How about giving the fast-growing mulberry a go?
It's the beginning of the summer fruiting trees, such as the stone fruits, nuts and mulberries, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
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If there's room on the trellis, cucumbers are a good summer crop to grow with tomatoes, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Tree tomatoes, who knew? Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON'S got one, but they come with their challenges, she says.
Thinning stone fruit such as peaches, nectarines and apricots is best done just after flowers have waned, but if it was not done then, it can be done now, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
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How to get more bees in the garden
We have come to rely on the European honey bee for all our food and garden needs, but there are many native Australian bees that do just as much work, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
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Beautiful Astelia has a silver lining
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON looks at striking plant grown for the silvering in its leaves then dives into the vegetable patch. It's time to get planting!
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Here come the pom poms from the blooming wattles
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON writes in praise of a terrific habitat tree that's attractive to parrots and silver eyes, and suitable for large gardens that have beehives.
Apart from pest problems, there's a lot to love about azaleas and rhododendrons, says gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
The warmer weather brings the most vibrant time of the year in the ornamental garden, says columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Flowering bulbs are putting on a show in the spring garden, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON... and she's happy to play favourites.
Peonies reward the gardener with many long-lasting, fragrant blooms, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON sings the praises of a terrific little ground cover that also looks good in a hanging basket.
Now is the time to prepare for the fight against codling moths. In the next few weeks, as the weather warms, they'll be out, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
Gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON contrasts her column with a toxic weed and a terrific little plant with a fragrant scent.
Gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON writes about the attractive foliage of peperomias and the challenge of dealing with apple scab.
There's some good news and some bad news about having nettles in the garden. Let gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON enlighten you...
While some plants are hit by the mid-winter frosts, gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON says there is an old, trusty one that keeps thriving, unaffected at all – meet the rose-scented geranium.
If there's a small area in the garden for a gentle, scrambling climber that likes a little shade, then the evergreen and native Macquarie vine is a terrific choice, says gardening writer JACKIE WARBURTON.
Crab-apples are a popular tree to grow in our region and there are many to choose from, writes gardening columnist JACKIE WARBURTON.
