SUMMER 2006/07 (Volume 34, No 4)
Ptilotus rotundifolius, pages 12 & 13
President’s Report – keep gardening
Running Postman – Philip Powell
Postcards from the past – Carol Mansfield
What’s New – Colin Barlow
Colin Barlow’s 10 top tips for summer
Summer: What to do
A walk on the wildside – Colin Barlow
Inspiraion down under – Gayle Monzu
Blaze of summer colour - Burswood Park
How to avoid hibiscus heartache - Susan Lansdown
I can't grow fuchsias; yes you can! – Helen Martin Beck
A palm for every postition – Gary Pike
Hanging ferns are so cool – John Banasiewicz
Underwater butterflies – Iain Mcgregor
Who's in rose's bed – Vivienne Etter
Turn a new leaf – Gaye McCabe
Looking on the bright side – Clive Larkman
Gingin tonic – Lorraine Bibby
Bali? No, Bedford – Ron Tassell
Spice up your garden with ginger - Darren Seinor
For shape and colour, say aloe - Lee Mullen
Does your citrus lack zest – Colin Barlow
From garden to grill – Kath Stonehouse
Give WA plants a chance – Hazel E Dempster
This Garden could be yours – King's Park Master Gardeners'
Now and Zen – Sue Torlach
Are your plants getting their minerals? – Tim Parker
Improve your grape expectations – David Green
White Magic – Peter Nosow
My top 10 trees - Craig Woodroffe
Pomegranates for good health - Tim Parker
Your lawn questions answered - Lawn Doctor
Enjoy the high life - Phil Redding
The Z factor - David Maher
Shady activities: all mixed up - Colin Barlow
Here's to a healthy summer - Agriculture Department
Secret garden - Eric McCrum
Books - Gardening and Eating for Living - Caralyn Lagrange,The Garden Guru ll - Phil Dudman, Paula Pryke Flower School - Paula Pryke, Plant for Colour - Susan Chivez
The Garden Gang – Tools of the trade, Why on earth are there latin names?
Taste: Celebrate! Herb and feta scrolls, Melon and chicken skewers with yoghurt dipping sauce, Mushroom caps, Roast beef with tomato and caramelised onion, Greens and dip, Mint and lime refresher – Katie Turton
Shows: December 2006 through to February 2007
WA Horticultural Council Inc directory

Spring 2006 (Volume 34, No 3)
Wisteria at Abingdon Miniature Village, page 36
President’s Report – sad news for WA gardeners
Running Postman – Philip Powell
From the Pacific to the Parlour – Carol Mansfield
What’s New – Colin Barlow
Colin Barlow’s 10 top tips for spring
Spring: What to do
Gardener’s Paradise (Edeo Gardens) – Colin Barlow
Small space can grow on you – Colin Barlow
Retaining walls made easy – Kath Stonehouse
The Joys of Spring (Open Gardens) – Andrea Whiteley
Rescue that rose – Jacqui Davies
Propagating African Violets – Doug McKirdy
Y’all gonna love these Louisiana Iris – Lena Elliott
Grass trees – a moving experience – David Green
Saving the (local native) orchids – Tony Watkinson
Wonders of Walpole – spring wildflowers – Walpole-Nornalup Visitor Centre
Eremophilas – from the desert to your doorstep – Lee Mullen
Little battlers – Hazel Dempster
Backyard dinosaur – Wollemi Pine – Jackie Hooper
Kings Park Master Gardeners
From bush to backyard – King’s Park Wildflower Festival – Grady Brand & Peter Netherway
Marmalade plant set to spread – Clive Larkman
Your lawn questions answered – Lawn Doctor
Have tree will travel – Craig Woodroffe
Spring into life at Burswood
Small day out – Abingdon Miniature Village
Organic gardening the easy way – Steve Falcioni
The king of tomatoes – Tim Parker
Improve your grape expectations – John Burt
Cockroach – that’s Spanish – Eric McCrum, OAM
What’s New in the Library – reviewer Jeanne Black: “Green Pens”, Katie Holmes, Susan K Martin & Kylie Mirmohamadi; “Design in the Plant Collector’s Garden”, Roger Turner, Spade, Skirret and Parsnip – The Curious History of Vegetables”, Bill laws. “Through the Rose Arbour”, Rosemary Houseman – reviewer Con Ryan.
The Garden Gant – ladybirds, mushrooms
Taste: Beef, asparagus and shitake stir fry – Katie Turton
Shows: September through to November
WA Horticultural Council Inc directory

Winter 2006 (Volume 34, No 2)
Michelia alba - page 25.
President's Report: Lovely to see you at Garden Week
Philip Powell with chat and your letters (Running Postman)
A dozen daffs for a shilling - Carol Mansfield
Colin Barlow's What's New -the latest new products on the gardening front
Colin Barlow's Ten Top Organic Tips to help the environment
Get those spuds in and watch for early blight - John Burt
Straweberries love short days - John Burt
Growing organic - what's it all about? Colin Barlow
Tree Change - Caralyn Lagrange
Moth orchids - the ideal indoor plant - Tony Watkinson
Tulips are easy to grow! - Lyn Chamnbers
Problems with pelargoniums? - Gaye McCabe
Sister Rosalie has a robust habit - Jean Evans
Thriving on stress - Rex Hardy
Tasmania - go on be a devil - Gayle Monzu
World's biggest garden show - Simone Jacobs
Back to the past in New Zealand - John Coleman-Doscas
My favourite roses - Con Ryan
Elenbrook's best - John Edgecombe
Starting out with WA plants - Janet Atkins
Full of eastern promise - Jackie Hooper
Susan knows her flowering trees! Ellenby Tree Farm & Milennium Grow prize winners
Scent-Sational michelias - Craig Woodroffe
Dare to be different - Tom Hogg
Watering... drip by drip - Nigel Thompson
Rain, rain, come and stay - Annette Holmes
Winter wonderland - Burswood Park
Shows - page 40
Spiders - marvellous websters - Eric McCrum,OAM
Book reviews with Jeanne Black & Philip Powell: Backyard Insect, Paul Horene and Denis Crawford; Foliage Plants, Roer Phillips and Martin Rix; The naming of Names, Anna Pavord; Gardening Australia: Flora's Trees and Shrubs, ABC Books; Gardening Australia: Flora Gardening Cards, ABC Books.
The Garden Gang - Super Snails - Win a rare Wollemi Pine
Easy as Pie - Lamb and Parsnip Pie & Luscious apple and rhubarb pie - Katie Turton
Questions: Rhubarb is subject to root rot; When to prune gardenias? When do you cut back agapanthus? When do you divide the evergreen broad leaf iris that has yellow flowers?
Subscription - special rates for subscribers - page 45
Directory - find your local WAHC club and meetings

Autumn 2006 (Volume 34, No 1)
Gardening with pots - page 12.
President's Report: Healthy gardeners do it daily
Philip Powell with chat and your letters (Running Postman CHAT)
Who dug that up? The Peace Memorial Rose Garden Fund - August 1946
Colin Barlow's profiles four new releases for autumn
Colin Barlow's Ten Tips for a colourful autumn garden
Berry welcome return - The Cape gooseberry - Tim Parker
Fruit of the Incas - The ice-cream bean - John Burt
Going potty! Colin Barlow
Dedicated to delphiniums - Helen Martin-Beck
Want to give Mum a big gesture? Chrysanthemums - Frank Blackwell
Going troppo with palms - Gary Pike
Tassels worth the hassle - John Banasiewicz
Winning ingredients: Day lillies - Lena Elliott
Pond life - Fishing for something different - Iain McGregor
Roses made in Australia - Maureen Ross
Cool for Colour - Con Ryan discusses autumn rose care
Ivy zonal Geraniums - Gaye McCabe
Keep your hibiscus happy - Susan Lansdown
Marion's masterpiece - Marion Blackwell new native garden - Hazel Dempster
Banksians all let us rejoice! Mack Seale
People's picnic park - Burswood Park
On the snails trail - Clive Larkman
Begonias at their best - Lyla Kilpatrick
Petpourri - Kath Stonehouse
Small trees, big impression - Craig Woodroffe
The big three in bonsai - Myles Yates
Amazing azaleas - Jean Evans
Rainbow worrier - Rainbow lorikeet
Spiders master hunters - Eric McCrum,OAM
Book reviews with Jeanne Black & Philip Powell: The Daily Telegraph Best Flowers to Grow and Cut, David Joyce; Australian Gardening Calender, Penguin; RHS Encyclopaedia of Roses, Charles Quest-Ritson; Trees for the small Garden, Simon Toomey; A New Image for West Australian Plants, George Lullfitz
The Garden Gang: Cool cuttings & Super seeds
Japanese lessons take on new dimension - Padbury Primary School
Aglow with comfort: Zucchini and romano soup & Pear and almond cake - Katie Turton
Questions: Possum damage; Japanese pepper tree; mulberry tree conversion to weeping specimen
Subscription - special rates for subscribers
Directory - find your local WAHC club and meetings

Summer 2005/2006 (Volume 33, No 4)
What's cooking in the garden - page 12. Picture: Danny Kildare
President's Report: Bali has given us so much
Philip Powell with chat and your letters (Running Postman CHAT)
Who dug that up? November meeting 1943
The Rhubarb King by Carol Mansfield
Christmas Kiwi-style by Colin Barlow
What's new? In the pink and purple with Colin Barlow
Flowers Backyard survivor - Today's vincas by Guy Nichols, Sunnyvale Plants
Summer planting guide
Chill out and grow top cherries
Taste of the tropics - delicious pawpaws
Outdoor entertaining - Alfresco, Aussie style with Colin Barlow
Colour my native garden with Claire Hooper
Success with alkaline soils with Philip Powell
WAG promotion win $200 cash - Millennium Grow "Opulence" Seaweed survey
Bali more than beaches - Perth Garden Club with Faye Arcaro
Treasures of the Emerald Isle with Gayle Monzu
Special delivery of daylilies by Lena Elliott
Snapshots to make you go 'ahh...' by Hazel Dempster
An Aussie icon with Mack Seale
Roses - summer we can take it - Con Ryan
Go zany with zonals - the difference between regal and zonal pelagoniums - Gaye McCabe
Fairbridge - beautiful vision, aged 80
WASO sets the tone for summer - Burswood Park
Is this the globe's best geranium? by Clive Larkman
Competition - Win a $300 tree! - Ellenby Tree Farm
Aunty Myrtle is cool again with Craig Woodroffe
Tropical plants - how long will the pyramid last? by Gary Pike
Please eat the flowers! - Kath Stonehouse
Be armed against algae - with Iain McGregor
What a gall! by Eric McCrum OAM
Book reviews with Jeanne Black & Colin Barlow: Delia's Kitchen Garden by Delia Smith; Outside - the garden designs of Rick Eckersley & Lisa Stafford; Arts and Crafts Garden by Wendy Hitchmough; Clearings:Six Colonial Gardeners and their Landscapes by Paul Fox
These birds are pests - sparrows and starlings - Department of Agriculture WA
The Garden Gang: Wiggly worms, make your own worm farm and sensational succulents
Great outdoor tastes: Creamy guacamole, Vanilla pancakes with strawberries and yoghurt - Katie Turton
Questions: A 20 year old pine nut tree that doesn't produce nuts, Brown tips on an Avacado tree
Subscription - special rates for subscribers
Shows - December 2-3 Osborne Park Agricultural Society's annual show
Directory - find your local WAHC club and meetings

Spring 2005 (Volume 33, No 3)
Resort Style gardens - Tim Davies Landscaping and Ron Tan
President's Report - The freshest vegies are the ones YOU grow
Philip Powell with chat and your letters (Running Postman CHAT)
Who dug that up? Beautification v mutilation - October 1932
Colin Barlow's 10 tips for spring inspiration
Spring planting guide
Annuals - colour me blue - truly blue double petunia "Neptune". Guy Nichols
Spring What's new? Colin Barlow
Roses give warm welcome to spring - Con Ryan
Begonias are beautiful again - Lyla Kilpatrick
Climbing in popularity - clematis. Liz Shannon and Pat Poynton
Spring into Burswood
Go Zany with Zonals - pelargoniums. Gaye McCabe
The obsessive gardener - Faye Arcaro
Any bids higher than 400 punnets? Philip Powell visits auctioneer Ron Farris
DIY Landscaping - it's easy. Darren Seinor
The evolution of minimalism - Lorna Barnett & Cathy Cocks
Add some style to your garden - Colin Barlow
Who needs to go on holiday? Colin Barlow visits the resort style home of a Perth media personality
Old plant in the New World - Lavandula. Clive Larkman
Flaming Marvellous - Illawarra flame tree. Tim Parker
I spy a Manchurian candidate - Craig Woodroffe
A man of the trees - Angela Tillier
The lowdown on living mulch - Kath Stonehouse
Maiden (hair) tougher than she looks - Jon Banasiewicz
Spring lingers longer at Narrogin - open garden and rose festival
Let the good vibs flow - energy, nature and colour. Tom Hogg
Sea urchins from the bush - hakea. Mack Seale
Garden plants - friend and foe. Hazel Dempster
How to win the war on weeds - George Mathews
Invite some re-heads home (motorbike frog). Iain McGregor
Is that a bug, too? Eric McCrum
Book Reviews: Plant Personalities, Carol Klein. The Unusual Life of Edna Walling, Sara Hardy. Aussie Plant Finder, Margaret Hibbert. A Naturalist's Life, Rica Erickson.
The Garden Gang: A munchy lunch, super stem slippersilk, cool cacti
Does seaweed make your garden grow? Joe Bovell
Vegies, Mediterranean Style: Mediterranean roast vegetables, Cous cous salad, Faster pasta
Questions: What kind of weedkiller can I use near my pond? What do I do with blue ginger once it has finished flowering?
Subscription - special rates for subscribers
Spring Shows
Directory - find your local WAHC club and meetings

Winter 2005 (Volume 33, No 2)
Native fuchsia (Correa reflexa) one of many WA native plants that look down during winter rains. See Eric's Corner page 39. Picture: Eric McCrum
Philip Powell with chat and your letters (Running Postman CHAT)
Who dug that up? January 1945
Colin Barlow's 10 tips for winter inspiration
Winter planting guide
Winter What's new?
Selamat Datang to Garden Week - Philip Powell
Prune Your Own Roses - Con Ryan
Call me old fashioned - pruning heritage roses - John Coleman-Doscas
Reticulation - watering wisely with Colin Barlow
Paving - you can do it - Colin Barlow
Nature goes to the wall - Graeme Miles Richard's mural
Bamboos - John Burt
Shady characters - Carole Fudge
Twinkle, twinkle little stars - staph geraniums - Gaye McCabe
Mint condition - Kath Stonehouse
New light on bulbs - Carol Mansfield
Have trowel, will travel - plant hunter Clive Larkman
Lost world of the Antarctic beech - Tim Parker
Growing with the trees - Craig Woodroffe
Plant an orchard on your balcony - Michael and Marlis Stribbling
Rhapis - small family, big on values - John Banasiewicz
A little winter sunshine - cyclamen & polyanthus (primrose) - Guy Nichols
What's on the menu in your native garden? Jackie Hooper
Acacias - aussie icons - Janet Atkins
The beauty of natives - Edna Darge
Verging on the remarkable - Sue Dempster
Pond life takes a break - Iain McGregor
Don't look up - it's winter - Eric McCrum
The Garden Gang! Children's page
Winter pests - vegetable disease, weeds, Portuguese millipede, spray early to control jo-jo weed, care of fruit trees, reporting the unfamiliar
The Garden Gang: groovy grass heads, grow your own food, living on air
Book reviews with Jeanne Black: Wisley Wisdom, Green is for Guilt, Witty Garden Guide; Coastal Plants review by Hazel Dempster
Winter comfort food: easy cauliflower and bacon soup, pear and ginger Danish scrolls
Questions: Fasciation on lemon tree, gum tree insect damage, leopard lily, rose bush dormancy, bleach for ponds, winter blues with moses-in-the-cradle.
Subscription - special rates for subscribers
Shows - Camellia Society shows in July & August
Directory - find your local WAHC club and meetings

Autumn 2005 (Volume 33, No 1)
Cover: Garden Week is on again - see page 11. Picture shows Linda Greene's garden at last year's show, part of the Landscape Industry Association of WA's award winning design
Philip Powell with garden gossip (Running Postman)
Who dug that up? - snippets from past issues
Colin Barlow's 10 tips for autumn inspiration
Autumn planting guide
What's new?
Perfumed Garden - dwarf frangipani
Perth's autumn dazzlers - deciduous trees
Paving the way to success - main feature
Small garden, big ideas
The Herb Lady - Kath Stonehouse
Camellias to look up to - hanging baskets and pots
Cascading chrysanths
Hey - true blue (blue flowering plants)
Stars in the Shade - shady corner plants
Topiary - try this for a twist
And the waterwise star this month is .... WA Nursery Industry promotion
Smokebushes fire up florists
Small grevilleas, small birds
Tough plants for tough conditions
Ellenbrook Excellence
Cineraria - a living bunch of flowers
Plant a protea
More rain, less topsoil" - Ridgehill Shelf
African Tulip Tree
How to label your old roses
A painted lady visits - part 2 butterflies
New lawns need some spadework
Pests + Disease - snail and slugs, powdery mildew, aphids,diamondback moth
The Garden Gang! Children's page
Book reviews by Jeanne Black: No Stone Unturned, More than a Bedmate, Orange is the New Grey
Treats to share: Almond, leek and pumpkin flan & apple and fig muffins
Question: lemon-scented myrtle, tree dahlia, parrots eating my roses, thick grapefuit rind
Subscription - special rates for subscribers
Shows
Directory - find your local WAHC club and meetings

Summer 2004/05 (Volume 32, No 4)
Cover: WA’s red-flowering gum gets a makeover – Summer Beauty
WAGdesk: We have a new editor
WAGchat: Your letters and what’s going on
WAGseason: Summer tips
Kangaroo proof plants
Globetrotters guide to glorious gardens
Butterflies (part 1)
Lavenders
Ten tips for a sensational summer
Pinjarra plain soils
West Aussie gems for pots and planters
Dragon Tree (Draecaena draco)
Climbing plants
Topiary standard
Palms for pools
Fun with foliage – full sun
Stylidiums (trigger plants)
A native garden for all seasons
Cacti just love Carnarvon
Flower beds
Aloe
Passionfruit
WAGpests: Mediterranean fruit fly (Medfly), European starling, avoiding parrot damage
Grafted eucalypts
Coprosma (mirror plants)
WAGnew: Petunia Halo, sparkling bush gems, aqua plants
Roses: summer care
WAGlawn: 5 tips to avoid wasting water
WAGread: The Complete Gardener, Monty Don + Dorling Kindersley; The Plant Hunters, Toby Musgrave & Co; Earthy Joys, Phillipa Gregory
WAGflavour: cherry + brie tartlets; cold Christmas pudding
WAGshowtime
WAGQ + A: Brighten up a drab area; gardenias, plants for alkaline soil; worms in summer
Member’s directory

Spring 2004 (Volume 32, No 3)
Cover: Lantana
WAGdesk: Spring clean up
WAGchat: Diamondback moth, fertilising fruit trees
WAGseason: Spring tips
Bassendean dune system
Guide to creating terrific topiary
Fungi
Angel’s trumpets
Ten tips for a super spring
WAGshowtime
Kangaroo paws
What is a heritage rose?
Gerbera
Hedging hibiscus
Spring weed-up
Compost
Australian irises
Stapeliads
Dichondra
Cattleya orchids
Petunias
Herbscaping with sage
Celery
WAGpests: quarantine warning, azalea lace bug, West Indian dry wood
Small native trees
Shade loving plants
WAGnew: Cordyline Caruba Black, Petunia “Frills”, boronias
WAGlawn: Fertiliser wise lawns
Hillside splendour garden design
WAGread: Cottage Gardens: Romantic Gardens in Town and Country, Toby Musgrave; Chelsea: The Greatest Flower Show on Earth, Leslie Geddes-Brown; The Macmillan Encyclopaedia of Flowers
WAGflavour: citrus curd
WAGQ + A: clivia, standard grevilleas
Member Directory

Winter 2004 (Volume 32, No 2
Cover: Agave
WAGdesk: Garden Week
WAGchat: Allium “Globemaster”, Carol Hooper research, Matthew Landers bronze medal winner at Melbourne International Flower and Garden
WAGseason: winter tips
Spearwood dune system
What’s your style?
Dryandras
Camellias
Ten tips for a wickedly wonderful winter
Grevilleas
Easy ferns to grow in your garden
Verticordias
Contemporary native gardens
Bromeliad
Starting from scratch – Bali landscaping
Sweet primrose
Coriander
Asparagus
WAGpests: weevils
Small native trees Part 1
Brilliant bulbs in a pot
WAGnew: magic bean tree, “Sea Shell” pansy, Ficus “Alii Petite”
WAGlawn: Choosing the right lawn
Hillside splendour garden design - seating
WAGread: The Complete Aussie Backyard Book, Better Homes and Gardens; Carnivorous Plants, Tony Camilleri; Herbaceous: Growing and Harvesting and Using Herbs, Sarah Baker.
WAGflavour: Warm vegetable salad; double chocolate beetroot cake
WAGshowtime
WAGQ + A: Gutless sand, avocado trees, frizzle top cocos palms
Member Directory

Autumn 2004 (Volume 32, No 1)
Cover: Allium “Globemaster” (25 species permitted into WA, seed freely permitted)
WAGdesk: Outdoors in Autumn: Boola Wongin Nursery, Great Gardens seminar, Everlasting Concepts
WAGchat: Quince, UK compliment, ideas for gardens in Port Hedland
WAGseason: Autumn tips
Plants and Soils in Harmony: Swan coastal plain, George Mathews
Brilliant bulbs, Bulb Express
Glorios Gladioli: Bill Davey
Simply Lilies: Jane Hoy
Floral arrangement - tranquillity of Feng Shui + romance of roses: Carole Kurth
10 Tips for an awesome autumn: Colin Barlow
Beaufortias: Mack Seale
Dwarf banksias: Kevin Collins
Cottonwood - no basket case: Tim Parker
King Protea: David Green
Channel 9 Garden Week
Begonias in autumn: Lyla Kilpatrick
Trailing African violets: Linda Dunlop
Bonsai for beginners: Derek Oakley
Chrysanthemum charms: Frank Blackwell
Getting the most from your landscaper: Darren Seinor
Gardening in rural WA: Gerry Brennan
Pansies: Guy Nichols
A wok garden: Kath Stonehouse
Table olives in the home garden: John Burt & Dick Taylor
WAGpests: Managing medfly better: Ernie Steiner
Yellow flowering trees: Craig Woodroffe
Canna: Colin Barlow
What’s new: Tacca chantrieri, Betula Pendula Globe, buckets of colour from Mr Fothergills, Dichondra “Silver Falls”
WAGlawn: Choosing the right lawn: Peter Ruscoe
Romancing your garden – special features: Tom Hogg
WAGread: A Gardener’s Log,Edna Walling; The Bonsai Handbook, David Prescott; Attracting Birds to your Garden, John Dengate
WAGflavour: Beef and pear wraps, citrus salad
WAGshowtime
WAGQ + A: Relocating native grasstrees, grasstree spike

Summer 2003/04 (Volume 31, No 4)
Cover: Greek urn
WAGdesk: Summer inspiration
WAGchat: More on Moora, Great Southern TAFE accreditation
WAGseason: Summer tips
WA Christmas tree (Nuytsia floribunda)
Make a splash – water features
Safety in paradise
Poinciana Tree
Landscaping with daylilies
Ten tips for a sizzling summer
The cottage garden
Patio Roses
Wet feet equals sick plants
Fire retardant plants
Australian plants for pots and hanging baskets
Pimeleas
Bougainvillea bonsai
Nursery Industry accreditation scheme
Chillies
Gerberas in summer
Gardening in the goldfields (Kalgoorlie-Boulder Landcare Group)
Geraniums
Carrots
Getting waterwise
WAGpests: Two spotted mite; red imported fire ant, quarantine rules
The perfect tree
Cordyline
WAGnew: Coprosma “Karo Red”, Dianella “Golden Streak”, Coleonema “Lemon Splash”, Mr Fothergill’s seeds for kids
Growing garden fresh vegetables
WAGread: The Water Garden Design Book, Yovnne Rees & Peter May; Flora: The Gardener’s Bible, Allen & Unwin; The New ntive Graden: Designing with Australian Plants, Paul Urquhart
WAGflavour: Roman pizza, pizza dough, berry easy
WAGshows
WAGQ + A: Yellow grevilleas, Dracunculus vulgaris, wisterias
Member Directory

Spring 2003 (Volume 31, No 3)
Cover: Prunus “Sekiyama” cherry
WAGdesk: Garden judges
WAGchat: Quince, UK compliment, ideas for gardens in Port Hedland
WAGseason: Spring tips
Wild flower art
Fencing
Hedging
Garden security
Ten tips for a spectacular spring
Leucospermum cordifolium (pincushion flower)
Thomasias
Ferguson Valley
Lechenaultias
Chemicals ain’t chemicals
WA’s best trees for spring
Barratt’s Wellington nursery
Spring floral escapade
Basil
Masport Genius 4 in 1 Lawnmower
Fabulous Fuchsias
Marigolds
Bananas
WAGpests: mealybug
Showtime
Amanda’s Garden
Phormium (flax)
What’s New: Tea trees, tomato sweet cherry gold, oriental ficus, agapanthus “Black Pantha”
Potting mixes
WAGflavour: Pesto
WAGread: Feng Shui Garden Design: Antonia Beattle; Succulent success in the Garden, Attila Kap9itany & Ruddlf Schulz, Recycle Your Garden: The essential guide to composting, Tim Marshall.
WAGlawn: Lawn renovation
Reader’s survey
WAGQ + A: Borders without clipping, sheep manure and azaleas, bamboo suppliers
Member Directory

Winter 2003 (Volume 31, No 2)
Cover: Waterlilies at Cable Beach Club Resort
WAGdesk: New president and committee, Perth Flower and Garden Show, thank sponsors, new authors
WAGchat: Perth Flower & Garden Show 2003, digging into the past, 2003 award winners
WAGseason: Winter tips
Flora for fauna suggestions
Tropical garden design, including Cable Beach Club Resort
Azaleas
Winter winds bring timely reminder
10 Tips for hot winter colour
Darwinias
Wildflower tours
Burgundy Iceberg
Boronias
Grafted eucalyptus
Plant Variety Rights (PVR)
Dawson’s Centenary
Floristry - table setting for Christmas in July
Plants from produce: garlic, ginger, horseradish, galangal, turmeric
Native cyclamen
Cultivated cyclamen
Bush tucker for the home gardener
WAGpests: whitefly
Mangoes in the home garden
Liriope
What’s New: Canna “Bengal Tiger”, Primrose “Plumberry”, New Guinea Impatients Celebrette “Orange Crush”, Grevillea alpine x lanigera
WAGread: The Water Efficient Garden, Wendy van dok, Botanica’s Pocket Roses, Random House, The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia, Louis Glowinski
WAGflavour: Mango and mint lamb rack, rare bluefin tuna in an Asian broth
Rollup for rebates
WAGlawn: Winter lawn care
WAGQ + A: Crocus sativus, Alyogyne heugeli, trees for Mandurah canals
WAGshowtime
Member Directory

Autumn 2003 (Volume 31, No 3)
Cover: Frangipani
WAGdesk: cool change
WAGchat: Moss Brook B + B, gum leaf oil, garden web site, garden centre winners
WAGseason: Autumn tips
What is Ecotopia?
Inspirational Plants
Banksia prionotes
Clivias
No dig garden
2003 – The International Year of Fresh Water
Magestic chrysanthemums
New herbs on the block: columnar basil, mint julep, dwarf curry plant, hot and spicy oregano, par-cel
Moora Community Nursery
WAGshowtime
What tree goes where – size does matter!
WAGpests: cypress canker (seiridium)
Beguiling begonias
WAGflavour: Chicken paprika, almond and pear flan
Elegant pansy
Black and green tea
WAGshop
What’s New: Lucky bamboo (Dracaena sanderlana), Rose Perfume Perfection, Kalanchoe Flapjacks
WAGread: Patio: Garden Design and Inspiration, James Durie, Australian Plants for Year Round Colour, Angus Stewart, Gardening Western Australia, Neville Passmore & Trevor Cochrane
WAGQ + A: Bonsai care, indoor ficus, yellow fuchsia leaves
Water restrictions
WAGlawn: autumn lawn recovery guide
Member Directory

Summer 2002/03 (Volume 30, No 4)
Cover: hoya
WAGdesk: 1 year on, summer conditions
WAGchat: Kathleen Harrop rose, Crotalaria laburnifolia or agatiflora
WAGseason: Summer tips
Xeriscape
Seachange
Surviving in York
Bob’s backyard
Geraniums
Deryn Thorpe profile
Rosa fortuniana rootstock
Hoyas
Succulents
Trees for windy conditions
WAGpests: cedar moth
Shade structures
Portulaca
Tomatoes
Seaweed
WAGshop
What’s New: Echeveria hybrid “Blue Curls”, Cordyline “Red Sensation”, Pepino Pepo, Erigeron Spindrift
WAGread: Gardens in Australia, Sarah Guest; Growing Fruit in Australia, Pan Macmillan Australia; Plants of the Perth Coast and Islands, Elizabeth Rippey & Barbara Rowland
WAGflavour: Rum & raisin Ice-cream Pudding, slow roasted tomatoes with basil, anchovies and capers
Miminising evaporative water losses
WAGlawn: Lawns under stress
WAGQ + A: Effects of salt water, sweet corn, jacaranda, Dipel
Member Directory

Spring 2002 (Volume 30, No 3)
Cover: Blue Lady orchid
WAGdesk:
WAGchat: B & B winner compliment, 1920 rose catalogue, sunflower (30cm across)
WAGseason: spring tips
Wild flower art
Fencing
Hedging
Garden security
Ten tips for a spectacular spring
Leucospermum cordifolium (pincushion flower)
Thomasias
Ferguson Valley
Lechenaultias
Chemicals ain’t chemicals
WA’s best trees for spring
Barratt’s Wellington nursery
Spring floral escapade
Basil
Masport Genius 4 in 1 Lawnmower
Fabulous Fuchsias
Marigolds
Bananas
WAGpests: mealybug
Showtime
Amanda’s Garden
Phormium (flax)
What’s New: Tea trees, tomato sweet cherry gold, oriental ficus, agapanthus “Black Pantha”
Potting mixes
WAGflavour: Pesto
WAGread: Feng Shui Garden Design: Antonia Beattle; Succulent success in the Garden, Attila Kapitany & Ruddlf Schulz, Recycle Your Garden: The essential guide to composting, Tim Marshall.
WAGlawn: Lawn renovation
Reader’s survey
WAGQ + A: Borders without clipping, sheep manure and azaleas, bamboo suppliers
Member Directory

Winter 2002 (Volume 30, No 2)
Cover: Camelia japonica x C.saluenensis
WAGdesk:
WAGchat: Lorraine Sanderson, Government House Perth & David Newnes, Garden Week 2002
WAGorganics: Growing food naturally
Tulips
Lunch with Joy Larkcom
Giant Pumpkin weigh off
Best garden centres in Perth: Zanthorrea Nursery + Miaflora
WAGshop
Winter Season – winter
Rose pruning made simple
Pineapple perfection
Are you bored?
WAGnew: Alocasia macrorrhiza “Jungle Green”, Canna “Tricolour”, Gardenia Jasminoides “White Gem”
Queen Camellia
Winter tree cutbacks – pruning
Peter Griffiths, coordinator orf parks, City of South Perth, profile
WAGpests: Diamondback moth, peach leaf curl
Designing and planting your West Australian garden
Magnificent cymbidiums
WAGflavour: Banana butterscotch pudding, lentil chowder with spicy sausage
70th anniversary celebrations
WAGread: Wildflowers – West Coast Hills, Natural gardening in Australia, Jeffrey Hodges, The Practical Encyclopedia of Orchids, Brian and Wilma Ritterhausen
Potatoes
Winter water
WAGlawn: Which lawn – couch, kikuyu, buffalo
WAGQ + A: Washington navel orange split fruit, winter grass in couch, nematodes, propagating fruit seeds, dishwashing liquid as wetting agents
Member Directory