New Rose Releases and Some Very Special Liliums

Treloars Roses have releases a new range of roses, we particularly like LUPO (Kordwarul) 


LUPO (pictured left) is  Miniature Rose. Very dense and compact, a  miniature rose that grows around 50cm high x 40cm wide. It produces a mass of deep purple to carmine red flowers repeatedly that are as good in brilliance as they are in resistance to the elements. A great rose for landscaping purposes with many hips produced in Autumn also. Fragrance free blooms.


More new release roses on the Front Page of www.nurseriesonline.com.au over the next few weeks


LILIUMS
We hear a lot about the spectacular Liliums and people usually talk about the Asiatic Liliums and the Oriental Liliums, now they are really great plants with fantastic flowers however often neglected and often just as fascinating are the species Liliums, and if you are looking for Liliums that are just a little bit different then its hard to go past some of the species Liliums available. 


We list some of the best growers of species Liliums in Australia including Tonkins Bulbs and Hillview Rare Plants, you can find them all on our Liliums page. In terms of species Liliums we really like Lilium Japonicum from Hillview Rare Plants and Lilium Lankongense from Byan H Tonkin, both worth a place in the garden. 


And while we are talking about new Catalogues Paradise Distributors have just updated their catalogue as well, see www.nurseriesonline.com.au for details.

New Catalogues From Tonkins Bulbs and Lynn's Rare Plants

A great new catalogue from Shirley and Jane at Tonkins Bulbs. we particularly like the great selection of Liliums especially Lilium Wardii (pictured) a Chinese Species. CHECK OUT THE CATALOGUE

And another new catalogue from Lynn's Rare Plants, lots of very interesting woodland plants SEE THE WEB SITE

Ferny Creek Horticultural Society Plant Collectors Sale and Garden Expo

If your in Melbourne.....

Ferny Creek Horticultural Society  will be holding its Plant Collectors Sale and Garden Expo for 2011

Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th March Sat 10am - 4.30pm Sun 10am- 4.30pm

100 Hilton Rd, Sassafras,Victoria, 3787

See the Web Site for details

Exhibitors Include:

Antique Perennials

B and T Ferns and Orchids

Country Farm Perennials

Ferny Creek Horticultural Society Members Plant Stall

Folly farm

Genats Bulbs

Gentiana Nursery

John Deer

Leaf Busters

Natural Selection

Garry and Sue Reid 

Sage Horticultural

Salvia Study Group

Murrary and Dorothy Saunders

Pacific Coast Irises

Yamina Rare Plant

Australian  Rhododendron Society

Cloud Hill - book signing

Diamond Valley Violets

Attila Kapitany - Succulents

In NSW why not visit the Open Fuchsia Garden and Gala Plant Sale

Who: Fuchsia Club of NSW Inc.

When: Saturday/ Sunday 12th/13th March 2011

Time: 10:00 am to 4:30pm each day

Where: 1 Albert Road Bullaburra 2784 ( in the Blue Mountains) Contact: Janice Devine 4759 3853 

Web: www.fuchsiacluvbnsw.com.au 

For all of the latest on Garden Shows visit our Plant Fair and Garden Show Page

A Gardeners guide to Crocus

Crocus are one of our favourite bulbs and nor is a great time to plant them, we grow them in pots and containers as well as in the garden and even naturalised into the lawn.

The article 'A Gardeners guide to Crocus' by Marcus Harvey Includes crocus for Australian gardeners and a look at the new book Janis Ruksans, titled, Crocuses : a complete guide to the genus. Marcus Harvey of Hill View Rare Plants holds Australia's largest collection of crocus species. 

Many of these wonderful plants are available from his nursery Hill View Rare Plants. Marcus provides us with an introduction to the genus including notes on those most suited to Australian conditions.

Janis Ruksans' is a Latvian Bulb expert and his book, Crocuses : a complete guide to the genus is perhaps the definitive guide to the genus. 

If you are interested in a good read and gardening try his book Buried Treasures : finding and growing the world's choicest bulbs, a bit of intrigue, a bit of travelogue and some great stories bulbs, bulb collecting and how to grow them, it would make a great gift (but buy two copies or read it yourself first) Try Florilegium Bookstore for the books. 

To read the full article on crocus with some recomendations for the Ausstralian garden visit the web site

Daffodil Time - Well at least its time to plant the bulbs....

Now is a great time to start browsing the Daffodil Catalogues Online and checking out some of the more interesting ones available. Daffodils are all Narcissus species and the flower is characterised by a central trumpet, or round shaped corona surrounded by a ring of six floral petals called the perianth. Did you know that the daffodil is national flower of Wales!  So you might be after a few dozen 'Tete a Tete' to plant in groups for the garden border. Or you might be looking for something a little more exotic, perhaps one of the species such as Narcissus Viridiflorus with its fasctinating thin green petals, or perhaps the 'Hoop Petticoat' Narcissus Citrinus with its lemon flowers (try Tonkins Bulbs) or perhaps the really rare Narcissus waiteri form Hill View Rare Plants. You can find them all and lots more in the catalogues on our Daffodil Bulbs Page

Or Perhaps it's really Tulip Time... Check out the Tulip Catalogues

Snowdrops and Snowflakes

Snowdrops and Snowflakes are both very desirable bulbs for the garden, they do however grow in different conditions and have different flowering habits, amongst the two groups we also have lots of different species, varieties and impoved cultivars.

Marcus Harvey from Hillview Rare plants provides us with a great rundown on the difference between the two, Snowdrops and Snowflakes and we learn about growing conditions.
Read the Full Article at Nurseries Online

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