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KathyB

I love growing unusual and interesting things and am teaching my son to love it too. I have a tiny mostly potted garden in Newcastle NSW.

Cercis canadensis 'Hearts of Gold'

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KathyB

@tdominguez52263@gmail.com I thought I might use it as my Zoom background :)

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KathyB

Leaf cutter bees love my cercis

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emch

Bedraggled specimen for #foliagefriday

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ausgardentags

#featured-ozadmin

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KathyB

The papaya seedlings aren't showing yet (and I'm not confident the seed was viable). I needed to prune a bit off my cercis so thought why not shove it in there and see what happens?

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KathyB

She might be the last honey bee in my garden for quite some time :(

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rosegardengirl

Beautiful. So sad for our poor old bees.

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Jod_Jod_1207

It's not all bad, our native bees are not effected by this outbreak, only the invasive European bees.

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KathyB

@Jod_Jod_1207 so long as they don't get baited. I'm a bit paranoid about my TC hive. I asked DPI but they wouldn't /couldn't tell me if they were going to out any baits within the flying radius of my girls.

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ausgardentags

#bee #honeybee #wildlifewednesday

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ausgardentags

#blossom

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ausgardentags

Bit worrying you don’t know where the baits might be.

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KathyB

Love the light through these leaves

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ausgardentags

💚💚💚 #foliagefriday

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KathyB

Love the foliage

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ausgardentags

#foliagefriday

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KathyB

This is the pot I put the cercis seeds in, and that is a seedling... Have I managed to do the (relatively) impossible? They've been in there for 7 months and I had nearly given up hope.

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KathyB

@grantham @KariSamuel

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KariSamuel

I think you did well! Most are propagated by green wood starts! Fingers crossed for you! Looks like you have true leaves in the center!

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grantham

Makorokoto means congratulations in my shona language..you a star xxxx

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KathyB

Thank you :) and thank u for teaching me something new. Makorokoto sounds WAYYYY better than boring old congrats ;)

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ausgardentags

👏👏👏

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mich

That’s fantastic Kathy well done!!😀🤗👏👏

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KathyB

Loooove!!!!

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KariSamuel

#seedidreference

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grantham

Are you planting..

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KathyB

@grantham just planted them now. Cross Ur fingers for me!!! :)

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grantham

@KathyB I have stuck my toes crossed over...please keep me inform...my hubby replanted 70 muringa tree seeds that I had for 4 years and they took

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KathyB

@grantham go hubby!!!!

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grantham

@KathyB he has learnt to love gardening ....he had to swing my way lolol...he was used to farming maize..., cattle...etc...

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KathyB

Nearly ready!

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frany66

I tie organza bags over pods before they open. Wouldn't want to lose any precious seeds

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KathyB

OMG a seed pod!

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KariSamuel

Let me know if you have any luck with the seeds! I have tried starting them with seeds, bare root saplings and with soft wood cuttings - without success.

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KathyB

I got photo bombed!

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brightcolours

#bee #wildlifewednesday

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matewe

Marvellous pic 💗

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KathyB

Oooooo so close!!

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KathyB

Just about to get my first flowers!!! 😍😍

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KathyB

This was a special order from Yamina Rare Plants https://yaminarareplants.com.au who very kindly brought it to Plant Lovers for me 😍😍 and I am super lucky because she hasn't even flowered yet!! When I saw this on their website I instantly fell in love!

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nej

Wow Kathy big haul. Some interesting ones in there I've never heard of 👌

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KathyB

@nej I had a great time!! 😁

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nej

I bet you did, have you got room for all these?

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KathyB

@nej nope!!! Lol 😂😂

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nej

I think I'm starting to struggle to find room at my place too, but, you know, OBSESSION with plants we have

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brightcolours

#cercis #redbud #yaminarareplants

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