A Gardener's Notebook

A Gardener's Notebook

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  • Sicilian Olives On The Tree, Nicolosi, Sicily, Italy [Prints Available]

    This is part of a series of photos from our trip to Sicily and Oxford, UK in September 2026

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    1. Rowan berries/sorba at The Old House on the flanks of Mount Etna via Instagram [Photo]
    2. Chestnut of the 100 Horses where Admiral Nelson visited #tree #garden #history #travel #sicily #italy #nature via Instagram [Photo]
    3. Succulent closeup #succulents #plants #nature #garden #sicily #italy #travel via Instagram [Photo]
    4. From My Shop: Yellow Gazania Flower Prints and Products
    5. Buy these “Sunset on the grass” products and much more exclusively from Douglas E. Welch

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    6. Bower Vine (Pandorea jasminoides), San Fernando Valley, California [Photography]

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      1. Oxeye Daisy, San Fernando Valley, California [Prints Available]
      2. Fountain and Annuals, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
      3. Brugmansia, Sherman Oaks, California [Photography]
      4. Wildflowers at Desert X, Coachella Valley, California [Photography]
      5. Bonsai via Instagram

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      6. Oxeye Daisy, San Fernando Valley, California [Prints Available]

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        1. From My Shop: “Brugmansia Flowers” Prints and More!
        2. Brugmansia, Sherman Oaks, California [Photography]
        3. Bonsai via Instagram
        4. Agave in the Neighborhood via Instagram
        5. Pines, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden [Photography]

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        6. Fountain and Annuals, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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          1. Fernery, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
          2. Fernery 2, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
          3. Apple Blossoms, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
          4. Main Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
          5. Mist and Sun in The Calyx , Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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          6. Fernery 2, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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            1. Fernery, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
            2. Apple Blossoms, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
            3. Main Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
            4. Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
            5. Large Ficus macrophylla, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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            6. Fernery, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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              1. Main Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
              2. Apple Blossoms, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
              3. Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
              4. Large Ficus macrophylla, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
              5. Mist and Sun in The Calyx , Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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              6. Apple Blossoms, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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                1. Large Ficus macrophylla, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                2. Lantern and Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Prints Available]
                3. Main Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                4. Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                5. From My Shop: Yellow Gazania Flower Prints and Products

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                6. Main Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

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                  1. Lantern and Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Prints Available]
                  2. Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                  3. Large Ficus macrophylla, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                  4. Mist and Sun in The Calyx , Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                  5. From My Shop: Yellow Gazania Flower Prints and Products

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                  6. Large Ficus macrophylla, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

                    Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the mulberry and fig family Moraceae. It is native to eastern Australia, from the Wide Bay–Burnett region of Queensland in the north to the Illawarra region of New South Wales. The infraspecies Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris is endemic to Lord Howe Island. Its common name refers to Moreton Bay in Queensland. It is best known for its imposing buttress roots. – Wikipedia

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                    1. Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                    2. Lantern and Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Prints Available]
                    3. Mist and Sun in The Calyx , Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                    4. Down The Garden Path, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden [Photography]
                    5. Show Garden Display, The 36th Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show, Costa Mesa, California

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                    6. Ficus macrophylla f. columnaris, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]

                      Restricted to Lord Howe Island. The most remarkable characteristic of this plant (as compared to F. macrophylla subsp. macrophylla in mainland Australia) is its lack of a single main trunk. Instead, it has 10 or more trunks each having arisen from an aerial root. In 1882 it was recorded that the largest of the old trees on Lord Howe Island covered an area of about 1 hectare.

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                      1. Lantern and Pond, Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Prints Available]
                      2. Mist and Sun in The Calyx , Sydney Botanic Garden, Sydney, NSW, Australia [Photography]
                      3. Down The Garden Path, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden [Photography]
                      4. Begonia, The 36th Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show, Costa Mesa, California [Photography]
                      5. Azalea Flowers, Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden, CSULB, Long Beach, California [Prints Available]

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