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Planting roses correctly means you will have fewer problems down the road. Much of the fussiness associated with roses is due to improper care. Find out how to plant a rose that will bloom beautifully. Here's How: 1.         First, find an area that receives full sun.   2.         If you have a bare root specimen, soak it in a bucket of water before planting. For roses that are potted, you can water the pot thoroughly and let it sit until ready to plant. Then, when you remove the pot from the plant itself, you will have a moist ball of soil to ease stress on the roots. 3.         Dig a hole about six inches deeper than you will be planting the rose. You will need to add bone meal and compost to the hole before planting and want the crown (or area where the plant first starts growing above the ground) to be just at ground level when finished. Your hole should be twice the width of the pot as well. This ensures plenty of rich, soft soil to encourage vigorous root growth.   4.        

A hardy native, medium to large spreading tree with large dark glossy green leaves which are rusty underneath and often has a buttressed trunk. It makes an excellent, bushy plant for a large container but it should not be planted in the ground in a normal suburban environment. It is an excellent shade tree for parks and larger properties and is widely used as a feature tree in parks and gardens. An iconic tree of South East Queensland. HEIGHT AND SHAPE AT MATURITY Large Tree up to 20 metres Rounded spreading canopy SPECIAL FEATURES As a specimen tree As a windbreak Along Roadside Is Fauna Attracting CONDITIONS Suitable in Full Sun Suitable in Light Shade Suitable in Sandy Soil Suitable in Loamy Soil Suitable in Acidic Soil Suitable in Salty Soil Is Frost Resistant Is Resistant to Pollution Is Resistant to Coastal Exposure Is Resistant to Tropical Heat Is Resistant to Drought

A medium native tree noted for its widely spreading crown, bears white flowers in spring followed by yellow/orange seed capsules in winter. Used extensively as a street and parkland shade tree HEIGHT AND SHAPE AT MATURITY Medium Tree: 8 to 15 metres Rounded Shape SPECIAL USES/FEATURES As a Street Tree As a Specimen As a Shade Tree As a Windbreak Along Roadside Has Non-invasive Roots CONDITIONS Suitable in Full Sun Suitable in Light Shade Suitable in Sandy Soil Suitable in Loamy Soil Suitable in Acidic Soil Is Frost Resistant Is Resistant to Pollution Is Resistant to Coastal Exposure Is Resistant to Tropical Heat

Clivias  have a well-earned reputation as rugged houseplants that demand very little attention. LIGHT:  Clivias grow best where they receive bright daylight but little or no direct sun--in a north-facing window, for example, or in an east- or west-facing window that is partially shaded by a deciduous tree. You can summer your plant outdoors in a shady location. Just remember to bring it back in before the first frost. Clivias won't endure temperatures that dip much below freezing. WATER:  During the growing season, which begins after the " Winter Rest " and continues through October, water thoroughly (until water drains freely from the hole in the bottom of the pot) when the top inch of the potting mix becomes dry to the touch.  Clivias prefer to be kept on the dry side . Potting mix that remains constantly wet can cause rot, which is first manifested by the appearance of pale green or bright orange cankers on the leaves. We strongly suggest that you avoid a weekly w

. Description Big and rowdy, loud and lovely, this sprawling woody vine is colorful showboater wherever it is grown. It was named for Louis Antoine de Bougainville, a Frenchman who sailed around the world in 1767. I think it is good luck that the new continents were named for mapmaker Amerigo Vespuci or we might now be living in United States of Bougainvillica! Even though continents and countries were not named for him, Monsieur de Bougainville is immortalized in the genus name for a group of very spectacular flowering vines and shrubs. The bougainvilleas are mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen dropping their leaves for a brief period in winter. Their woody, thorn-armored canes soar to great heights and then tend to flop over sprawling across whatever is adjacent. This can look rather sloppy so many gardeners trim their plants into shrubs removing the overly enthusiastically growing canes as they appear. The heart shaped leaves are rich green and 3-5 in (7.6-12.7 cm) long. There are

Cassia nodosa Family: Caesalpinioideae / Caesalpiniaceae Pink Shower Tree, Appleblossom Tree Origin: Indonesia  Spectacular medium size fast growing tree with a fine spreading crown. The name alludes to the node, or swelling in the longest stamens, but as other species also have this characteristic the name is rather misleading. Masses of bubbly fragrant pink appleblossom flowers (over 2 inches across) appear in spring-summer held in cascading clusters along downy branches. Lovely, tropical, rich green, pinnate foliage. Briefly deciduous during dry season. Flowers appear in groups along the downy branches, each cluster borne on a short stalk. The flower stems are red and grow in whorls. The buds and flowers are deep pink, fading to white and each petal is somewhat pointed at the tip. The calyx is green and velvety and the bracts narrow ovals. There are ten yellow stamens, the longest three having a round swelling in the middle. The pods grow as long as 18 feet and are an unattrac

Albizia lebbeck  is a tree well known in the Indian subcontinent for its range of uses. Although geographically widespread, little is known about the species outside India. It appears to have potential for increasing pastoral production in extensive systems in the wet-dry tropics where the major problem is low feed quality of the basal diet, mature tropical grasses.  Albizia lebbeck  addresses this problem in three ways: as a feed, as a supplement and by improving grass quality. Nomenclature Albizia lebbeck  ( L. )   Benth (Mimosaceae) has a variety of vernacular names including siris, koko, vagai (India), tekik (Javanese), kitoke, tarisi (Sundanese), khago, ka se (Thai), East Indian walnut and Indian siris (timber trade). A number of names are trivial (mother-in-law's tongue, rattle-pod (West Indies)) or misleading (acacia, raintree (northern Australia)). The Indian name siris is most commonly used (Anon. 1980). Use of 'albizia' as a common name should be avoided as it i