Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia

Horticultural Flora of South-Eastern Australia
Author: Roger Spencer
Publisher: UNSW Press
Total Pages: 674
Release: 1997
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 9780868403038

Flowering Plants: Dicotyledons Part 1is the second in the series. Covering South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, New South Wales and southern Queensland, the series is a useful guide to temperate plants in other parts of Australia and in New Zealand.

Gardens for All Seasons

Gardens for All Seasons
Author: Mary Horsfall
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2012
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 0643106766

Gardens for All Seasons is a gardening lifestyle book by bestselling author Mary Horsfall, celebrating the role of gardens in our lives and advising on the timing of jobs in the gardening year throughout Australia. Monthly chapters include topics such as planning, bushfire preparation, watering, pot plant care, mulching, weeding, fertilising, pruning, propagating, pest control, what to plant for different climate zones and what garden venues and events to visit. Mary details her own gardening year, including jobs done, fruits and vegetables harvested, food cooked based on the harvest, what was in flower and wildlife observations - all on a month by month basis. Each chapter includes a special topic of the month, such as fun for kids in the garden, biodiversity, manipulating microclimate, and fragrance and first aid.--