-copy.jpgOur Lloyd makes a prettier sight than I do when it comes to weeding the pondOur Lloyd makes a prettier sight than I do when it comes to weeding the pondhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/gecko-009-copy.jpgOur pregnant gecko, Glenys, is back in viewOur pregnant gecko, Glenys, is back in view2012-09-04T04:02:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/02/10/tikorangi-diary-friday-10-february-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/summer-flowering1.jpgThe bonus of summer flowers on Magnolia Black TulipThe bonus of summer flowers on Magnolia Black Tuliphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/apollo-in-summer.jpgMagnolia Apollo in summerMagnolia Apollo in summerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/summer-flowering.jpgA bonus display of summer blooms on Magnolia Black TulipA bonus display of summer blooms on Magnolia Black Tuliphttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/magnolia-appendage-1.jpgMagnolia seed pod, not a sinister growthMagnolia seed pod, not a sinister growth2012-09-04T04:02:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/03/09/tikorangi-notes-friday-9-march-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/014-copy.jpgFelix the Kiwi, our clipped yew, may be succumbing Felix the Kiwi, our clipped yew, may be succumbing https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/004-3-copy.jpg004-3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/002-copy.jpgThe low tech approach to flushing the stream bedThe low tech approach to flushing the stream bed2012-09-04T04:02:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/04/13/tikorangi-notes-friday-april-13-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/013.jpg013https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/010.jpg010https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/016-2.jpgThe Cyclamen hederafolium are a delightThe Cyclamen hederafolium are a delight2012-09-04T04:01:57+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/04/20/tikorangi-notes-friday-20-april-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/016-2-copy1.jpgAnd a second fantail nest, crafted in the fork of a magnolia stemAnd a second fantail nest, crafted in the fork of a magnolia stemhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/014-3-copy.jpgAnd a second fantail nest, crafted in the fork of a magnolia stemAnd a second fantail nest, crafted in the fork of a magnolia stemhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/016-2-copy.jpgThe perfection of the fantail nestThe perfection of the fantail nest2012-09-04T04:01:49+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/05/18/5226/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/005-copy.jpgNarcissus bulbocodium citrinus "Pandora" - the first in flower this seasonNarcissus bulbocodium citrinus "Pandora" - the first in flower this seasonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/009-copy.jpg009-copy2012-09-04T04:01:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/05/25/tikorangi-notes-friday-25-may-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/maple-with-natural-shape-copy.jpgmaple-with-natural-shape-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/dwarf-maple-copy.jpgdwarf-maple-copy2012-09-04T04:01:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/08/tikorangi-notes-friday-june-8-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/005-3-copy.jpgDone. I call it the Theatre of the BananaDone. I call it the Theatre of the Bananahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/004-4-copy.jpgTwo weeks from the shortest day - time to cover the bananaTwo weeks from the shortest day - time to cover the banana2012-09-04T04:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/15/tikorangi-notes-friday-15-june-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/041-copy.jpgAnd the winner for colour this week - the persimmonsAnd the winner for colour this week - the persimmonshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/001-5.jpgWhat a difference a week makes... frost damageWhat a difference a week makes... frost damage2012-09-04T04:01:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/29/a-little-bit-of-tikorangi-at-clarence-house/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/p1012202.jpgIt may take a little while for the Black Tulip at Clarence House to reach this scale of displayIt may take a little while for the Black Tulip at Clarence House to reach this scale of display2012-09-04T04:01:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/22/tikorangi-notes-friday-22-june-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/007-4.jpgA reasonably remarkable mid winter sight - the original R. macgregoriae aged 55 years!A reasonably remarkable mid winter sight - the original R. macgregoriae aged 55 years!2012-09-04T04:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/06/tikorangi-notes-friday-july-6-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/001-3.jpgThe tui are backThe tui are backhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/006.jpgOur maunga, Mount TaranakiOur maunga, Mount Taranaki2012-09-04T04:00:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/13/tikorangi-notes-friday-13-july-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/002-2.jpgCamellia Fairy BlushCamellia Fairy Blushhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/001-6.jpgOur hedge of Camellia Fairy BlushOur hedge of Camellia Fairy Blushhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/last-week-was-garden-bed.jpgLast week was garden bed...Last week was garden bed...2012-09-04T04:00:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/20/tikorangi-notes-friday-july-20-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/first-mags-008-copy.jpgNarcissus cyclamineus at the base of Acer griseumNarcissus cyclamineus at the base of Acer griseumhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/campbellii.jpgThe very first flowers of the season on Magnolia campbelliiThe very first flowers of the season on Magnolia campbellii2012-09-04T03:59:54+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/05/12/why-we-resigned-from-the-new-zealand-gardens-trust/2012-09-04T03:51:11+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/04/09/tikorangi-notes-april-9-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/bamboo-hoist-014-small.jpgbamboo hoist 014 (Small)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/bamboo-hoist-016-small.jpgbamboo hoist 016 (Small)2012-09-04T03:50:55+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/05/28/tikorangi-notes-28-may-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc02617-small1.jpgDSC02617 (Small)For us, the persimmon in autumn is more about looks than tastehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/dsc02617-small.jpgDSC02617 (Small)The persimmon in autumn is more about looks than taste, for us at least2012-09-04T03:50:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/06/25/tikorangi-notes-june-25-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/daphne-bholua-small.jpgOLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADaphne bholua2012-09-04T03:50:25+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2011/01/14/tikorangi-notes-friday-14-january-2011/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/self-seeded-nikau.jpgToo much of a good thing - self sown nikau palms.Too much of a good thing - self sown nikau palms.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/p1013284-small.jpgSelf sown kawakawa showing typical shot holes in the leafSelf sown kawakawa showing typical shot holes in the leafhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/p1013279-small.jpgThe creeping rata - puts down roots wherever it touches, whether in the ground or clinging to a host treeThe creeping rata - puts down roots wherever it touches, whether in the ground or clinging to a host tree2012-09-04T03:50:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/04/06/tikorangi-notes-april-6-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1010963-small.jpgP1010963 (Small)Awaiting the mulcher machine, nikau palm to the fore. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1010959-small.jpgP1010959 (Small)Spike, to the left, ate the Easter bunny. Zephyr would have but he is match for the speedy Spike2012-09-04T03:39:07+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/03/05/tikorangi-notes/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dsc02478-small.jpgDSC02478 (Small)One country's treasured plants are another country's roadside plants, even weedshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dsc02484-small.jpgDSC02484 (Small)Wind anemones and agapanthus on our road verge 2012-09-04T03:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2009/12/08/the-case-of-the-missing-hedge-clippers/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/p1010802-small.jpgP1010802 (Small)I felt sure we had another pair of hedge clippers somewhere2012-09-04T03:31:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/31/plant-collector-corylopsis-pauciflora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/corylopsis-copy-copy.jpgCorylopsis pauciflora - short flowering season in our climate, but charming Corylopsis pauciflora - short flowering season in our climate, but charming 2012-09-04T03:23:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/04/16/tikorangi-notes-april-16-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1010998-small.jpgP1010998 (Small)Our venerable old man pines against the blue sky of autumnhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/p1011037-small.jpgP1011037 (Small)Our Monterey pines - not all are exactly at right angles to the ground2012-09-04T03:04:04+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/03/26/tikorangi-notes-march-26-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dsc02568-small.jpgDSC02568 (Small)The small pictures of autumn - Moraea polystachya2012-09-04T03:02:56+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/03/19/tikorangi-notes-march-19-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dsc02562-small.jpgDSC02562 (Small)The growing collection of birds's nests2012-09-04T03:02:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/02/26/tikorangi-notes-2622010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/dsc02464-small.jpgDSC02464 (Small)2013-04-28T04:21:06+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/03/12/tikorangi-notes-march-12-2010/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/dsc02536-small.jpgDSC02536 (Small)The non conformist sunflower2012-09-04T02:59:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2010/02/24/tikorangi-notes-2422010/2012-09-04T02:57:50+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/27/dealing-with-maturity-in-garden-terms/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sculpted-kurumes-copy.jpgSculpted kurume azaleasSculpted kurume azaleashttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/clipping-the-mine-no-yuki-copy1.jpgClipping Mine No YukiClipping Mine No Yukihttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/fairy-magnolia-blush-copy.jpgFairy Magnolia BlushFairy Magnolia Blushhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/mine-no-yuki-copy.jpgThe finished productThe finished producthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/clipping-the-mine-no-yuki-copy.jpgClipping Mine No Yuki Clipping Mine No Yuki https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/dwarf-maple-copy.jpgdwarf-maple-copy2012-09-04T01:23:46+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/26/new-post-on-magnolia-diary/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/098-copy.jpgSweetheart is not one of ours, though we would be happy if it wasSweetheart is not one of ours, though we would be happy if it washttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/115-copy.jpgMagnolia Mark Jury - what else could it be?Magnolia Mark Jury - what else could it be?2012-08-26T07:49:40+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/26/magnolia-diary-15-but-the-first-for-2012-august-26-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/patio-magnolias-copy.jpgBut maybe there is a future in patio magnolias?But maybe there is a future in patio magnolias?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/too-like-iolanthe-copy.jpgToo much like Iolanthe Too much like Iolanthe https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/plenty-of-generic-soulangeanas-copy.jpgPlenty of generic soulangeanas herePlenty of generic soulangeanas herehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/carpark-purple-copy.jpgLanarth sets the standard. Is this significantly better? Probably not. Lanarth sets the standard. Is this significantly better? Probably not.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/our-ruby.jpgOur equivalent of RubyOur equivalent of Rubyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/ruby-copy.jpgRubyRubyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/genie-left-seedling-right-copy.jpgGenie to the left, our seedling to the right Genie to the left, our seedling to the right https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/its-not-black-tulip.jpgIt's not Black Tulip, but it might as well beIt's not Black Tulip, but it might as well behttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/bambino-tulip-copy.jpgOr how about Bambino Tulip?Or how about Bambino Tulip?https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/baby-tulip-copy.jpgBaby Tulip - a small version of Black Tulip Baby Tulip - a small version of Black Tulip 2013-03-14T23:33:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/24/biodynamics-the-homeopathy-of-the-gardening-world/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/004-2-copy.jpgA mutinous threat from Zephyr and SpikeA mutinous threat from Zephyr and Spike2012-09-02T09:44:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/24/plant-collector-narcissus-x-odorus/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/narcissus-x-odorus-copy.jpgThe heady fragrance of Narcissus x odorusThe heady fragrance of Narcissus x odorus2012-08-23T19:31:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/23/tikorangi-notes-thursday-23-august-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/060.jpg0602012-08-23T02:01:24+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/17/be-bold-with-colour-white-is-not-always-right/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/vulcan-copy.jpgColour to brighten a gloomy day - Magnolia VulcanColour to brighten a gloomy day - Magnolia Vulcanhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/meconopsis-2-copy.jpgYou can never have too much blue in the garden - especially if it is meconopsisYou can never have too much blue in the garden - especially if it is meconopsishttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/001-2-copy.jpgThere is nothing subtle about the bright yellow of early narcissusThere is nothing subtle about the bright yellow of early narcissushttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/early-season-flowers-on-vulcan-copy.jpgThe OTT flamboyance of the early season magnolias - in this case, VulcanThe OTT flamboyance of the early season magnolias - in this case, Vulcanhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/031-copy.jpgWinter colour on the mandarin tree - and food for tuiWinter colour on the mandarin tree - and food for tui2012-08-17T20:42:41+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/17/tikorangi-tui-tui-tui/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/013-2.jpg013-2https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/012.jpg0122012-08-17T04:26:01+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/17/plant-collector-camellia-sweet-jane/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/sweet-jane-copy.jpgSweet little Sweet JaneSweet little Sweet Jane2012-08-16T19:30:51+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/27/tikorangi-notes-friday-27-july-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/006-2-copy.jpgThe first blooms on Magnolia Vulcan are the very bestThe first blooms on Magnolia Vulcan are the very besthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/004-2-copy.jpgNarcissus Peeping Tom is a wonderful early season performerNarcissus Peeping Tom is a wonderful early season performerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/helleborus-x-sternii-copy.jpgHelleborus x sternii Helleborus x sternii 2012-08-16T19:30:19+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/10/plant-collector-acer-senkaki-or-a-sango-kaku/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/015-3-copy.jpgAcer Senkaki, as it is commonly referred to in NZAcer Senkaki, as it is commonly referred to in NZ2012-08-09T19:32:43+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/08/10/grow-it-yourself-courgettes-the-final-in-this-series/2012-08-09T19:30:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/jury-plants/jury-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/dsc01852-small.jpgDSC01852 (Small)Cream Puff - somewhat like a powder puff in appearancehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/rose-bouquet-small.jpgRose Bouquet (Small)Rose Bouquet https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2007/02/dreamboat-small.jpgDreamboat (Small)Camellia Dreamboat - probably justifies being called a classic now2012-08-07T04:04:24+00:00weekly0.6https://jury.co.nz/2012/08/03/tikorangi-notes-friday-3-august-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/012-copy.jpgMagnolia campbellii in full flight this weekMagnolia campbellii in full flight this weekhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/015-copy.jpgMark's bulb hillside - Narcissus cyclamineus at the front, galanthus in the centre and Narcissus Twilight to the rearMark's bulb hillside - Narcissus cyclamineus at the front, galanthus in the centre and Narcissus Twilight to the rearhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/007-copy.jpgMagnolia Lanarth is coming into flowerMagnolia Lanarth is coming into flower2012-08-02T19:51:15+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/27/the-curse-of-the-narcissus-fly/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/013-copy.jpg013-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/sandy-rae-wiki-commons-1.jpgThe inoffensive adult fly (photo credit: Sandy Rae via Wiki Commons)The inoffensive adult fly (photo credit: Sandy Rae via Wiki Commons)https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/010-copy.jpgThe offending narcissi fly larva to the right of the blade pointThe offending narcissi fly larva to the right of the blade pointhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/002-copy.jpgA selection of early flowering narcissi from the garden this weekA selection of early flowering narcissi from the garden this week2012-07-26T19:32:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/27/plant-collector-helleborus-x-sternii/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/helleborus-sternii-copy.jpgHelleborus sternii in a woodland settingHelleborus sternii in a woodland setting2012-07-26T19:31:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/27/grow-it-yourself-runner-beans/2012-07-26T19:30:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/20/7650/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/001-copy.jpgA simple but very pleasing combination of Helleborus niger for winter flowers, Calanthe arisarnensis for spring, some random dwarf narcissi - and interesting foliage all summerA simple but very pleasing combination of Helleborus niger for winter flowers, Calanthe arisarnensis for spring, some random dwarf narcissi - and interesting foliage all summerhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/006-copy1.jpgPlanted - patience is now required as I wait for soil temperatures to risePlanted - patience is now required as I wait for soil temperatures to risehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/017-copy.jpgA carpet of blue asters in late summer and autumnA carpet of blue asters in late summer and autumn2012-07-20T20:32:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/20/plant-collector-pennantia-baylisiana-they-dont-come-any-more-endangered-than-this-one-was/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/pennantia-roots-copy.jpgOur pennantia does not appear to be deep rooted - or it didn't appreciate recent strong windsOur pennantia does not appear to be deep rooted - or it didn't appreciate recent strong windshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/pennantia-baylisiana-copy.jpgPennantia baylisiana - just the one single plant has ever been foundPennantia baylisiana - just the one single plant has ever been found2012-07-19T19:31:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/20/grow-it-yourself-cauliflower/2012-07-19T19:30:08+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/13/renovating-the-rose-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/rose-garden.jpgAs it was - the borders are too narrow and proportions wrongAs it was - the borders are too narrow and proportions wronghttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/002-2-copy.jpgA major makeover in mid flightA major makeover in mid flighthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/006-copy.jpgRecycling the turf from the extended borders to the defunct garden bedRecycling the turf from the extended borders to the defunct garden bedhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/dsc01968-copy.jpgAt its best, the rose garden looked good...At its best, the rose garden looked good...2012-07-14T04:22:13+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/13/plant-collector-narcissus-bulbocodium-citrinus-pandora/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/008-2-copy.jpgThe first narcissus of the season - N. bulbocodium citrinus 'Pandora'The first narcissus of the season - N. bulbocodium citrinus 'Pandora'2012-07-12T19:31:05+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/13/grow-it-yourself-tamarillos/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/012-copy.jpg012-copy2012-07-12T19:30:33+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/06/fragrant-rhododendrons/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury5-floral-gift-copy1.jpgIn the smaller growing, very fragrant white flushed pink class, Floral Gift is our preferenceIn the smaller growing, very fragrant white flushed pink class, Floral Gift is our preferencehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury9-moon-orchid-copy.jpgMoon OrchidMoon Orchidhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury7-felicity-fair-copy.jpgFelicity Fair Felicity Fair https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury6-bernice-copy.jpgBerniceBernicehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury8-barbara-jury-copy.jpgFelix Jury’s series of R. polyandrum hybrids brought a greater colour range to scented rhododendrons in New Zealand - Barbara JuryFelix Jury’s series of R. polyandrum hybrids brought a greater colour range to scented rhododendrons in New Zealand - Barbara Juryhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury11-floral-sun-copy.jpgFloral Sun is the soft yellow half sister of Floral Dance and becomes a very tidy, compact garden plant with masses of blooms. Floral Sun is the soft yellow half sister of Floral Dance and becomes a very tidy, compact garden plant with masses of blooms. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury3-veitchianum-copy.jpgFor frost-free areas, R. veitchianum is a gem with its pure white, frilly, scented flowers. For frost-free areas, R. veitchianum is a gem with its pure white, frilly, scented flowers. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury1-cubittii-copy.jpgR. cubitti is a fragrant species which is easy to grow but because it flowers very early, it is not suitable for cold climate areas. R. cubitti is a fragrant species which is easy to grow but because it flowers very early, it is not suitable for cold climate areas. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury2-polyandrum-copy.jpgR. polyandrum is one of the most fragrant species with its huge blooms, but it is a larger grower with a very open habit. R. polyandrum is one of the most fragrant species with its huge blooms, but it is a larger grower with a very open habit. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/341-jury5-floral-gift-copy.jpgIn the smaller growing, very fragrant white flushed pink class, Floral Gift is our preference. In the smaller growing, very fragrant white flushed pink class, Floral Gift is our preference. 2012-07-05T19:40:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/06/plant-collector-helleborus-orientalis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/020-2-copy.jpgHelleborus orientalis - quiet and undemanding stars of winterHelleborus orientalis - quiet and undemanding stars of winter2012-07-05T19:32:32+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/06/reviewing-the-role-of-container-plants-here/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/004-3-copy.jpgSoftening the scene but Cordyline stricta has to be repotted every year Softening the scene but Cordyline stricta has to be repotted every year https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/008-3-copy.jpgMark calls it his Forest of Tane though these are Picea orientalis bonsai style in a small stone troughMark calls it his Forest of Tane though these are Picea orientalis bonsai style in a small stone troughhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/005-2-copy.jpg005-2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/012-2-copy.jpgLarge gardens need large pots - a weeping totara at our entrancewayLarge gardens need large pots - a weeping totara at our entranceway2012-07-05T19:31:10+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/06/grow-it-youself-celery/2012-07-05T19:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/06/in-the-garden-this-fortnight-thursday-5-july-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/gloriosa-superba-tubers-copy.jpgGloriosa superba tubers Gloriosa superba tubershttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/gloriosa-superba-2-copy.jpgGloriosa superba in summerGloriosa superba in summer2012-07-05T19:27:17+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/07/06/outdoor-classroom-how-to-sharpen-garden-tools/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/step-by-step-341-6-copy.jpgstep-by-step-341-6-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/step-by-step-341-5-copy.jpgstep-by-step-341-5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/step-by-step-341-3-copy.jpgstep-by-step-341-3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/step-by-step-341-4-copy.jpgstep-by-step-341-4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/step-by-step-341-2-copy-copy.jpgstep-by-step-341-2-copy-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/step-by-step-341-1-copy.jpgstep-by-step-341-1-copy2012-07-05T19:25:28+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/29/more-mid-winter-delight-than-harbinger-of-spring-galanthus-snowdrops/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/016-3-copy.jpgSnowflake (leucojum) to the left and snowdrop (galanthus) to the rightSnowflake (leucojum) to the left and snowdrop (galanthus) to the righthttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/022-copy.jpgGalanthus S Arnott is a wonderful performer hereGalanthus S Arnott is a wonderful performer here2012-06-28T19:32:21+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/29/plant-collector-bilbergia/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/bilbergia-copy.jpgBilbergia flowering in the winter woodlandBilbergia flowering in the winter woodland2012-06-28T19:31:22+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/29/grow-it-yourself-oriental-radishes/2012-06-28T19:30:44+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/26/stop-press-magnolia-black-tulip-in-another-royal-garden/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/black-tulip-on-tree-copy.jpgMagnolia Black TulipMagnolia Black Tulip2012-06-26T04:32:20+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/22/early-flowering-camellias/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-15-copy.jpgCamellia species can be grown from seed. There will be some seedling variation in the plants but they are usually close enough on appearance for hedging purposes. These are last year’s red seed pods on C. microphylla.Camellia species can be grown from seed. There will be some seedling variation in the plants but they are usually close enough on appearance for hedging purposes. These are last year’s red seed pods on C. microphylla.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-17-copy.jpgC. microphylla has been kept clipped and shaped in containers for at least 12 years. C. microphylla has been kept clipped and shaped in containers for at least 12 years. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-6.jpgThe dainty flowers on both C. microphylla and C. brevistyla are almost identical but last longer on the former, seen here. The dainty flowers on both C. microphylla and C. brevistyla are almost identical but last longer on the former, seen here. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-8-copy.jpgCamellia sasanqua ‘Bonanza’ is a bright spot of colour on a grey day. Camellia sasanqua ‘Bonanza’ is a bright spot of colour on a grey dayhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-7-copy.jpgWe particularly enjoy the charming sasanqua ‘Crimson King’, seen here as a mature shrub with a graceful, arching form. We particularly enjoy the charming sasanqua ‘Crimson King’, seen here as a mature shrub with a graceful, arching form. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-2-copy.jpg‘Fairy Blush’ is a scented hybrid with a very long flowering season. ‘Fairy Blush’ is a scented hybrid with a very long flowering season. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-9-copy.jpgThere is nothing special about the individual blooms on Camellia sasanqua ‘Showgirl’, but at the time when it flowers, there is nothing to rival its showiness.There is nothing special about the individual blooms on Camellia sasanqua ‘Showgirl’, but at the time when it flowers, there is nothing to rival its showiness.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-12-copy.jpgFor perfection in a bloom, it is hard to go past the formal shape of Camellia ‘Mimosa Jury’ which has the added benefit of showing good weather tolerance without marking badly. For perfection in a bloom, it is hard to go past the formal shape of Camellia ‘Mimosa Jury’ which has the added benefit of showing good weather tolerance without marking badly. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-1-copy.jpgWhite ‘Early Pearly’ is one of the most beautiful of the sasanquas, while red ‘Takanini’ is a japonica which flowers from early to late in the season. White ‘Early Pearly’ is one of the most beautiful of the sasanquas, while red ‘Takanini’ is a japonica which flowers from early to late in the season. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-camellias-16-copy.jpgCamellia ‘Itty Bit’ is a dwarf variety that has been kept in a pot here for 20 yearsCamellia ‘Itty Bit’ is a dwarf variety that has been kept in a pot here for 20 years2012-06-22T02:03:12+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/22/in-the-garden-this-fortnight-june-21-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-abbie-after-copy.jpgAnd after - it needs to grow but it is very tidy And after - it needs to grow but it is very tidy https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-abbie-before-copy.jpgBefore - too much mondo grass, not to mention superfluous hostas and Ligularia reniformis needing attentionBefore - too much mondo grass, not to mention superfluous hostas and Ligularia reniformis needing attention2012-06-22T02:01:02+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/22/outdoor-classroom-how-to-plant-a-tree/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/007-copy.jpg007-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-photo7-copy.jpg340-photo7-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-photo6-copy.jpg340-photo6-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-photo4-copy.jpg340-photo4-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-photo5-copy.jpg340-photo5-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-photo3-copy.jpg340-photo3-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-photo2-copy.jpg340-photo2-copyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/340-photo1-copy.jpg340-photo1-copy2012-06-22T02:00:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/22/the-garden-identity-crisis/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/001-2-copy.jpgLeaving tree stumps to rot out in their own time is not without risk though many of us do it.Leaving tree stumps to rot out in their own time is not without risk though many of us do it.https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/003-2-copy1.jpgAn example of lifting and limbing over many years. An example of lifting and limbing over many years. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/007-4-copy.jpgFinding the shapes within the plants, in this case a mapleFinding the shapes within the plants, in this case a maple2012-06-21T19:33:42+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/22/plant-collector-luculia-gratissima-early-dawn/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/luculia-early-dawn-copy.jpgLuculia gratissima 'Early Dawn'Luculia gratissima 'Early Dawn'2012-06-21T20:12:48+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/22/grow-it-yourself-strawberries/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/012-copy.jpgNetted already - mostly because of our unwelcome resident rabbit. Netted already - mostly because of our unwelcome resident rabbit. https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/p1013057.jpgp10130572012-06-24T06:12:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/15/the-sweet-smell-of-daphne-in-winter/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/daphne-genkwa-copy.jpgDeciduous, lacking scent and blue lilac but it is probably the most spectacular - Daphne genkwaDeciduous, lacking scent and blue lilac but it is probably the most spectacular - Daphne genkwahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/typical-scruffy-bholua-copy.jpgThe good and the bad of the Himalayan Daphne bholuaThe good and the bad of the Himalayan Daphne bholuahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/049-copy.jpgDaphne odora - happy around the back by the rubbish tin.Daphne odora - happy around the back by the rubbish tin.2012-11-23T08:15:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/15/plant-collector-chamaecyparis-obtusa-caespitosa/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/017-copy.jpgChamaecyparis obtusa 'Caespitosa' is a little honey bun of a plant... after 50 yearsChamaecyparis obtusa 'Caespitosa' is a little honey bun of a plant... after 50 years2012-06-14T19:31:00+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/15/grow-it-yourself-european-radishes/2012-06-14T20:35:53+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/08/in-praise-of-ornamental-oxalis-or-wood-sorrel-if-you-prefer/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-massoniana-copy1.jpgO.massoniana - massed in a wide, shallow container in full sunO.massoniana - massed in a wide, shallow container in full sunhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-bowiei.jpgO. bowiei - bold and showy very early in the seasonO. bowiei - bold and showy very early in the seasonhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-polyphylla-copy.jpgO. polyphylla shows very different foliageO. polyphylla shows very different foliagehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-hirta-lavender-copy.jpgO.hirta lavender - second place favouriteO.hirta lavender - second place favouritehttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/perfect-for-sunny-doorsteps-copy.jpgPerfect for sunny doorsteps Perfect for sunny doorsteps https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-deppei-iron-cross-copy.jpgO. deppei "Iron Cross" grows and flowers in the opposite seasons to most ornamental varietiesO. deppei "Iron Cross" grows and flowers in the opposite seasons to most ornamental varietieshttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-luteola-copy.jpgO. luteola - an excellent garden varietyO. luteola - an excellent garden varietyhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-purpurea-nigrescens-copy.jpgSame species but different form and very different behaviour. Keep O. purpurea "Nigrescens" confined to a potSame species but different form and very different behaviour. Keep O. purpurea "Nigrescens" confined to a pothttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-purpurea-alba-copy.jpgMy all time favourite - O. purpurea albaMy all time favourite - O. purpurea albahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/oxalis-eckloniana-copy.jpgWe keep O. eckloniana in a pot plunged into the gardenWe keep O. eckloniana in a pot plunged into the garden2012-06-08T02:03:37+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nz/2012/06/08/in-the-garden-this-fortnight-may-24-2012/https://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/abbie-theatre-of-the-banana-339-copy.jpgThe Theatre of the BananaThe Theatre of the Bananahttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/abbie-339-bulbs.jpgNaturalising bulbs in conditions of rampant grass growthNaturalising bulbs in conditions of rampant grass growthhttps://tikorangi.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/039-copy.jpgLachenalia bulbiferaLachenalia bulbifera2012-06-08T02:01:45+00:00monthlyhttps://jury.co.nzdaily1.02019-12-15T03:30:54+00:00