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DAWSON’S Seduction ROSE Friesia EVENTS A guide to using in your garden: Iceberg DISPLAYS! RSL Rose Ingrid Bergman Low Groundcovers Small or Container Plants These low spreaders and mounded type These very showy varieties make ideal container Grevilleas are ideal for groundcover use, verge plants and are an excellent choice as feature planting, rockeries, embankments and as shrubs, borders or low hedges. Group Good Samaritan Slim Dusty Jude the Obscure spillers to cascade over retaining walls. for best effect. Double Delight They can also be grown in pots and baskets. Iceberg Double Delight Grevillea Bonnie Prince Charlie - Lovely rounded Pope John Mr Lincoln Paul II Grevillea Sea Spray*- Orangey-red flower clusters over small with showy red/yellow flowers. Height 80cm, winter and spring, contrast beautifully with fine silvery width to 1.2m. awson’s Spring Rose Displays. To celebrate the start View our rose cut flower displays at Dawson’s foliage. Excellent groundcover spreading to 1m. Grevillea Lemon Daze - Compact shrub with bright D of the rose season, we’re displaying a range of Forrestfield, Swanbourne, Joondalup and Grevillea Gin Gin Gem*- Ground hugging, spreading yellow and pink flowers over autumn, winter and spring. beautiful cut rose blooms at all stores, over selected O’Connor, Saturday and Sunday October 26th, plant, forming a dense mat of foliage. Small red flowers Height to 1-1.5m and 1m across. weekends, during late October and early November. The over winter-spring. Excellent groundcover and spiller. Grevillea Hills Jubilee - Compact variety to 1-1.5m rose varieties displayed will change weekly, so it’s a great 27th and November 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th . Capable of spreading several metres wide. high and 1m wide. Pink and white flowers. way to compare varieties and find some new favourites. Mt. Tamboritha*- A lovely low growing Grevillea Tucker Time Fruit Box – Soft compact shrub groundcover variety with non-prickly foliage. Clusters of with bunches of pink and white nectar-rich flowers from reddish-pink and cream flowers in late winter and spring. late winter to late spring. Height 80cm-1m, width 1m. (Compact Form) – A great groundcover variety with a profusion of showy, red, Medium-Sized Showy Shrubs spider-like flowers over winter and spring. Height to Glorious Grevilleas 50cm, width to 2m. This not too big, but not too small group consist of some of the large flowered “show Grevilleas are as Aussie as meat pies and Holden’s. They’re probably Tall Screeners and Large Shrubs offs”. They are particularly attractive to birds and make spectacular feature shrubs. You can even the most widely grown group of Australian plants. Grevilleas are These upright grow them in pots! incredibly diverse and offer many environmentally friendly planting options. quick growers Grevillea Coconut Ice - Medium shrub with deeply From low groundcover types, to showy shrubs, to taller types suitable for are ideal for divided foliage. Large showy, brushes of pink-red flowers hedging, there’s a Grevillea for virtually every spot in the garden. So let’s Grevillea Gin Gin Gem screen and Red for much of the year. Height and width to 1.5m. celebrate these remarkable Aussie icons. It’s time to grab a Grevillea! windbreak planting, or Grevillea Deua flame - A truly beautiful Grevillea with along a fence. unusual, large, broad and flame-like pendulous Grevilleas & The Big Picture most species have low water needs once established. This sort of clusters of red flowers from winter to early summer. Plants will benefit from mulching with coarse grade planting can Height to 1.5m, width to 1.3m. Very showy, looks great Choosing to grow more natives in our gardens helps restore mulches, such as Pine Bark Mulch. help protect in a pot. the natural balance by providing diversity, additional habitat Tip - prune regularly to maintain shape. your edible Grevillea Ned Kelly - Large flowered variety with orange- and food sources for native animals, birds and insects. garden from red brushes throughout the year. Height 1-2m. Native plants in the garden provide a haven for beneficial Fertilising Grevilleas Grevillea Winparra Gold the extremes Grevillea Robyn Gordon - Popular, large flowered variety insects and fauna including birds. This increased garden of Perth’s Grevilleas have developed over millions of years to with pinkish-red brushes for long periods of the year. diversity helps balance and reduce the build up of damaging summer months. These Grevillea olivacea Height to 2m, width to 1.5m. populations of scale, aphids and caterpillars. Pollination of grow in phosphorus deficient Aussie soils. Sometimes group varieties are wonderful screening Grevillea Superb - Rounded shrub growing to 2m high fruiting plants is enhanced, as pollinating bees are attracted gardeners forget this and kill them by feeding them plants, performing particularly well on Perth’s and wide. Deeply divided foliage, with large reddish- to the more diverse offerings in the garden. with normal higher phosphorous fertilisers. limestone soils. orange flowers over winter - spring and spot flowering Always feed Grevilleas with specialist low phosphorus Grevillea Apricot Glow*- Fast growing evergreen shrub at other times. Showy variety similar to Robyn Gordon, Growing Grevilleas native fertilisers like: with deep green olive-shaped leaves. Clusters of apricot wonderful feature plant or hedge. Most Grevilleas will prefer to grow in full sun conditions. Searles Kickalong organic Plant Food for Native Plants coloured spider-like flowers over autumn, winter and * = Tolerant of limestone They must have well drained soil. Plant using Dawson’s and Baileys Australian Native Plant Food Controlled spring. Height 2-3m, width 2m. soils, good choice for coastal Soil Improver at the rate of 1 part soil improver to 2 parts Release Fertiliser (a slow release fertiliser releasing Grevillea Olivacea Red* - Olive-like foliage and red planting. existing soil. Grevilleas are naturally waterwise plants and over a 4-5 month period). spidery flowers from winter to early summer. Height 2.5-4m, width 2.5-4m. Grevillea Winparra Gold*- Spectacular two-toned gold and pink bunched blooms. 2m high and wide. Tolerant to coastal conditions and limestone soils.

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Grevillea Lemon Daze Bonnie Prince Charlie Grevillia Superb 2 3 New Release Roses Each year we add an elite group of selected roses to our rose list. Here’s a look at some of this year’s new kids on the block!

Brindabella Bouquet Bright Spirit Perfume Passion Eyes For You

HEADLINE RELEASES! RECENT RELEASE! David Austin Roses NEW RELEASE! Floribunda Roses RSL Rose Eyes For You - Something really different! This floribunda Old world charm and fragrance for the modern rose BRINDABELLA BOUQUET – Fluted white petals has peony-like, semi-double blooms of pale pink, with garden, that’s what David Austin roses are all about! surrounding pink champagne blushed centres. Flowers Brief Encounter a contrasting “eye” of magenta-violet, surrounding golden fade to blooms of the purest white. A rounded, bushy stamens. PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF KENT (Ausmerchant) - shrub, which repeats well throughout the season. Strong, Large fully petalled and deeply cupped blooms of glowing spicy fragrance. Extensively trialed in the humid climate of Thirty years ago English rose breeders became fascinated pink. Delicious tea fragrance, changing to lemon with age. Toowoomba, Queensland, where it has shown very exciting with the “eyes” seen in the middle of Persian roses (Rosa 100cm x 75cm. levels of black spot resistance. Height and width to 100cm. persica, now Hulthemia persica). They began making trial crosses using Persian roses, which eventually led to the OUR HONEY OLIVIA – A honey coloured variation of groundbreaking release of Eyes For You. NEW RELEASE! Hybrid Tea Roses the original Olivia Newton-John rose. Complete with a delicate tea fragrance. Height to 120cm. Dawson’s released this rose for the first time last year in Hybrid tea roses are classic, long stemmed, large flowered limited numbers and demand was high. roses. Enjoy them in your garden and even more as cut PEACH PROFUSION (2012) – Apricot, peach blooms flowers inside your home. with a cream reverse. Blooms fade to an overall cream Our nursery has worked hard this year to increase the colour. A dense, bushy grower to 1m. Bred in Germany numbers, which will be available this spring. So if you BRIEF ENCOUNTER - Bold and beautiful bright salmon and released in Australia 2012. missed out last year, now’s the time to add this exciting pink blooms. Highly perfumed, lovely cut flower. Height rose to your collection. to 120cm. THANK YOU – Prolific flowering rose, producing large clusters of deep mauve blooms. Giving this Thank You Eyes For You is a healthy grower, in fact it’s probably the BRIGHT SPIRIT – Continuous display of richly blended rose is a wonderful way of saying “thank you”. most black spot resistant rose we’ve ever seen. It also has salmon and gold hued blooms. Reminiscent in colour and Best floribunda rose at Australian National Rose Trial a lovely old world fragrance. Height 120cm, width 100cm. form of Chicago Peace. Wonderful rose and spice scent. Height to 150cm. Gardens 2011. Rounded, bushy habit. 120cm. The RSL Rose - The RSL Rose was launched at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show in GO FOR GOLD – Bright golden yellow, cutting quality autumn 2013. Classic shaped buds open to petal-filled blooms with mild fragrance. 120cm. RED HOT!!!!!! Get That Italian Garden look with flowers of regal burgundy, with a soft amber reverse. LINKED HEARTS – Clear pale pink darkening towards Flowers are held on long stems making it an ideal cutting the centre and fading off to white at the edges. Part variety for enjoying in the vase. In our nursery trials RSL proceeds of sales donated to the Silver Chain Nursing has impressed, with its healthy habit and consistent Association. Grows to around 1.5m high by 1.2m wide. Geranium Big Red & Big Pink flowering. It carries a light rose perfume and looks brilliant planted singly, in groups, or in pots. RSL is a hybrid tea rose PERFUME PASSION – Magnificent, high-centred, Big Red Vibrant coloured Geraniums are an essential part of Italian BIG PINK* - Following hot on the heels growing to 1.5m high. blended pink blooms. Has a delicious fragrance that keeps you coming back for more. Winner of Best Hybrid Tea Rose gardens. They are used a bit like punctuation marks, of the success of Geranium Big Red is new Sales of the RSL Rose will assist returned veterans and and Most Fragrant Rose at the National Rose Trial Gardens providing vivid bursts of colour to draw the eye and always Big Pink. Big Pink has all the easy growing their families through support programs administered by in 2012. 150cm. contrasting against green foliage. You see them in pedestal attributes of the original Big Red, but has neon pink, the RSL nationally. planters, creating focal points and spilling out of window semi-double flowers. So now if you want to go Big SUMMER OF LOVE - A variable blend of white, yellow, boxes on balconies and planters on sunny terraces. on colour, it’s as easy as Big Red or Big Pink! coral pink and red. No two blooms are alike. Classic high We meet many gardeners who say that Geraniums here centred blooms, flowering throughout the season. Light just don’t seem to have the same intensity of colour as Get Big Results! spicy fragrance. Tall, upright grower to 150-170cm. those in Italy and Europe. For best results use Dawson’s Premium Potting Mix, Customers please note: New release varieties are Well, now we think we’ve found some Geraniums which feed with a long term controlled (slow) release available in limited numbers during their first year really deliver that Italian Geranium look in spades, with fertilizer like Baileys Pots & Flowers Plant Food. of release. Shop early to avoid disappointment. unrivalled colours and stunning performance in our tough Water regularly for best bloom production and remove Aussie conditions… spent flower clusters to encourage repeat flowering. Keep It’s time to meet Geranium Calliope Big Red and Big Pink!! Big Pink and Big Red on the go by feeding fortnightly with a quality liquid fertiliser like Searles® Flourish™. BIG RED - This remarkable new Geranium has taken the world by storm. When you see Big Red it’s easy to see *Customers please note: As a new release, Big Pink what all the fuss is about. Big Red has large, semi-double, is available in limited numbers only. So shop early to intense, dark red flowers, which compliment deep green avoid disappointment. foliage. It’s a constant performer flowering in flushes from Big Pink spring right through till early winter. The plant has a dense semi-trailing habit, growing to 30-45cm high and 40-50cm wide. It’s particularly at home in patio pots and hanging baskets, but performs equally well in garden beds. This is a spectacularly rewarding plant to grow, with no fuss and great returns. Big Red is definitely a “goer!” It’s heat tolerant and once established will tolerate short Eyes For You periods of drought. Big Red Summer of Love Geranium images courtesy And Now there’s New Release Geranium Big Pink of Natural Selections. Big Pink 4 Princess Alexandra of Kent 5 Designer Lines The Edible Garden Hibiscus West What to plant in spring: Artichokes, basil, beetroot, Coast Gem The latest in living fashions cabbage, capsicum, carrots, celery, chicory, Chinese cabbage, chives, chilli, choko, climbing beans, cucumber, dill, dwarf beans, eggplant, endive, fennel, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, marjoram, melons, mint, okra, sage, spring onions, oregano, parsnips, parsley, pumpkin, radish, rhubarb, rocket, rockmelon, rosemary, sage, silver beet, spring onions, squash, sweet corn, tomatoes, thyme, tarragon, watermelon and zucchini. Take a look at our online vegetable fact sheet at www.dawsonsgardenworld.com.au for a useful guide to establishing either a traditional soil based vegie garden or starting a “no dig” straw based garden, plus a complete monthly vegie and herb planting guide. The Kitchen Garden Take your home grown produce from garden to table!

Method Fennel, orange and toasted pistachio salad Remove skins and white pith from two oranges. Scaevola Aussie Crawl Blue Chalk Sticks Cordyline Designer Burgundy Insalata di finocchio, arancia e pistacchio Then slice oranges into wedges or roughly This is a wonderfully fresh and clean dice. Remove the two outer scales off the Aussie Crawl – A superior selection of Scaevola or native Designer Burgundy – This exciting clump forming flavoured salad, which makes a delicious Fan flower, set to sizzle with colour this spring and summer. Cordyline is set to become one of the plants of the year. fennel bulb, rinse and then thinly slice, or use a Masses of blue-purple fan-shaped flowers cover the strong Unlike most Cordylines that grow up a trunk, Designer side or light meal. The toasted pistachio mat forming, with green semi-succulent foliage. This low Burgundy remains as a neat clump, with long, cascading, vegetable mandolin to slice into straws. Rinse, growing groundcover grows to 30cm high and 1m wide glossy burgundy foliage. It’s a wonderful accent plant nuts are a bit of a salute to the island of and is a great addition to your garden, rockery, hanging when used in feature planters, garden beds or when mass drain and then finely dice the Italian parsley. baskets or containers. planted for a dramatic effect! Height to 1m. Grows in full Sicily, where Italy’s finest pistachio groves sun to semi-shade conditions. Juice one of the oranges and reserve the Blue Chalk Sticks - A fascinating, fast growing, ground are found. Orange and fennel are a match covering succulent, with steely blue, finger-like cylindrical Aloha Mandevillas – Get set for non-stop colour this juice for later. made in heaven and remember you can leaves. It’s a real water miser that’s super tough. Best season with these brilliant tropical-look Mandevillas. There Add the sliced fennel, parsley and oranges to a grown in sunny spots with well-drained soil. Ideal for are five Aloha colours to choose from - Bright Pink, Red, always make this salad a bit more containers, rockeries, borders or garden beds. Looks Dark Red, Regal Ruby and White. Use them as short mixing bowl, add a good drizzle of olive oil, add stunning in mixed succulent plantings. Grows to around climbers on arches, pergola posts and on fences. Plant substantial by adding some crumbled 30cm high and to 1m wide. them into display pots or hanging baskets and watch them the orange juice, red chilli flakes and a twist of grow. While these plants are climbers, they can easily be feta cheese. Crimson Spire – This unique tall but narrow growing kept shrub-like by trimming off the climbing shoots as they sea salt and black pepper from a grinder. Ingredients ornamental plum tree has become one of our best sellers. appear. Growing to just 2m wide and to 6m high, its poplar like Toss ingredients with a wooden spoon to combine. shape is ideal for narrow spots, screening along fence West Coast Gem – This Western Australian native is one – 3 oranges (blood oranges are nice Coarsely dice pistachio nuts, then lightly toast lines and avenue planting. It has year-round interest, with of the most glorious sights in spring when it explodes with if you can get them) burgundy blushed foliage and white/pale pink flowers in large rich, blue-purple blooms. It’s a fast growing native in a small saucepan or frying pan. Keep a close spring. Hibiscus with attractive, deeply cut foliage. Prune after – 1 large fennel bulb flowering is finished. Evergreen shrub to 2m high. eye on them and remove from heat as soon – Extra virgin olive oil for drizzling as lightly toasted, as they’re easy to burn. – ½ a tsp of red chilli flakes for sprinkling Transfer salad to a serving bowl or individual – A twist of ground black pepper and dishes. Garnish with toasted pistachio sea salt from a grinder nuts and a few small fennel fronds. – 50g of pistachio nut kernels Optional: add some diced spring onion. – Small bunch of Italian parsley

– A few soft, young fennel fronds

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