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  • Weird wide illusory world of hort

    1. Bizarre plant of the month is, believe it or not a citrus - the buddha's hand citron ( Citrus medica var. sarcodactylis ), native to China. There isn't much flesh on the fingers, but the fruits are harvested for their aromatic zest, or candied. 2. What if money really did grow on trees ? Australian...
    Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 07-26-2010
  • Weird wide sustainable world of hort

    1. With parks budgets under strain, could this , from Berlin -based designer Fabian Brunsing, provide some much-needed revenue? 2. The Australian -designed Wunda Weeder "enables planting, thining, weeding, transplanting or harvesting of row crop vegetables, herbs or flowers", while the operator...
    Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 07-15-2010
  • Weird wide World Cup of hort

    See what I've done with the title there? Made it topical. The search engines are bound to pick it up. 1. Appropriately a South African one first, and next in our weird plants theme is the umbrella thorn tree ( Acacia tortilis ) - widespread (and wide-spreading) trees, but did you know they emit chemical...
    Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 06-08-2010
  • More weird wide world of hort

    1. It's an unusual brief for a landscape architect, but Apple executive Jeff Dauber said of the design for his minimalist San Francisco back garden : "I wanted someone to barf when they look at it." Though completely flat, the surface appears warped towards the lone maple tree - particularly...
    Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 12-04-2009
  • worst of the web

    It's the modern hack's lot to have to spend a lot of time online, and fortunately the standard of horticulture's websites has improved considerably in recent years. But there are still a few that rankle like a mouse that's on the blink. ¤ Body copy on the HTA 's website is always...
    Posted to Planted Questions (Weblog) by Gavin McEwan on 10-23-2009
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