How about ground cover instead of rocks? Let me suggest some advantages. First, you can easily change your mind if you don't like them, whereas...
If you post a photo here someone might be able to help you to identify that tree. If not there are arboriculture sites where they'll easily help...
Hi Alysha, I'm from Australia, too. I guess you'll be hanging out on the design section of the forum, in which case we probably won't cross paths...
Hi Noon. The downside to rocks is it's hard to move them if you change your mind.
Hi Jack. I love organic, too. I only eat organic breakfast cereal and bread. On the other hand I've become quite pragmatic in some ways. The...
Poor tree. It's been through a lot. First the flood, then root pruning followed by replanting. You probably did the right thing, it's just all a...
Thanks for correcting me about different growth forms in different places. I'm only used to dealing with trees in my hometown. I guess on this...
I have a few bamboo palms and a parlour palm. Alas, I'm only baby-sitting the bamboo palms. I open a window for them and sit them in the morning...
Bacillus thuringiensis. It's a bacteria, strains of which kill various insects: silkworms, beetles and flies, for example. Organic farmers are big...
Often. It depends on the climate, really. Where I live we have periods where dams are overflowing and we need to use water, others where we are...
Hi Arturo, thanks for satisfying my curiosity about why you are here. I couldn't put together a reason in my head why someone in a horticultural...
Hi Arturo, a few questions if I may? What course are you studying? How is it related to horticulture? What subject is this research for, please?...
That was inspiring, thanks Bernie. I want to take photos of the wildlife I see, now.
Hi Elizabeth. Don't forget to look up. Most trees and woody shrubs (nearly all except the conifers and a few that reproduce vegetatively) have...
They do look cute and it would be great to have them around. I can't help wondering if you are allowed to eat them, though. Are you? Sorry to be a...
I'd probably decide I need to remove the tree and keep the burls :D
bit.ly is an easy online URL shortener to use. Just type bit.ly in the URL address bar of another tab, paste the link in the pink box near the top...
Sure. A normal branch has a 'branch collar' where the bark folds a little. However, if a trunk divides both 'leaders' will be growing towards the...
I wouldn't want to comment on tree laws because I'm in a different jurisdiction. However, I've found that friendly discussion with neighbours is a...
Gday Jeremy, and welcome. I also like trees. I have a bit to do with one genus you mentioned, the Eucalypus spp. I don't recommend them for an...
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