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Bougainvillea

Gardening: Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea come from Brazil where they grow in arid, rocky soil, and they do all too well in New Zealand conditions.
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Sugar flowers

How to make sugar-coated flowers

Crystalised flower petals can perk up a cake or dessert in no time, and they’re a wonderfully easy, old-fashioned thing to make. Carnation, dianthus, hibiscus, hollyhock, lavender, orange blossom, rose, pansy and violet petals will all work nicely. 2 cups edible flowers 2 egg whites, beaten ½ cup icing sugar Clean and dry your flowers […]
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Hibiscus

Gardening: Everything hibiscus

It’s difficult to believe it’s just a month from winter when you see hibiscus in flower. Nothing makes you feel as warm and tropical as these exquisite plants, and fortunately, there are some that’ll do quite well in cooler South Island gardens, too. Hibiscus syriacus, ‘Rose of Sharon’, is one that’s fairly cold hardy. It […]
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