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I’m Sue from Sydney. I’m a horticulturist and plumber who can usually be found pottering or marveling at the curious, amazing and sometimes peculiar Australian gardening sights. thecuriousgardener.com.au
The cover of the book The Remarkable Truths of Alfie Bains.
Completely unrelated to gardening but I had to share this book. Young Alfie Bains is a character you can’t help but love.
Highly recommended. What’s everyone else reading?
#books #booksky #reading #book #booksofbluesky
Popped into my mother-in-law’s place today and couldn’t help but admire the hedging. Seriously impressive work. Clean lines and not a leaf out of place. Garden goals right there! 🌿✂️🙌
#hedging #hedges #gardening #gardens #gardeningau #hedginggoals
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Have you come across this weed before?
PS. Nice win this weekend... I'm a mad Knights fan.😉 ❤️💙
Accidentally break the stem and three new stems grow. 🤯
25.05.2025 07:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I’ve tried Vinegar, boiling water, even Liquid Nitrogen (that I accessed as a plumber). It’s unstoppable! 😩😈
25.05.2025 07:19 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@lukelukeluke.bsky.social any ideas?
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The fleshy green leaves and red berries of Jewels of Opar or Pink Baby’s Breath (Talinum paniculatum). This weed has a long, strong tap root and soft, succulent stems that snap at the touch of anything associated with weeding.
The pink baby’s breath like flowers and red berries of Jewels of Opar or Pink Baby’s Breath (Talinum paniculatum).
This is the bane of my existence… Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum).
This monster has a long tap root and soft, succulent stems. It grows like the clappers and seeds even quicker.
I’m dead against chemicals but this thing makes me want to dunk my head in some!
#weed #gardeningau #gardening
A bunch of Australian native flowers including Banksia and Strawflowers.
Treated myself to a bunch of native flowers today, just because I can. 💐🤍💚
#australiannatives #flowers #wildflowers #floral #australiannativeflowers
#nativeflowers
Looking forward to that! 😀
20.05.2025 07:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Yes, I’m in Sydney.
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A cluster of mustard coloured mushrooms growing at the base of a Eucalyptus tree.
Fungi friends… what am I looking at here? 🍄🟫
Found growing at the base of a Eucalyptus tree.
#fungi #mushrooms #gardening #gardeningau #fungus
The tractor seat shaped green leaves of Ligularia dentata reniformis, commonly known as the Tractor Seat Plant.
Most apt common name ever… Tractor Seat Plant (Ligularia dentata reniformis). 🚜🪴
#gardening #gardeningau #plants #gardens
Aww… thank you Ann. 🥰
17.05.2025 09:18 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It’s a beauty! Try broken egg shells to keep the snails and slugs away.
16.05.2025 20:52 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0It was definitely worth a go! 🧡
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The pink bottlebrush flowers of Callistemon ‘Fluro Burst’.
Meet Callistemon ‘Fluro Burst’. A stunning pink flowering bottlebrush that grows to 1.5m high but less than a metre wide.
Perfect for those narrow spots near pathways. Champion. 🩷
#gardeningau #australiannative #gardening #australiangardening
When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode.
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
No doubt. 👸
14.05.2025 04:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Flowers in Winter too so it’s a welcome burst of colour. 😍
14.05.2025 04:43 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Striking! 😍
13.05.2025 22:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I agree. Flame Pea flowers in Winter so it’s a much needed burst of colour on a dreary day. ❄️😊
13.05.2025 20:52 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Not often seen but works really well.
13.05.2025 20:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0She’s home Rebecca. 🩷🧡
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The pink and orange flowers of Chorizema cordatum – Flame Pea
Mother Nature must have been high when she decided neon orange and pink would work on the same flower. Somehow though, it actually does. 🙌
Australian native Chorizema cordatum – Flame Pea. 🧡🩷
#gardening #australiangardening #gardeningau #australiannatives
They look amazing! Where do you live Ken? I’m in Sydney so there’s not a lot of colour at the moment. ❄️
13.05.2025 09:25 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Happy Mother’s Day Superwife. 💐
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Australian native flower bouquet.
It’s Mother’s Day here in Australia. To all the Australian Mums and all mothers worldwide, I hope you’ve had an amazing day. To those whose Mums are no longer here, I hope you’re doing ok. Much love. 🩷💐
#mothersday #mums #mothers
The red flowers of the Australian Eucalyptus tree.
An Australian icon, the Eucalyptus. One of my absolute favourites. Even the gum nuts are beautiful.
#gardening #gardens #gardeningau #wildflowers #australiannatives #eucalyptus #australiangardens
