iclips is not about pruning - I think...

Google is a many splendoured thing. It keeps coming up with fantastic ways of finding out about "stuff". Take Google Trends for example. Actually take it as far away as you can. From what I can gather, although none of the following are lurking at the soggy end of the garden, a LOT of people nevertheless seem to be interested in:

1.	iclips
2.	shell kepler
3.	deadheads for obama
4.	bobby knight
5.	fizzy fruit
6.	zorb
7.	www.iclips.net
8.	welcome to the captain
9.	where to vote
10.	nbc.com/nissan

Yesterday it was Tom Petty, the Superbowl, and a whole 'nother list of petty things. Maybe tomorrow they'll all be searching for buxus sempervirens. I'm going back to the weeding.

Correa - a native with bells on

One of the latest additions to the courtyard is a couple of Correa "dusky bells". We've put them in along the narrow bed between the edge of the deck and the western fence.

Correa is an Australian native evergreen shrub with small thick leaves, sometimes hairy, and small long bell-shaped flowers. The flowers can attract birds because of their nectar. Originally green or red flowers, the latest varieties offer a much larger range. "Dusky bells" has a pink flower in shades ranging from dusty to almost fuchsia. Indeed, The Australian Gardening Encyclopaedia (Murdoch, 2000; latest ed is 2004) - Bjorn's favourite gardening A-Z - lists the common name of the Correa as 'Australian fuchsia'.

If you have reasonably well-drained soil and can keep the drip water up to these plants in the first couple of seasons, they will flourish. That said, you will see many public plantings of Correa as they are particularly hardy and can grow to a fairly bushy state and with little attention to about 2m height and width.

Germination

Mild and muggy, today was the perfect day in Melbourne - for getting black spot on your roses. Such is a weekend garden warrior's life.

Tempted as I was to prune the bejeesus out of the icebergs yet again, we opted to just cut the only bloom on the bush. That way, the wee little ringtails ( and don't you just love 'em) wouldn't just have them for an appetiser before moving on to the Mystery Tree once again.

Tips for keeping ringtails off the roses/fence/fruit tree/planet welcome...