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The Native or Australian Frangipani by Deyon

Most people when looking for a tree for their garden will place fast growth at the top of their priority list. The Native or Australian Frangipani, Hymenosporum flavum, is an excellent choice for an area that needs a quick growing shade or specimen tree.

The Native Frangipani is an evergreen tree originating from the eastern coast of Australia and gets its name because of its sweetly scented flowers. The profuse flower bunches appear in spring and age from creamy to golden yellow in colour. The glossy green leaves and smooth trunk also add interest.

Not being an actual relative to the ‘Frangipani’ itself means this tree will take our cold, frosty winters no problem at all. The Native Frangipani is adaptable to most soil conditions and is generally drought tolerant. It grows best in a full sun position but will also tolerate partly shaded conditions as well. Growing up to 8 to 10 metres tall, it makes an excellent fast growing shade, feature or screening tree.

The Native Frangipani also comes in a dwarf form for those gardens that are space limited. This compact form of the plant will grow 1m x 1m and makes a great potted specimen. There is also a standardised version available as well for use in formal garden settings.

A versatile performer, the Native or Australian Frangipani is well worth a look.

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The Riverside Leaf-letter June 2013

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Email: info@riversidegardens.com Website: www.riversidegardens.com ACN: 006 009 141 ABN: 25 978 184 126

Warmer Weather

Delays the Arrival of

Bare Rooted Stock.

The milder autumn has caused our bare rooted stock to take longer to go dormant and therefore delayed the digging of the plants. We are expecting the majority of our trees to arrive now on the 2nd week of June and the roses the week after.

We will call all our pre sale order customers as soon as their orders are ready to go.

All orders are filled before stock is made available for sale in the garden centre, after that it is first in best dressed.

Lloyd’s Produce

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Shepparton Motor

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Did you know that all of our Leaf-letters are available to view on our website? Well they are, right back to the

first one in June 2008. So, if you’re looking for a bit of information that you remember reading in our Leaf-letter,

jump on to our website at www.riversidegardens.com and look for Archived Newsletters in the Main Menu.

Our Facebook page is updated regularly with new photos

of plants from around the nursery and the local area. We

have also found some inspirational sites to follow, some

with great gardening pictures and ideas, others with

interesting gardening stories. Even if you’re not on

Facebook you can go to the following link and see our

posts.

www.facebook.com/RiversideGardensatEmeraldBank

If you are on Facebook we’d love for you to ‘Like’ us.

Win Win Win

Here’s your chance to win a $50 ‘in-store’ credit simply by answering the following question. The answer can be found in one of this month’s Leaf-letter articles.

Question: Hymenosporum flavum is my botanical name.

What is my common name?

Either email your answer along with your n a m e a n d p h o n e n u m b e r t o info@riversidegardens.com or drop your answer along with your name and phone number into our competition box in our showroom by the 30th of the month . The winner will be notified and their name published in the next Leaf-letter.

The answer to last month’s question was Saffron. Thanks to all those that entered with the lucky winner of a $50 ‘in-store’ credit to spend at Riverside Gardens is

PAT COULSON

Be sure to get your entry in by 30th of the month!

Winter Spraying by Deyon

Deciduous fruit trees will benefit with a couple of winter time sprayings to help control things such as peach leaf curl and codling and light brown apple moth on both pears and apples. Spraying with a copper based product at this time of the year helps to clean up any pests or diseases that may be invisible to the eye. On peaches, spray at leaf drop, at bud swell and at bud burst to control the dreaded leaf curl. Apricots, cherries, plums and nectarines will also benefit from an application of spray. Apples, pears and quinces should be sprayed before leaf bud burst for best results.

Now that lawns are in a slow growth phase, winter dominant weeds will be more noticeable. Remove by hand or apply a selective herbicide such as ‘Kleen Lawn’ to remove any broad leaf weeds or bindii before the spring growth period.

Although it’s still too early for winter rose pruning, don’t forget an application of ‘Lime Sulfur’ once this task has been done. ‘Lime Sulfur’, like a copper spray, helps to kill any unseen bugs and diseases before the next growing season.

Winter time spraying, like most winter gardening tasks, prepares the garden for the spring and summer growing seasons ahead.

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children Under 16)

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Monday 10th June 9am—5pm

Monthly Voucher Winners

Our lucky ‘Sales’ voucher winner is

MARGARET BILBIE

This is the last month we will be running our Monthly ‘Sales’ Voucher Winner BUT be sure to

enter our competition on page 2 of our Leaf-letter and have a chance at winning a

$50 ‘in-store’ credit.

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This is an email my lovely mum sent through to me.

What a great idea! Cheers, Rosalie

We all Need a Tree!

I hired a plumber to help me restore an old

farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough

first day on the job: a flat tyre made him lose an hour

of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton

truck refused to start.

While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On

arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we

walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a

small tree, touching the tips of the branches with

both hands.

When opening the door he underwent an amazing

transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and

he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a

kiss.

Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the

tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked

him about what I had seen him do earlier.

'Oh, that's my trouble tree,' he replied 'I know I can't

help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for

sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with

my wife and the children.. So I just hang them up on

the tree every night when I come home and ask God

to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick

them up again.' 'Funny thing is,' he smiled,' when I

come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there aren't

nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night

before.'

Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we

are here we might as well dance. We all Need a Tree!

Escallonia Iveyi by Deyon

If you are looking for something a little different in the way of a hedge or screen planting, why not look at this white flowering form of Escallonia.

A hardy, evergreen shrub with glossy green leaves, the clusters of white flowers are produced mainly in summer but will also appear throughout the year.

This shrub is also both tolerant of drought and frosty conditions, however a better plant will be produced with a deep watering during extended dry periods.

Growing 2 to 3m high, plant at 70cm apart for a thick, bushy hedge. Escallonia will grow in both a full sun position as well as partly shady spots.

Available in both pots and tubes, Escallonia Iveyi is well worth a look.

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Timber Shed Tubtrugs by Rosalie

I would have to say, and Larry would agree with me, that one of the handiest things to have at the ready in your garden is a Tubtrug. I recall Larry’s snickering remarks when I stocked them in the shop in the first place and his look of disbelief when I actually took one home. So handy is it to have when you can fill it with rubbish in the shed, grab the handles together and cart it to the bin easily, fill it with weeds and clippings from the garden and just as easily lift it to empty it into the compost bin. It also serves nicely as an drinks cooler, cleaned out and filled with packaged ice.

Our Tubtrug has become an indispensable item in our shed and garden. Its relevance became apparent when at my family Christmas, one of the presents in our gift giving game was, none other than, a Tubtrug!! (Well, an imitation Tubtrug) I wasn’t the only one competing to retain this gift and, needless to say, we now have two Tubtrugs at home. The difference in the quality is apparent but nonetheless we now have— one for Larry and one for me!

Manufactured in Spain, Tubtrugs are made from virgin low-density polyethylene making them very flexible and virtually indestructible. They come with a 12 month warranty and are fully UV proof so they won’t crack or fade in the harsh Australian sun.

Beware of cheap imitations and be sure to check out a Tubtrug next time you visit our store.

Reduced to

clear Was $5,000.00

Selling now for

$2,999.00 ‘as is’.

Those Nasty Suckers by Simone

Suckers are those ugly shoots which can grow from the base of a tree. Suckers are mainly a problem when they grow from below the graft of a tree on what is known as the root stock, which is what the tree has been grafted onto. If the rootstock puts up a sucker the growth can be very vigorous and have a weedy appearance. These suckers can take the majority of the sap flow of the tree and therefore be very detrimental to the health of the tree.

There can be different reasons why a tree may start to sucker, such as being under stress from drought, the pruning has been too severe, there has been a major limb loss, planting at the wrong depth or the variety maybe prone to sucker.

Suckers should be removed from the tree as soon as you see them. The best way to remove them is to tear away the branch from the trunk. If you have let it go for too long tearing the branch may not possible, your only other option is to prune the branch as close to the trunk as possible.

Removal by pruning can leave a wound on the tree which can sometimes encourage more sucker growth so keep a close eye on your tree. Some trees that are particularly prone to suckering are lilacs, citrus, grafted passionfruit and roses.

Removing the suckers during the winter months when plant growth is slower will give your plant a new lease of life at the onset of spring.