7 December, John Arnott with special guests Jane Edmanson and Dr Kylie Soanes

Sunday, 7 December 2025 - 7:30am

On Sunday's show the panel had a lovely chat with gardening royalty Jane Edmanson and took the opportunity to thank her from the 3CR Gardening Show team and our listeners for her amazing contribution to Australian gardening. Thanks to all our listeners that texted in messages of appreciation to Jane during the show. We relayed them to Jane after the show!

We also chatted with Kylie Soanes about the current campaign to nominate a Floral Emblem for the City of Melbourne. 3CR listeners can cast a vote for their favorite selection by visiting https://participate.melbourne.vic.gov.au/floral-emblem

There was the usual plant chat, listener questions and text messages. Here are a few of the plants that were discussed through the show.

Tex mentioned an Acacia covenyi, a rare wattle from the Deua National Park in NSW which he has growing in his garden in Monbulk which he planted with his family on Wattle Day 2021. Tex also discussed some of the trigger plants he has flowering.

Jane brought in the relatively easy to grow garden orchid Bletilla striata and discussed the amazing Erythronium patch at her property in the Dandenong Ranges. Jane believes it could be the largest colony of this rare North American wildflower anywhere in the world!

The Gardening Show team.
Sunday 7:30am to 9:15am
Talkback gardening show covering all aspects of horticulture and emphasizing environmentally friendly ideas.

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Emma Herd, Virginia Heywood, Chloe Foster & Chloe Thomson.

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