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Gardeners know that trying to grow plants way outside their preferred climatic zone is fraught with disaster.

Take the peony, for example. It’s a cold climate flowerer and trying to grow it here in spring would be plain crazy.

Not anymore, thanks to a Sunshine Coast University researcher.

University of the Sunshine Coast science graduate Krista Bogiatzis (pictured) has found a way of replicating perfect winter conditions to allow peonies to bloom in Queensland, where subtropical temperatures have caused many previous attempts to fail.

Ms Bogiatzis said the discovery meant Queensland could one day supply spring blooms for Australia’s wedding season and potentially offer a product to the global flower market outside of its usual season.

Growing the blooms in Australia also avoids the fumigation process required to import flowers and damage that can occur in transit.

Ms Bogiatzis said she has been able to replicate the conditions required to trigger the peony’s spring bloom.

“Peonies only grow in cold climates with cold winters and they need a long cold snap to break them out of their dormancy but we just don’t get those conditions here,” she said.

“In a greenhouse at the University of the Sunshine Coast, we were able to fine tune what

these peonies need in terms of temperature, conditions and nutrients, to give them the perfect winter environment.

“We also know how to time it perfectly so that when they are ready to bloom, they think it is spring.”

Mrs Bogiatzis, who began the research in 2015 as a Bachelor of Science (biology) student, said she hoped to eventually offer locally grown peonies to the subtropical Australian market, which largely relies on costly imports from France, New Zealand and southern Australia.

“The buds are cut while they are still tightly closed and they are kept almost frozen in transit.

Because they can be damaged like anything transported over long distances, the expenses involved make it sometimes unaffordable for people to buy imported peonies,” she said.

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Jim and Julie Dudley have owned the business for the past 11 years and, along with installer Jeff who has been with the company for more than 20 years, are proud to continue to provide outstanding end-to-end service for their clients, new and old.

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Does your garden need work?

The team at Savage Landscape Supplies describe themselves as the one stop local landscaping shop in Landsborough.

Having been in the business for the past 25 years, they know their stuff and the friendly staff are keen to help you with all your landscaping and gardening needs.

They have a wide range of products to suit all landscaping needs with a range of soils, gravels, mulches, stone pitching (suitable for garden edging or building rock walls), concrete edging, Hudson stone edging, a large range of pavers, treated pine sleepers, concrete products, geo fabric, weed mat, ag pipe, hay, sugar cane bales and fertilisers.

They even have concrete blocks suitable for use as retaining walls and if you need a bit of art, they have statues that will add character to the garden.

If you are doing a small job and need a trailer to get your materials home they have courtesy trailers available. For bigger jobs they can deliver to all areas and for those extra large jobs they can deliver bulk loads of crusher dust, road base and 20mm drainage, direct from the quarry at discounted prices.

They also have two Posi-Tracks and two excavators (3.5 tonne and 5.5 tonne) for hire to prepare your area, to dig dams and to make it easier to complete your projects.

So if you have a landscaping job to get done, head to Savages to check out the great range and get the job under way. They are open from 7am– 4.30pm Monday–Friday and 7.30am–1pm on Saturday.

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Shop local for your electrical supplies

Local family owned and operated Southern Cross Electrical Data (SCED) services all sectors of the electrical industry and offers an incredible range of products at very competitive prices. Best of all, they are conveniently local in Beerwah and are open to public five days a week.

The only electrical supply shop based in the hinterland, the business is run by electrician Ash Hamilton and his wife Luba who have been in the area for more than ten years.

Drop into the store and let one of the friendly team provide good oldfashioned customer service and reliability while offering the best price, options and advice to suit all electrical needs.

With a new electrical supplier on board, Ash and the team can now offer even more competitive rates on a number of products.

Ash has more than 20 years of industrial, residential and commercial electrical experience and as a local electrician he prides himself on delivering great service with honesty, integrity and reliability.

SCED service and install just about everything electrical from hot water systems, ovens and all types of lighting and power solutions.

They can also install all your communication and data needs and the retail outlet stocks a great range of air conditioners, light bulbs and supplies, ceiling fans, security lights and more to suit both domestic and trade customers.

Ash recommends getting your air conditioner serviced before the summer weather hits. “We do a full flush and service, and people are always amazed at how much gunk, including dangerous mould, comes out of their machine,” Ash said.

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In the Garden LANDSBOROUGH Galangal

Vege Notes

Have you heard of galangal? If you haven’t, it’s a type of Thai ginger that would be a great perennial addition to your edible garden. Being hardy, easy to grow and care for, and suited to a sub-tropical climate, galangal is perfect for our locality and is attractive as well, which is also a bonus as a garden plant.

Like normal edible ginger, you use the underground rhizome as a spicy flavour in cooking but unlike normal ginger this plant grows to over two metres.

You start growing galangal from a rhizome cutting taken from someone’s existing clump or by buying a small pot at a nursery.

Like all ginger plants – edible or flowering – they really like a rich soil, so make sure you dig through compost and animal manures to prepare the spot.

Pick somewhere that gets some sun with some shade as well – dappled sun is perfect. It will grow in full sun but you’ll find the leaves will suffer sun damage.

Leave it plenty of space to grow as it is a clumping plant but it is a slow clumper, so it won’t take over.

To harvest galangal you’ll need to dig out some of the outer plants, so give yourself space around the plant to manoeuvre with a mattock and spade.

Although galangal is drought tolerant, you’ll end up with softer young rhizomes if it gets a regular drink.

Feed it every other month with a good quality plant food (whatever you prefer).

As they grow, they also produce flowers that can be cut and displayed inside, although they’re not really showy like other ginger flowers.

I have my clump growing on the side boundary hiding the neighbour’s water tanks and shed from our view. It’s very good as a screening plant.

Alternatively, grow it in a large pot or container but make sure it’s large so that you can get access to the side shoots when you want to harvest some.

One great aspect is that it’s pest free. I’ve never had anything try to eat it or infest it in the ten years that it’s been growing in my patch.

Galangal is typically used in stir-fries and Asian styled soups, and it is a staple ingredient when making your own Thai curry pastes too.

It has a spicy flavour, a bit of a cross between ginger and pepper. You need to use the youngest, freshest rhizomes as the older ones tend to be tough and fibrous.

The older leaves do get a bit scrappy looking, as do they when the weather gets cold.

You can either ignore them or trim them out if you’re a neater gardener than me.

In Ayurveda and traditional Chinese medicines galangal has been used to treat colds, stomach ache, inflammation, diabetes, ulcers, nausea, diarrhoea, eczema and various other acute and chronic conditions.

If you want an easy to grow edible ginger, galangal is a great addition to anyone’s garden.

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