Gardening Australia - 1 Jun 2025
growing goals
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MELBOURNE GARDEN SHOW
GUIDE TO ROSE CARE
easy espalier
+ SIMPLE PRUNING METHODS
ACACIA ‘LIME MAGIK’ JOSH BYRNE’S GARDENING JOURNEY
QUIRKY PLANTS TO GROW! WINTERFLOWERING SALVIAS
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Highlights from the Melbourne Garden Show: design ideas & inspo + the rise of native plants!
Growing goals: two gardens transformed from bare to brilliant (see them on page 28 and page 74)
Easy espalier + simple pruning methods
A month-by-month guide to rose care
Josh Byrne’s gardening journey
Winter-flowering salvias
Quirky plants to grow!
Acacia ‘Lime Magik’
Home grown
Stars of the show
Natural salve
Little wonder
Turning to turtles
Magik in the air
From bare to bloom
Weird & wonderful
Chop ‘n’ change
Marketplace Check out the latest products from our advertisers
News For gardeners and nature lovers
Mailbox Letters, photos and questions
This month Seasonal jobs to do
My Garden Path Josh Byrne
TV & radio guide Your ABC
Marketplace Plants
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Editor’s letter
Crossword
EDITOR’S LETTER
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GLOW WILD
CALLING ALL ECO WARRIORS!
PLANTS
BOOKS
natural salve
natural salve
Weird +wonderful
Weird +wonderful
CARRION PLANT (Stapelia gigantea)
SHAVING BRUSH TREE
Eucrosia mirabilis
CORKSCREW ALBUCA
WHERE TO BUY
magik in the air
at a glance
magik in the air
little WONDER
little WONDER
KEY PLANTS
BREANNA’S TOP TIPS FOR EDIBLES IN SMALL SPACES
turning to TURTLES
turning to TURTLES
bare from to BLOOM
bare from to BLOOM
note on repeat-f lowering roses
a year in the life of your NEW ROSE
october
december
november
PRUNING
april
EXPLAINING ROSE FRAGRANCE
may
january
february
march
CHOP n’ CHANGE
ESPALIERING
step-by-step
step-by-step
UNDER-PRUNING
step-by-step
COPPICING
TIP-TOP TOOLS
stars of the show
PLANTING NOTE
KEY PLANTS
KEY PLANTS
KEY PLANTS
KEY PLANTS
statement PIECES
SMALL MIGHTY but
Morayo Adeyemi, Melbourne Polytechnic
Joel Emmins, Holmesglen Institute of TAFE
MIFGS musings
Colour code
Study in contrasts
Light and airy
Acknowledging COUNTRY
HOME GROWN
peachy keep
Peaches can have yellow or white flesh and be classified as freestone (flesh separates easily from the stone/pit), clingstone or semi-clingstone.
PESTS AND DISEASES
in good company
IT'S COOL TO READ
knit scarves to brighten trunks
WINTER PRUNING
TRENCH COMPOST
BRUSH BARK
LEAVE 25 30CM BETWEEN BROAD BEAN PLANTS SO BEES CAN REACH THE FLOWERS ON THE LOWER PARTS OF THE PLANTS.
CHOOSE CLIMBING ROSES
LEVER DEEP ROOTED BROAD LEAFED WEEDS SUCH AS DANDELIONS FROM THE LAWN WITH THE HELP OF A LARGE, NOT TOO SHARP KITCHEN KNIFE OR A LONG SCREWDRIVER.
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