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Kyle Bland's photos

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Every month, we'll display a new feature photo on the front page of the website. If we choose yours, we'll send you a gift voucher worth $60!

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31/10/2015 Myosotidium hortensia
Submitted by Kyle Bland

Chatham Island forget-me-nots and scarlet rata (Metrosiderous carminea) in full bloom in a Lower Hutt garden. They thrive in this site on the south side of our house, where they are regularly fed with homemade liquid fertilisers and fresh seaweed mulches
31/10/2015 Anaphalioides bellidioides
Submitted by Kyle Bland

Anaphalioides bellidioides in full flower, growing happily in a wind-swept and sunny site in the Western Hills of Lower Hutt
01/02/2015 Pachystegia minor
Submitted by Kyle Bland

Pachystegia minor growing on an exposed northwest-facing hillside in Lower Hutt. It's planted in a raised position amongst rocks to improve drainage
29/12/2014 Metrosideros carminea Juvenile
Submitted by Kyle Bland

A five-year old rata now flowering in our Lower Hutt garden
29/12/2014 Metrosideros carminea Juvenile
Submitted by Kyle Bland

A five-year old rata now flowering in our Lower Hutt garden
29/12/2014 Celmisia major var. major
Submitted by Kyle Bland

Celmisia major var. major, purchased from Oratia Nursery in 2014, now growing in Lower Hutt and flowering in its first year
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