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Category: Palm

Trachycarpus Appreciation
Palm, Trees

Trachycarpus Appreciation

Trachycarpus fortunei, the Windmill Palm or Chusan Palm, is fairly common in this part of the world. Not common enough … Continue reading Trachycarpus Appreciation

Dunedin Botanic Gardens
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Dunedin Botanic Gardens

The botanic garden in Dunedin is impressive, like almost every other one in New Zealand. And of course, I focused … Continue reading Dunedin Botanic Gardens

Christchurch Botanic Gardens; the Cuningham Subtropical Greenhouse
Banana, Big Leaves, Botanical Gardens, Cordyline, elephant ear, Greenhouse, Palm, Trees

Christchurch Botanic Gardens; the Cuningham Subtropical Greenhouse

The C. A. C. Cuningham greenhouse is one of my favorite greenhouses in New Zealand. It is big in every … Continue reading Christchurch Botanic Gardens; the Cuningham Subtropical Greenhouse

Big Leaf Appreciation Day
Banana, Big Leaves, elephant ear, Palm

Big Leaf Appreciation Day

I haven’t spent as much time doing any gardening of my own lately. In fact, I left my own garden … Continue reading Big Leaf Appreciation Day

Hamilton Gardens Greenhouse; The Jungle
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Hamilton Gardens Greenhouse; The Jungle

New Zealand is full of amazing botanic gardens. I have seen at least one in almost every sizable city that … Continue reading Hamilton Gardens Greenhouse; The Jungle

A rock garden
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A rock garden

A simple title, and a simple post. This rock garden belongs to the Auckland Botanic Garden. It occupies a very … Continue reading A rock garden

Butterfly Creek… something to work towards
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Butterfly Creek… something to work towards

Today I had the opportunity to visit a very interesting garden. The entire venue is called Butterfly Creek, and includes … Continue reading Butterfly Creek… something to work towards

Life above freezing
Agave, Cactus, Greenhouse, Palm

Life above freezing

Today as I went through the greenhouse, cleaning up fallen leaves and spiderwebs between plants that I haven’t moved in … Continue reading Life above freezing

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My plant obsession

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Deborah Silver is an accomplished and experienced landscape and garden designer whose firm first opened its doors in 1986.

Tikorangi The Jury Garden

Mark and Abbie Jury

snow monkey photography

travel and street photography

bruglovebug

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One Voice Calling Out From The Garden

Apple the Betta fish.

A blog about my betta Apple and my shrimps

Ramblin' through Dave's Garden

A Virginia garden through the seasons

This Geek Gardens

A geeky gardener's attempts to make her apartment garden successful and stylish!

750 metres

Mostly gardening in France

Big Leaves

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The Rainforest Garden

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Plants are the Strangest People

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