Sue - The Curious Gardener
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I’m Sue from Sydney. I’m a horticulturist and plumber who can usually be found pottering or marveling at the curious, amazing and sometimes peculiar Australian gardening sights.
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Completely unrelated to gardening but I had to share this book. Young Alfie Bains is a character you can’t help but love.
Highly recommended. What’s everyone else reading?
#books #booksky #reading #book #booksofbluesky
Highly recommended. What’s everyone else reading?
#books #booksky #reading #book #booksofbluesky
July 24, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Completely unrelated to gardening but I had to share this book. Young Alfie Bains is a character you can’t help but love.
Highly recommended. What’s everyone else reading?
#books #booksky #reading #book #booksofbluesky
Highly recommended. What’s everyone else reading?
#books #booksky #reading #book #booksofbluesky
Popped into my mother-in-law’s place today and couldn’t help but admire the hedging. Seriously impressive work. Clean lines and not a leaf out of place. Garden goals right there! 🌿✂️🙌
#hedging #hedges #gardening #gardens #gardeningau #hedginggoals
#hedging #hedges #gardening #gardens #gardeningau #hedginggoals
June 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Popped into my mother-in-law’s place today and couldn’t help but admire the hedging. Seriously impressive work. Clean lines and not a leaf out of place. Garden goals right there! 🌿✂️🙌
#hedging #hedges #gardening #gardens #gardeningau #hedginggoals
#hedging #hedges #gardening #gardens #gardeningau #hedginggoals
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This is the bane of my existence… Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum).
This monster has a long tap root and soft, succulent stems. It grows like the clappers and seeds even quicker.
I’m dead against chemicals but this thing makes me want to dunk my head in some!
#weed #gardeningau #gardening
This monster has a long tap root and soft, succulent stems. It grows like the clappers and seeds even quicker.
I’m dead against chemicals but this thing makes me want to dunk my head in some!
#weed #gardeningau #gardening
May 25, 2025 at 2:35 AM
This is the bane of my existence… Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum).
This monster has a long tap root and soft, succulent stems. It grows like the clappers and seeds even quicker.
I’m dead against chemicals but this thing makes me want to dunk my head in some!
#weed #gardeningau #gardening
This monster has a long tap root and soft, succulent stems. It grows like the clappers and seeds even quicker.
I’m dead against chemicals but this thing makes me want to dunk my head in some!
#weed #gardeningau #gardening
Treated myself to a bunch of native flowers today, just because I can. 💐🤍💚
#australiannatives #flowers #wildflowers #floral #australiannativeflowers
#nativeflowers
#australiannatives #flowers #wildflowers #floral #australiannativeflowers
#nativeflowers
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Treated myself to a bunch of native flowers today, just because I can. 💐🤍💚
#australiannatives #flowers #wildflowers #floral #australiannativeflowers
#nativeflowers
#australiannatives #flowers #wildflowers #floral #australiannativeflowers
#nativeflowers
Fungi friends… what am I looking at here? 🍄🟫
Found growing at the base of a Eucalyptus tree.
#fungi #mushrooms #gardening #gardeningau #fungus
Found growing at the base of a Eucalyptus tree.
#fungi #mushrooms #gardening #gardeningau #fungus
May 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Fungi friends… what am I looking at here? 🍄🟫
Found growing at the base of a Eucalyptus tree.
#fungi #mushrooms #gardening #gardeningau #fungus
Found growing at the base of a Eucalyptus tree.
#fungi #mushrooms #gardening #gardeningau #fungus
Most apt common name ever… Tractor Seat Plant (Ligularia dentata reniformis). 🚜🪴
#gardening #gardeningau #plants #gardens
#gardening #gardeningau #plants #gardens
May 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Most apt common name ever… Tractor Seat Plant (Ligularia dentata reniformis). 🚜🪴
#gardening #gardeningau #plants #gardens
#gardening #gardeningau #plants #gardens
Meet Callistemon ‘Fluro Burst’. A stunning pink flowering bottlebrush that grows to 1.5m high but less than a metre wide.
Perfect for those narrow spots near pathways. Champion. 🩷
#gardeningau #australiannative #gardening #australiangardening
Perfect for those narrow spots near pathways. Champion. 🩷
#gardeningau #australiannative #gardening #australiangardening
May 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Meet Callistemon ‘Fluro Burst’. A stunning pink flowering bottlebrush that grows to 1.5m high but less than a metre wide.
Perfect for those narrow spots near pathways. Champion. 🩷
#gardeningau #australiannative #gardening #australiangardening
Perfect for those narrow spots near pathways. Champion. 🩷
#gardeningau #australiannative #gardening #australiangardening
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When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode.
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
May 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
When humans look at something we find beautiful it causes dopamine release in our brains & looking at plants shifts our brain activity away from fight or flight & into rest & digest mode.
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
A field of phacelia, Norfolk:
Mother Nature must have been high when she decided neon orange and pink would work on the same flower. Somehow though, it actually does. 🙌
Australian native Chorizema cordatum – Flame Pea. 🧡🩷
#gardening #australiangardening #gardeningau #australiannatives
Australian native Chorizema cordatum – Flame Pea. 🧡🩷
#gardening #australiangardening #gardeningau #australiannatives
May 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Mother Nature must have been high when she decided neon orange and pink would work on the same flower. Somehow though, it actually does. 🙌
Australian native Chorizema cordatum – Flame Pea. 🧡🩷
#gardening #australiangardening #gardeningau #australiannatives
Australian native Chorizema cordatum – Flame Pea. 🧡🩷
#gardening #australiangardening #gardeningau #australiannatives
It’s Mother’s Day here in Australia. To all the Australian Mums and all mothers worldwide, I hope you’ve had an amazing day. To those whose Mums are no longer here, I hope you’re doing ok. Much love. 🩷💐
#mothersday #mums #mothers
#mothersday #mums #mothers
May 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
It’s Mother’s Day here in Australia. To all the Australian Mums and all mothers worldwide, I hope you’ve had an amazing day. To those whose Mums are no longer here, I hope you’re doing ok. Much love. 🩷💐
#mothersday #mums #mothers
#mothersday #mums #mothers
An Australian icon, the Eucalyptus. One of my absolute favourites. Even the gum nuts are beautiful.
#gardening #gardens #gardeningau #wildflowers #australiannatives #eucalyptus #australiangardens
#gardening #gardens #gardeningau #wildflowers #australiannatives #eucalyptus #australiangardens
May 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
An Australian icon, the Eucalyptus. One of my absolute favourites. Even the gum nuts are beautiful.
#gardening #gardens #gardeningau #wildflowers #australiannatives #eucalyptus #australiangardens
#gardening #gardens #gardeningau #wildflowers #australiannatives #eucalyptus #australiangardens
The vibrant purple flowers of Tibouchina ‘Alstonville’. This small tree is hugely popular in Australia, especially for the burst of colour it adds to a dreary Autumn day. 💜
#gardening #gardens #trees #floweringtrees #gardeningau #purple #australiangardening #australiangardens
#gardening #gardens #trees #floweringtrees #gardeningau #purple #australiangardening #australiangardens
April 25, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The vibrant purple flowers of Tibouchina ‘Alstonville’. This small tree is hugely popular in Australia, especially for the burst of colour it adds to a dreary Autumn day. 💜
#gardening #gardens #trees #floweringtrees #gardeningau #purple #australiangardening #australiangardens
#gardening #gardens #trees #floweringtrees #gardeningau #purple #australiangardening #australiangardens
The cooler weather is upon us here in Sydney. Lovely to see a flowering Chrysolephalum ‘Desert Flame’ in Heathcote today. Silver foliage, papery yellow flowers. 💛
#gardening #gardeningau #australiannative #wildflower #gardens #flowers #australiangardening
#gardening #gardeningau #australiannative #wildflower #gardens #flowers #australiangardening
April 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
The cooler weather is upon us here in Sydney. Lovely to see a flowering Chrysolephalum ‘Desert Flame’ in Heathcote today. Silver foliage, papery yellow flowers. 💛
#gardening #gardeningau #australiannative #wildflower #gardens #flowers #australiangardening
#gardening #gardeningau #australiannative #wildflower #gardens #flowers #australiangardening
I’ve been road tripping around the bottom of Victoria, Australia.
No reception, no phones, no internet. 🥰
This is Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost place in mainland Australia. Absolutely beautiful and untouched.
#australia #roadtrip #naturalbeauty #untouched #victoria #bushland #nationalpark
No reception, no phones, no internet. 🥰
This is Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost place in mainland Australia. Absolutely beautiful and untouched.
#australia #roadtrip #naturalbeauty #untouched #victoria #bushland #nationalpark
January 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I’ve been road tripping around the bottom of Victoria, Australia.
No reception, no phones, no internet. 🥰
This is Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost place in mainland Australia. Absolutely beautiful and untouched.
#australia #roadtrip #naturalbeauty #untouched #victoria #bushland #nationalpark
No reception, no phones, no internet. 🥰
This is Wilsons Promontory, the southernmost place in mainland Australia. Absolutely beautiful and untouched.
#australia #roadtrip #naturalbeauty #untouched #victoria #bushland #nationalpark
There’s something very cool about serving up a meal from your own vege patch. Not a great pic but a delicious feed! 🍅🤤
#bruschetta #tomatoes #vegepatch #vegetablegardening #australiangardening #gardeningau
#bruschetta #tomatoes #vegepatch #vegetablegardening #australiangardening #gardeningau
December 16, 2024 at 10:18 AM
There’s something very cool about serving up a meal from your own vege patch. Not a great pic but a delicious feed! 🍅🤤
#bruschetta #tomatoes #vegepatch #vegetablegardening #australiangardening #gardeningau
#bruschetta #tomatoes #vegepatch #vegetablegardening #australiangardening #gardeningau
Tobacco Cutworm… I knew you’d appear in my vege patch at some point. I was ready.
#caterpillar #vegetablegardening #gardeningau #gardenpests #vegepatch #gardening
#caterpillar #vegetablegardening #gardeningau #gardenpests #vegepatch #gardening
December 16, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Tobacco Cutworm… I knew you’d appear in my vege patch at some point. I was ready.
#caterpillar #vegetablegardening #gardeningau #gardenpests #vegepatch #gardening
#caterpillar #vegetablegardening #gardeningau #gardenpests #vegepatch #gardening
December 15, 2024 at 6:25 AM
I was getting a bit worried about my strawberries. All leaf, no flowers. A dose of potash and viola! 😍🍓
#strawberries #gardening #vegetablegardening #vegepatch #gardensky #australiangardening
#strawberries #gardening #vegetablegardening #vegepatch #gardensky #australiangardening
December 15, 2024 at 5:12 AM
I was getting a bit worried about my strawberries. All leaf, no flowers. A dose of potash and viola! 😍🍓
#strawberries #gardening #vegetablegardening #vegepatch #gardensky #australiangardening
#strawberries #gardening #vegetablegardening #vegepatch #gardensky #australiangardening
Sword Lily (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) is a striking bulbous plant native to France. Sadly it’s an invasive weed here in Australia. It’s highly adaptable and out competes native plants in Aussie bushland. ❌🙅♀️
#gardening #weed #weeds #australiangardening #gardensky #flowers #gardeningaus
#gardening #weed #weeds #australiangardening #gardensky #flowers #gardeningaus
December 14, 2024 at 3:24 AM
Sword Lily (Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora) is a striking bulbous plant native to France. Sadly it’s an invasive weed here in Australia. It’s highly adaptable and out competes native plants in Aussie bushland. ❌🙅♀️
#gardening #weed #weeds #australiangardening #gardensky #flowers #gardeningaus
#gardening #weed #weeds #australiangardening #gardensky #flowers #gardeningaus
This fellow is guarding my tomato plants here in Sydney. 🙌 I’ve been trying to identify him with no luck. He wouldn’t let me get a shot from above. Any ideas?
#spider #spiders #gardening #gardens #australiangardens
#spider #spiders #gardening #gardens #australiangardens
December 8, 2024 at 2:26 AM
This fellow is guarding my tomato plants here in Sydney. 🙌 I’ve been trying to identify him with no luck. He wouldn’t let me get a shot from above. Any ideas?
#spider #spiders #gardening #gardens #australiangardens
#spider #spiders #gardening #gardens #australiangardens
Laurentia ‘Pop n Fizz’. A small, mound shaped Australian native that is covered in masses of purple flowers over the Summer months.
Great name for a great plant. 💜
#gardening #wildflowers #australiannatives #gardeningaus #gardensky
Great name for a great plant. 💜
#gardening #wildflowers #australiannatives #gardeningaus #gardensky
December 7, 2024 at 6:00 AM
Laurentia ‘Pop n Fizz’. A small, mound shaped Australian native that is covered in masses of purple flowers over the Summer months.
Great name for a great plant. 💜
#gardening #wildflowers #australiannatives #gardeningaus #gardensky
Great name for a great plant. 💜
#gardening #wildflowers #australiannatives #gardeningaus #gardensky
Quite odd… Just one tomato suffered from Blossom End Rot. The rest of the crop on all plants are perfectly fine. 🤔🍅
#vegetablegarden #tomatoes #vegepatch #gardening #growingvegetables
#vegetablegarden #tomatoes #vegepatch #gardening #growingvegetables
December 6, 2024 at 5:11 AM
Quite odd… Just one tomato suffered from Blossom End Rot. The rest of the crop on all plants are perfectly fine. 🤔🍅
#vegetablegarden #tomatoes #vegepatch #gardening #growingvegetables
#vegetablegarden #tomatoes #vegepatch #gardening #growingvegetables
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Eremophila maculata subsp. maculata
Stuart Highway, Northern Territory,
Australia.
August 2022
#wildoz #ozflora #Eremophila maculata subspecies maculata #Scrophulariaceae #ozplants #Australiannature #botany
Stuart Highway, Northern Territory,
Australia.
August 2022
#wildoz #ozflora #Eremophila maculata subspecies maculata #Scrophulariaceae #ozplants #Australiannature #botany
December 3, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Eremophila maculata subsp. maculata
Stuart Highway, Northern Territory,
Australia.
August 2022
#wildoz #ozflora #Eremophila maculata subspecies maculata #Scrophulariaceae #ozplants #Australiannature #botany
Stuart Highway, Northern Territory,
Australia.
August 2022
#wildoz #ozflora #Eremophila maculata subspecies maculata #Scrophulariaceae #ozplants #Australiannature #botany
More Grevillea spam. They just stop me in my tracks. This one I came across in the Sydney suburb of Kensington.
#gardening #australiannatives #nativeflowers #gardeningaus #gardensky #grevillea #plantsky
#gardening #australiannatives #nativeflowers #gardeningaus #gardensky #grevillea #plantsky
December 2, 2024 at 8:21 AM
More Grevillea spam. They just stop me in my tracks. This one I came across in the Sydney suburb of Kensington.
#gardening #australiannatives #nativeflowers #gardeningaus #gardensky #grevillea #plantsky
#gardening #australiannatives #nativeflowers #gardeningaus #gardensky #grevillea #plantsky