Coral Tree
Coral tree, pretty but not one to plant here on the Coffs Coast.
Honey Locust – Gleditsia triacanthos
This central North American native is a common ornamental shade tree in the suburbs of America. But here on the Coffs Coast this is listed in the Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare’s ‘Weeds of the North Coast of NSW’. There is a Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis ‘Elegantissima’ available in nurseries throughout Australia which is a small, slow growing […]
Winter Vegie Patch Preparation
It’s about this time of the year that all the summer veggies have finished, and we need to start thinking about preparing the bed for the forthcoming winter season. The aim is to transform your tired summer vegetable patch into a fertile winter garden that will grow a bumper crop of veggies. The first […]
Onion Weed – nothoscordum inodorum
Onion weed is exceedingly difficult to remove – hints on how to keep it in check.
Passionvine Hopper – Scolypopa australis
Pictured left – This is a native planthopper of eastern Australia. Adult hoppers are about 10mm long with mottled brown triangular wings. Nymphs (up to 5mm long) are wingless, mottled pinkish-brown, with a tuft of white waxy filaments on the end of their abdomens informally known as fluffy bums. They occur on passionfruit vines, jasmine, […]
Rutherglen Bug & Cluster Bug
Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor) and Grey Cluster bug (Nysius clevelandensis) are both native species that can migrate into crops and gardens in very large numbers in favourable conditions. The adult bugs swarm sporadically when native grasses and weeds dry off and descend on crops, orchards and gardens. They attack flower heads, and feed on seeds and new-growth sap of […]
Bean Fly
The adult Bean Fly is a shiny black fly about 3.5mm long, larvae are cream with dark mouthparts and grow to 3mm long and the pupae are brown and cylindrical with rounded ends. It is found here on the Coffs Coast due to the moist humid conditions we have. The female lays eggs in punctures […]
Growing Wild Foods
The following article was written by Kate Wall for GardenDrum some years ago. She says ‘……… all of these plants – weeds, subtropical edibles and local natives, work so well in my style of food gardening – that being a forage through a somewhat wild but gloriously beautiful cottage garden laden with flowers, to find […]
Wondering if there is a silver lining in the recent storms?
Recent storms in Coffs Harbour a hidden garden benefit?
Nutgrass – A Toughie to Crack
his weed will crack you if you don’t crack it….. Cyperus rotundas aka nutgrass is the bane of gardeners worldwide. It has various names – Java grass, purple nut sedge, Wintjiekweed or red grass, red nut sedge, Khmer kravanh chruk, Teki and Motha to name a few. This weed is actually referred to as being ‘the world’s […]
