2017 QLD Garden Expo
Back Posted On: 8/31/2017 12:00:00 AM
After a break last year we returned to Nambour for the 2017 QLD Garden Expo. It was fantastic to see our QLD friends again and have a chance to show off our newest product: Slasher Organic Weedkiller!
Naturally there were plenty of other interesting things at the show and here are a few pics we took. Click on them to make them larger. Enjoy!
The exotic flowers of the beehive gingers
This African violet is called ‘Monet’ and was impossible to miss!
Best Landscape Award went to ECO Garden Design
Stunning flower on this Brassolaeliacattleya Blanche Aisaka ‘Yuki’
Sophie Thomson dropped by to catch up with Steve Falcioni
Spotted this unusual clivia hybrid called Clivea gardenii x robusta
Camellia blooms on display by Camellia Glen Nursery
Super colourful display garden by Clint Kenny Design
“Gardener’s Palette” was a bit of whimsy at the show
Costa appeared in the Best Decorated Shovel competition
The charming double white violet called ‘Le Roi’ had plenty of perfume
Something we rarely see is the cherry rose nasturtium
Enormous flowers on display by the Australian Hibiscus Society
Our show favourite was Epidendrum “Wedding Valley Sakura”
How the team at Australian Plants Online safely ship their mail order plants
Catching up with Claire Bickle is always a good laugh
Aloe flower spikes by Aloe-Aloe Horticulture
Flowers on the tea producing Camellia sinensis
The aquatic bladderwort (Ultricularia aurea) is a carnivorous plant
Incredible blue flowers of Salvia sagittata x macrophylla
Hanging flowers on the chandelier plant (Medinilla dolichophylla)
Yellow blooms from the rarely seen Camellia nitidissima
One or two cacti were also available to buy 🙂
Gardening themed water feature by Clint Kenny Design
Intense pink flower spike on Guzmania ‘Passion’
More subdued but still charming were the nemesia
Was lovely to see Noel Burdette and get all his latest gardening news
Simply awesome display of airplants (Tillandsias) by Dandaloo Valley Bromeliads
Easy to grow vireya rhododendron ‘Thai Prince’
Another eye catching bromeliad – Vriesea ‘Astrid’
A gardener’s “meal” by Green Cloud Nursery
Great display by Suncoast Water Gardens
Fantastic water feature by Broadcroft Design
Bamboo Down Under’s tranquil display garden
