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Although we are not currently accepting new gardening questions, you can read here Bob Dobb's answers to past questions from Brisbane gardeners.

Bob is the Curator of Roma Street Parkland and has been responsible for gardens in Brisbane city for nearly twenty years.

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Anthurium (Red Hill)

Anthurium, red (Buderim)

Ants, Green (Holland Park)

B

Balcony, growing vegetables (West End)

Balinese style plants (Woolloongabba)

Bamboo (Stafford)

Basil (Toowong)

Bananas (Wooloowin)

Black Bean Trees (Newmarket)

Borers (Wavell Heights)

Bottle Tree, Queensland (Toowong)

Bougainvillea (Albion)

Bougainvillea advice (Canada)

Bougainvillea (Lightening Ridge)

Bush food (Red Hill)

C

Calliandra (Noosa)

Callistemon (Park Ridge)

Camellia (Kedron)

Camphor laurels (Burpengary)

Cardamom (Stafford)

Chinese Elm (Wooloowin)

Citrus foliage (Wishart)

Citrus trees (Kelvin Grove)

Citrus trees (Dayboro)

Clay soil (North Lakes)

Clay soil (Taigum)

Clover (Carindale)

Cobblers pegs (Ferny Hills)

Colvillea not flowering (Nudgee)

Creepers (Holland Park)

Crotons, propogation (Beaudesert)

Cuttings (Mitchelton)

Cycad palm (Bundamba)

Cymbidium orchids (Brighton)

D

Dead garden (Marsden)

Drip irrigation (Albany Creek)

Dry soil (St Lucia)

Dwarf flowering gum (Corinda)

E

Edible trees (Oxley)

Eucalyptus curtisii (Wilston)

F

Fertiliser, Garden (Norman Park)

Frangipani (Mildura)

Frangipani, relocate (Geebung)

Frangipanis, relocate (Camp Hill)

Frangipani rust (Kalangur)

Frangipani rust (Wellington Point)

Frangipani withering (Adelaide)

Frangipani trees (Kangaroo Point)

Frogs, Green Tree (Runcorn)

Fungus, Orange (Albion)

G

Garden beds (Chermside)

Garden, Dead (Marsden)

Garden edging (Darra)

Garden fertiliser (Norman Park)

Gardens, low maintenance (Tarragindi)

Garden maintenance (Runcorn)

Garden over driveway (Eagleby)

Garden planning (Alderley)

Garden rubbish disposal (Kedron)

Gardenia (Eight Mile Plains)

Gardenia (Toowong)

Gerberas (Camira)

Grape pruning (Sinnamon Park)

Giant Star Potato Tree (Ipswich)

Grasshoppers and locusts (Kallangur)

Grass and weeds growing on tree (The Gap)

Grass care (Eight Mile Plains)

Grass, Nut (Carindale)

Grass, Nut (Coopers Plains)

Grass, Onion (Nudgee)

Green Ants (Holland Park)

Green Tree Frogs (Runcorn)

Greenhouse, Mini (Lower Beechmont)

Grey Water (Bracken Ridge)

Ground cover (Gold Coast)

Growing vegetables on balcony (West End)

Growing vegies in Brisbane (Selkirk)

Grubs (Elimbah)

H

Hanging Plants (Sandgate)

Hedges (Redland Bay)

Heliconias (Albion)

Heliconias (Peregian Beach)

Herbs (West End)

Hibiscus, Variegated (Toowong)

Hippeastrums (Carindale)

Hippeastrums (Bli Bli)

I

Irrigation, Drip (Albany Creek)

Identifying plants (Runcorn)

Ixora Prince of Orange (Carindale)

J

K

Kitty litter, use in the garden (Runcorn)

L

Locusts and grasshoppers (Kallangur)

Lantana (Holland Park West)

Lavender (Scarborough)

Lemon tree (Runcorn)

Lemons (Camp Hill)

Lemons and limes in pots (Kangaroo Point)

Lillypillies, weeping (Thornlands)

Lillypilly dropping berries (Gold Coast)

Low maintenance gardens (Tarragindi)

M

Magnolia Little Gem (Salisbury)

Maintenance, Garden (Runcorn)

Majestic Palms (Capalaba)

Materials for Pathways (Riverhills)

Melaluca (Albion)

Melaleuca Leucadendra (Elimbah)

Mildew, Rose (Carseldine)

Mini greenhouse (Lower Beechmont)

Moving plants (Canberra)

Moving to Brisbane (Melbourne)

Mulch around bamboo (Stafford)

N

Naphthelene (Deception Bay)

Nut grass (Carindale)

Nut grass (Coopers Plains)

Nut weed (Carindale)

O

Onion grass (Nudgee)

Orange fungus (Albion)

Orchids, Cymbidium (Brighton)

P

Paper wasps (Runcorn)

Paspalum (Mitchelton)

Passion fruit (Mitchelton)

Pathway materials (Riverhills)

Paw Paw (Acacia Ridge)

Plant identification (Runcorn)

Plants, Balinese style (Woolloongabba)

Plants, Screening (Sinnamon Park)

Plants, Tropical (West End)

Plants, Water Wise (Calamvale)

Planting under deck (Woolloongabba)

Planting under powerlines (Browns Plains)

Plunkett mallee (Wilston)

Poinciana not flowering (Chapel Hill)

Pool screening (Lota)

Pom-pom flowers (Noosa)

Possums (Coorparoo)

Possums and Turkeys (Toowong)

Potato Tree (Ipswich)

Pots, stackable (West End)

Prince of Orange, Ixora (Carindale)

Propogating crotons (Beaudesert)

Propogating hydrangea (Jamboree Heights)

Propogation rules (Mitchelton)

Pruning grapes (Sinnamon Park)

Pumpkins (Burbank)

Q

Queensland Bottle Tree (Toowong)

R

Rangoon Creeper (Holland Park)

Rangoon Creeper (Sydney)

Red anthurium (Buderim)

Relocate frangipanis (Camp Hill)

Relocating frangipani (Geebung)

Relocating plants (Canberra)

Rhoeo (Red Hill)

Rose mildew (Carseldine)

Rooting powder (Mitchelton)

Roses (Kuraby)

Roses (Meadowbrook)

Rubbish disposal, Garden (Kedron)

S

Sago palm (Bundamba)

Screening plants (Sinnamon Park)

Screening options (Ascot & Everton Park)

Screens (Kenmore)

Scrub Turkey (Wilston)

Small shade trees (Auchenflower)

Snakes (Deception Bay)

Soil, Clay (North Lakes)

Soil, Clay(Taigum)

Soil, Dry (St Lucia)

Spider lilies (Spring Hill)

Stackable pots (West End)

Swimming pool water (Cashmere)

T

Tall palm (Gold Coast)

Toadstools (Mansfield)

Tomato leaves, Yellow (Petrie Terrace)

Tomatoes, worms (Grovely)

Transplanting frangipani (Geebung)

Trees, Black Bean (Newmarket)

Trees, Citrus (Kelvin Grove)

Trees, Citrus (Dayboro)

Trees, Edible (Oxley)

Trees, Frangipani (Kangaroo Point)

Tree, Lemon (Runcorn)

Trees, Small Shade (Auchenflower)

Trees under powerlines (Browns Plains)

Tropical plants (West End)

Turkeys and possums (Toowong)

U

Using kitty litter in the garden (Runcorn)

V

Vegetables, growing on balcony (West End)

Vegies, growing in Brisbane (Selkirk)

Variegated Hibiscus (Toowong)

W

Wasps, Paper (Runcorn)

Water, Grey (Bracken Ridge)

Water re-use (Fortitude Valley)

Water Wise Plants (Calamvale)

Weed, Nut (Carindale)

Weeds and grass growing on tree (The Gap)

Weeds (Rochedale South)

Weeping Lillypillies (Thornlands)

Wetting agents (Kedron)

Wire worms (Gold Coast)

Worms eating tomatoes (Grovely)

Worms in Hippeastrums (Bli Bli)

X

Y

Yellow tomato leaves (Petrie Terrace)

Z

Zucchini problems (Runaway Bay)

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