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•May 19, 2022•

Winter Pests and our Pets

With winter approaching, we normally assume that our furry friends won’t battle with pests that can be troublesome in the hotter, summer months, like ticks and fleas.  But it’s a misconception. Even though it gets cold during winter, we also have lovely sunny days and flea eggs only need one sunny day to hatch!  Here...
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•May 19, 2022•

Sedum prealtum

BOTANICAL NAME:  Sedum prealtum COMMON NAME:  Shrub stonecrop   DESCRIPTION:  A bushy shrub growing in excess of half a metre tall and equally as wide.  Fleshy, oblong, yellowy-green leaves are held in rosettes atop fleshy branches.  In spring, branched clusters of bright yellow flowers lend an eye-catching blaze of colour to the landscape. CULTURAL INFO: ...
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•May 13, 2022•

Dwarf Tea Bush

BOTANICAL NAME:  Leptospermum scoparium ‘Cherry Brandy’ COMMON NAME:  Dwarf Tea Bush   DESCRIPTION:  A low-growing evergreen shrub with tiny maroon to purple leaves on compact branches.  During late winter and early spring, small single cherry red flowers are densely packed on the bushes.  They attain a mature height of little over a metre and have...
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•March 10, 2022•

Mexican Bush or Mexican Sage

BOTANICAL NAME:  Salvia Leucantha COMMON NAME: Mexican Bush or Mexican Sage   DESCRIPTION: An evergreen sub-shrub with multiple stems that form a dense bush some 80cm to 90cm high with a similar spread.  Lance-shaped leaves are grey-green above and downy white on the underside.  Tubular flowers emerge from calyces, often of differing shades, creating a bicolour...
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