South Australian Flower Emblem
The Flower emblem of South Australia is the Sturt’s Desert Pea or its scientific name is Swainsona formosa. It was proclaimed as the flower emblem of South Australia last November 23, 1961. The flower has a unique and outstanding beauty. William Dampier is the one who first saw the flower. But its name was derived from an explorer, Captain Charles Sturt during the 19th century. It produces red flowers with black boss at the base of the uppermost petal. After four months of germination, you can expect its flowers to bloom which can reach up to 9 cm long. In South Australia, this flower is protected. It is illegal to simply get the flowers without permission from the local authorities.
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Gardening Tips: Guidelines for moving trees or shrubs
There are times when you need to move your trees or shrubs to other locations. You can move them for transplanting especially when it is during later winter or early spring. From commercialappeal.com, Booker T. Leigh has given tips how you can move your trees and shrubs. First, it is important to water the tree or shrub two days prior to the schedule of transfer. Plants also suffer from stress and in this way, stress will be prevented. Second, do not remove the tree or shrub if you still haven’t dug the new area where they will be transplanted. Aside from that, it is not good if the roots will exposed to dry air. Lastly, make sure that the hole is big enough for the tree or shrub. And also, you should see to it that it has the same depth with its previous location.
From: http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2013/mar/15/gardening-tips-guidelines-for-moving-trees-or/
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In Defense Of Garden Cats
As a scientist, I’d love to tell you that I carefully examined the data collection methods and statistics presented in the paper, but Nature Communications is one of those journals who publish manuscripts, usually for a fee, from authors (who are themselves required to publish or perish from their respective academic jobs) and then Nature Communications turns around and charges everyone else to read those articles, with no kick-back to the authors or the source of research funds for the study. (more…)
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Visit to San Antonio’s Japanese Tea Garden
From penick.net, I found a wonderful post about San Antonio’s Japanese Tea Garden. Have ever gone to this kind of place? I love Japanese tea garden. That’s why I was caught of reading the entire article.
This Japanese Tea Garden is located in Brackenridge Park. In the garden, you will find lots of amazing stonework such as pagoda-like pavilion, “a dragon-back bridge”, and path’s edge with toothy walls. The garden is open to the public and spring time is the perfect time for you to visit the place. From the moment you will enter, tropical native plants will welcome you. You will even see a large pond.
The place is perfect if you really want to have a place where you can relax and concentrate, this is the right place for you. Try to read the entire article so that you will be fascinated with how this place is made and maintained. Click here: http://www.penick.net/digging/?p=20713.
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Think Like a Gardener
Photography nowadays is very popular. Almost everybody has their own DSLR cameras. If you want to be one, take the tips from the blog gardeninggonewild.com which is written by Saxon Holt. He said that if you want to be a great garden photographer, you must think like a gardener. But what he means by that? In fact, most of the garden photographers love gardening. You won’t be able to tell the stories of the scene through your camera if you are not in love with gardening. Just as an example given by the author, he planted dark row of arborvitae to give privacy. From that idea or information, he was able to capture a good picture which is more emphasized. Try to look at the picture below:
He has more to share from that article. You can read it here: http://www.gardeninggonewild.com/?p=23481#more-23481
Adam Borzy 