The summer heat has truly arrived with a vengeance and now the decision presents itself, “should I garden in my spare time or should I...

Lawns and landscape, well I covered a great deal of pests affecting us here last month in the patch and in particular what was targeting...

Justicacarnea- ‘Pink’,commonly referred to as theBrazilian Plume floweror flamingo planthails originally from South America. Justicaare...

Have you ever gone for a drive on a country road in South East Queensland through pockets of dry rainforest and thought- wow, what is...

This winter, our humble veggie patch is still producing nice zucchinis, silverbeet, boc choy, pac choy, chives, tomatoes, and capsicums...

If you are like me and have started a small veggie garden at home, it’s quite a bit of work initially and planning to get enough produce...

Well its been a mad month indeed with the nasty COVID- 19 virus- infiltrating our community and affecting our economy. A lot of...

The Tabernaemontana genus- Syn. Ervatamia, contains around 100 species of evergreen trees and shrubs belonging to the family Apocynaceae,...

Well, how about anticipating some cooler temps already! Yes, our summer’s in Queensland are hot and steamy by nature and after the...

Image: Lemon migrant butterflies mating. It was a great to see last week the masses of mostly lemon-yellow butterflies that were flying...

Chonemorpha fragrans, is undeniably a most beautiful flowering tropical vine, with its large white and fragrant, frangipani- like...

Bribie Island- is Green and lush again! Just wonderful to have a few more days of constant rain here on the coast again. The grass is...

This issue, we have another loyal reader; Rudi Batista, from Sandstone Point, writing in with some questions about problems with their...

Evolvulus glomeratus Syn. Evolvulus pilosus Common name(s): Blue Daze; Blue Eyes; Blue Sapphire This dense low growing perennial...

We had a lovely letter from one of our readers, Noel Wormald from Sandstone Point! Please email the editor if you have any questions at...

It’s great to be back in the Patch- 2020. By Mick O’Brien- Dip.Hort(MAIH) RH-101 Happy New Year all. Hope you all had some time to relax...

Grevillea ‘Cooroora Cascade’, is a beautiful, hardy and vigorous- low growing Australian native shrub, that grows well in most soil types...

Spring, is the best time to get organised with all your planting, pruning, fertilising and lawn renovation requirements before the heat...

Westringia fruticosa - Coastal or Native Rosemary An excellent, hardy, drought tolerant Australian native plant, that is also tolerant of...

In last month’s article, I commented on how unusual it was for us to get so much constant heavy rainfall in June this year at the...