Episode 1 – Operation Azalea

Posted on | August 2, 2008 | No Comments

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Welcome to Dig It Down Under podcast series show notes.

In this episode:

Welcome to my garden – Half an acre in the mountains near Melbourne.
My beautiful azalea – A love story
Attack of the killer ivy – I lived to tell.
David Austin Rose – William Shakespeare – Heaven on prickly sticks.
Review- Gardening Australia vodcast and goodbye to Peter Cundal.

Have a look at what is happening in the garden:

http://www.rileyjordan.com.au/digitblog/blogs/index.php?blog=3

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Here is a picture of some of my front garden taken from the front door. As you can see, I’m in the process of redoing a couple of the beds after losing plants due to the drought. The trees in the distance are a part of ‘The Circle’. This was once a circle of conifers and gum trees but a couple died and were taken out. It still is a circle ‘room’ as I have planted some mint bushes in the front to keep the shape.

Operation Azalea:

My beautiful Azalea plant was run over by a 4 Wheel Drive. After scooping up the pieces it was time to operate. Cuttings were taken and I’ll keep you posted on progress.

Here are some pictures so you can see how beautiful the flowers are. This is an old variety and I doubt it would be available to buy today.

The operation begins:

The patient is critical but stable:

Here are the links to sites containing information and/or photo’s mentioned in the episode.

Weed of the moment: Ivy http://www.blitzworld.com/Ivy_Hedra_helix/index.htm

Feature plant: David Austin Rose – William Shakespeare http://www.davidaustinroses.com/english/showrose.asp?showr=3651

New plants in my garden: Liriope Royal Purple. Here is a picture of what, hopefully, my liriope will look like one day.

http://www.americanmeadows.com/Images/Product/med/Prod_LiriopeRoyalPurple.jpg

Gardening Australia: Peter Cundals last show.

Vodcast: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/download.htm

This first episode of Dig It Down Under is dedicated to the memory of my pet cat Sophie who died 3 years ago today. She was unique in the sense that she would roll up Camelia leaves in her mouth (by herself) and deliver them to me. She did this at least 3 times a day, every day. In her 16 years of life I estimate that she brought me at least 16,000 leaves. Miss you girl.

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