"soups and stews, and for all kinds of healing salves and preparations. Like many old cottage garden annuals and herbs, it freely self-sowed, making it easier to grow and share. Other popular cottage garden annuals included violets, pansies, stocks, and mignonette. Perennials were the largest group of traditional cottage garden flowers—those with a long cottage garden history include hollyhocks, carnations, sweet williams, marguerites, marigolds, lilies, peonies, tulips, crocus, daisies, foxglove, monkshood, lavender, campanulas, Solomon's seal, evening primrose, lily-of-the-valley, primrose, cowslips, and many varieties of roses. Today herbs are typically thought of as culinary plants, but in the traditional cottage garden"
"dwarf forms available for the city gardener – 'Stumpy Gold' is a form of variety ""collina"" originally from the Central Coast, while 'Birthday Candles', 'Coastal Cushion' and 'Golden Cascade' are forms of variety ""spinulosa"" from the South Coast of New South Wales. There are a number of commercial varieties available from Australian retail nurseries, four have been registered under plant breeders' rights legislation, and another with the Australian Cultivar Registration Authority. The lack of official names has led to some varieties bearing several different names. Banksia spinulosa The hairpin banksia (""Banksia spinulosa"") is a species of woody shrub, of the"
"in Ferndown, Dorset by M. Barthelemy and 'Castlewellan', which originated from a single mutant tree in the Castlewellan estate arboretum in Northern Ireland. This form, widely propagated from the 1970s, was selected by the park director, John Keown, and was named ""Cupressus macrocarpa"" 'Keownii', 1963. Other forms include 'Douglas Gold', 'Drabb', 'Emerald Isle', 'Ferndown', 'Golconda', 'Golden Sun', 'Gold Rider', 'Grecar', 'Green Spire', 'Grelive', Haggerston 3, Haggerston 4, Haggerston 5, Haggerston 6, 'Harlequin', 'Herculea', 'Hyde Hall', 'Irish Mint', 'Jubilee', 'Medownia', 'Michellii', 'Moncal', 'Naylor's Blue', 'New Ornament', 'Olive's Green', 'Robinson's Gold', 'Rostrevor', 'Silver Dust', 'Variegata', 'Ventose' and 'Winter Sun'. The taxonomic status"
"Darwinia (plant) Darwinia, sometimes commonly known as mountain bells or simply bells, is a genus of about 70 species of evergreen shrubs in the family Myrtaceae, endemic to southeastern and southwestern Australia. The majority are native to southern Western Australia, but a few species occur in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria. The genus was named in honour of Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of Charles Darwin by Edward Rudge in 1816. Most darwinias grow to a height of between and many are prostrate shrubs. Most have small, simple leaves and the flowers are often grouped together, each flower with five"
"Parrot Parrots, also known as psittacines , are birds of the roughly 393 species in 92 genera that make up the order Psittaciformes, found in most tropical and subtropical regions. The order is subdivided into three superfamilies: the Psittacoidea (""true"" parrots), the Cacatuoidea (cockatoos), and the Strigopoidea (New Zealand parrots). Parrots have a generally pantropical distribution with several species inhabiting temperate regions in the Southern Hemisphere, as well. The greatest diversity of parrots is in South America and Australasia. Characteristic features of parrots include a strong, curved bill, an upright stance, strong legs, and clawed zygodactyl feet. Many parrots are"
"of these species are kept as pets. Of these, the Pacific parrotlet is the most common. The Pacific parrotlets have olive green and grey bodies and lighter blue streaking back from their eyes. It is a dimorphic species. The males have a striking cobalt rump with blue patches on the underside of their wings and lighter yellowish green faces. Females are mostly green with much less brightly colored blue patches behind the eyes and no cobalt rump or blue in their wings. These dimorphic color variations are true of most of the color mutations as well. They are from long."
"(Justicia californica, J. candicans and J. sonorae), Damianita (Chrysactinia Mexicana). Mediterranean Conservatory: Kangaroo paws (Anigozanthos flavidas), Sweet garlic (Tulbaghia fragrans), Society garlic (Tulbaghia violacea), ‘Orange Drop’ fotnight lily (Dietes cultivar),Peacock flower (Dietes bicolor), Large wild iris (Dietes grandiflora), Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus), Cape mallow (Anisodontea x hypomandaum), Grey-leaved Rockrose (Cistus albidus), Rockrose (Cistus x hybridus), Sunset rockrose (Cistus x pulverulentus “Sunset”), Rockrose (Cistus x verguinii), Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus), Natal plum (Carissa grandiflora), Oleander (Nerium oleander ‘Sister Agnus’), Pride of Madeira (Echium fastuosum), Jasmine (Jasminum odoratissimum), Island snapdragon (Galvezia speciose), Monkeyflower (Mimulus cardinalis), Monkeyflower (Mimulus longifolius), Goodwin Creek Gray Lavender (Lavandula spp.),"
"grey count, red baron or baronet, angled castor, common castor, yellow pansy, lemon pansy, peacock pansy, chocolate pansy, orange pansy, blue pansy, grey pansy, blue admiral, glassy blue tiger, blue tiger, dark blue tiger, plain tiger, striped tiger/ common tiger, Danaid eggfly, great eggfly, common crow, brown king crow, common Pierrot, angled Pierrot, banded blue Pierrot, striped Pierrot, dark Pierrot, red Pierrot, lime blue, zebra blue, gram blue, common cerulean, tiny grass blue, dark grass blue, Indian cupid, large four-line blue, common silverline, plum Judy, plain scupid, pea blue, metallic cerulean, chestnut Bob, dark palm dart, brown awl. Ant species"
"work by John H. Boyd, III, a professor of economics. Pigeons and doves exhibit considerable variation in size, ranging in length from , and in weight from to above . The largest species is the crowned pigeon of New Guinea, which is nearly turkey-sized, at a weight of . The smallest is the New World ground dove of the genus ""Columbina"", which is the same size as a house sparrow, weighing as little as . With a total length of more than and weight of almost , the largest arboreal species is the Marquesan imperial pigeon, while the dwarf fruit"
"Macaw Macaws are long-tailed, often colorful New World parrots. Of the many different Psittacidae (true parrots) genera, six are classified as macaws: ""Ara"", ""Anodorhynchus"", ""Cyanopsitta"", ""Primolius"", ""Orthopsittaca"", and ""Diopsittaca"". Previously, the members of the genus ""Primolius"" were placed in ""Propyrrhura"", but the former is correct in accordance with ICZN rules. Macaws are native to Central America and North America (only Mexico), South America, and formerly the Caribbean. Most species are associated with forests, especially rainforests, but others prefer woodland or savannah-like habitats. Proportionately larger beaks, long tails, and relatively bare, light-coloured, medial (facial patch) areas distinguish macaws from other parrots."
"animals, use the clay licks as a source of cobalamin, otherwise known as vitamin B. Macaw Macaws are long-tailed, often colorful New World parrots. Of the many different Psittacidae (true parrots) genera, six are classified as macaws: ""Ara"", ""Anodorhynchus"", ""Cyanopsitta"", ""Primolius"", ""Orthopsittaca"", and ""Diopsittaca"". Previously, the members of the genus ""Primolius"" were placed in ""Propyrrhura"", but the former is correct in accordance with ICZN rules. Macaws are native to Central America and North America (only Mexico), South America, and formerly the Caribbean. Most species are associated with forests, especially rainforests, but others prefer woodland or savannah-like habitats. Proportionately larger beaks,"
"repertoire of the cottage garden, and, more recently, hybrid ""English"" roses introduced by David Austin. Many of the old roses had cultivars that grew very long canes, which could be tied to trellises or against walls. These older varieties are called ""ramblers"", rather than ""climbers"". Climbing plants in the traditional cottage garden included European honeysuckle (""Lonicera periclymenum"") and Traveller's Joy (""Clematis vitalba""). The modern cottage garden includes many Clematis hybrids that have the old appeal, with sparse foliage that allows them to grow through roses and trees, and along fences and arbors. There are also many Clematis species used in"
"into several distinct clades, indicating possible previously undefined tribes: Neotropical parrot The neotropical parrots or New World parrots comprise about 150 species in 32 genera found throughout South and Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean islands, and two species (one extinct) formerly inhabited North America. They are also present on a few Pacific islands such as the Galápagos. Among them are some of the most familiar and iconic parrots, including the blue and gold macaw, sun conure, and yellow-headed amazon. The parrots of the New World have been known to Europeans since Columbus remarked upon them in his journal in"
"described. George Bentham undertook a review of the genus in 1865 when he described 23 species in ""Flora Australiensis"" (although the species he named ""Darwinia verticordina"" is now known as ""Verticordia verticordina""). The genus was named for Erasmus Darwin. About 30 species of ""Darwinia"" have been discovered but not yet formally described. They have been given informal names such as ""Darwinia"" sp. Bindoon and ""Darwinia"" sp. Canna. Darwinias are found in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Sixty of the roughly 70 species occur in Western Australia and 11 grow naturally in New South Wales. Land clearing"
"Fancy pigeon Fancy pigeons are a type of domestic pigeons, which are domesticated varieties of the wild rock dove (""Columba livia""). They are bred by pigeon fanciers for various traits relating to size, shape, color, and behavior, who often exhibit their birds at pigeon shows, fairs and other livestock exhibits. There are about 800 pigeon breeds; considering all regional varieties all over the world there may be 1100 breeds. The European list of fancy pigeons alone names about 500 breeds. No other domestic animal has branched out into such a variety of forms and colours. Charles Darwin is known to"
"least two monophyletic clades, one of primarily long-tailed species such as the macaws, conures, and allies, and the other of primarily short-tailed parrots such as amazons and allies. A new species, the bald parrot or orange-headed parrot, was discovered as recently as 2002. Neotropical parrots belong to the subfamily Arinae which along with the African or Old World parrots comprise the family Psittacidae, one of three families of true parrots. The taxonomy of the neotropical parrots is not yet fully resolved, but the following subdivision is supported by solid studies. Schodde, et al. recognize a division of the remaining genera"
"ashy crowned finchlark, rufous tailed finchlark, crested lark, dusky crag martin, wire-tailed swallow, red-rumped swallow, gray shrike, bay-backed shrike, rufous backed shrike, golden oriole, black drongo (king crow), white-bellied drongo, brahminy myna, rody paster, common myna, bank myna, Indian tree pie, house crow, jungle crow, black-headed cuckooshrike, scarlet minivet, common iora, red-vented bulbul, common babbler, yellow-eyed babbler, large grey babbler, gray headed flycatcher, red-breasted flycatcher, white browed fantail flycatcher, paradise flycatcher, Franklin's ween warbler, tailorbird, lesser whitethroat, Indian robin, crested bunting, magpie robin, brown rock chat, collared bush chat, pied bush chat, large cuckooshrike, wood shrike, grey tit, yellow-cheeked tit,"
"Eastern ground parrot The eastern ground parrot (""Pezoporus wallicus"") of Australia is one of only five ground-dwelling parrots in the world, the others being its closest relatives, the western ground parrot (""Pezoporus flaviventris""), the extremely rare night parrot (""Pezoporus occidentalis""), the somewhat closely related Antipodes parakeet (""Cyanoramphus unicolor""), and the unrelated highly endangered kakapo (""Strigops habroptila"") from New Zealand. The colouration of the three ""Pezoporus"" species and the kakapo is similar – yellowish green with darker barring, somewhat reminiscent of the head and back of the wild-type budgerigar. This is not an indication of a true relationship, however, but either"
"box. A cinnamon colour variety, a pied variety, and yellow are available. Kākāriki The three species of kākāriki (also spelled ""kakariki"", without the macrons) or New Zealand parakeets are the most common species of parakeets in the genus ""Cyanoramphus"", family Psittacidae. The birds' Māori name, which is the most commonly used, means ""small parrot"". The etymology is: from ""kākā"", parrot + ""riki"", small. The word is also used to refer to the colour green because of the birds' predominantly green plumage. The patches of red on the birds' rumps are, according to legend, the blood of the demigod Tāwhaki. The"
"far eastwards as Fiji. The true parrot superfamily, Psittacoidea, includes a range of species from Australia and New Guinea to South Asia and Africa. The centre of cockatoo biodiversity is Australia and New Guinea, although some species reach the Solomon Islands (and one formerly occurred in New Caledonia), Wallacea and the Philippines. Several parrots inhabit the cool, temperate regions of South America and New Zealand. Three species—the Thick-billed parrot, the Green parakeet, and the now-extinct Carolina parakeet—have lived as far north as the southern United States. Many parrots have been introduced to areas with temperate climates, and have established stable"
"Elephant, Male and Female Rhino, Male and Female Zebra, Goose, Gander, Hen, Rooster, Ram, Ewe, Lion, Lioness Laborador Retriever, Cat, Tropical Fish, Parrot, Kittens, Puppies, Pony, Rabbit, Turtle, Duck January - Snowman, February - Cupid, March - Leprechaun, April - Easter Bunny, May - Mother's Day Flowers, June - Graduation, July - Uncle Sam, August - Sandcastle, September - Scarecrow, October - Pumpkin Kitty, November - Turkey, December - Christmas Tree Compass, Conch Shell, Crab, Diver's Helmet, Lighthouse, Mermaid, Sail Boat, Seagull, Seahorse, Ship's Wheel, Starfish, Treasure Chest Arrowhead, Bison, Boston Tea Party Crates, Covered Wagon, Liberty Bell, Space Shuttle,"
"in other species there is no sexual dimorphism or the differences are not so marked. They feed primarily on seeds, fruits, nuts, and leafy matter. The Cape parrot and red-fronted parrot form a superspecies complex. The Senegal parrot, Meyer's parrot, red-bellied parrot and the brown-headed parrot are popular as pets because they are easier to keep in apartments, being generally quieter and smaller than most other companion parrots. Some ""Poicephalus"" parrot species are rare and not known or rare in captivity. The genus ""Poicephalus"" was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1837. The type species was subsequently"
"elegant parrot (""N. elegans""), the most difficult and uncommon captive is the rock parrot (""N. petrophila""). Aside from Bourke's parrot, all are distinguished as predominantly green birds. The orange-bellied parrot has not been commercially available due to rarity and legal restriction. Neophema The genus Neophema is an Australian genus with six or seven species. They are small, basically dull green parrots differentiated by patches of other colours, and are commonly known as grass parrots. The genus has some sexual dichromatism, with males having brighter hues. Sometimes the broad-tailed parrots are considered a subfamily. In this case, ""Neophema"" and Bourke's parrot"
"moorhen, common coot, pheasant-tailed jacana, red-wattled lapwing, red shank, wood sandpiper, common sandpiper, little stint, black-winged stilt, stone-curlew, Indian courser, river tern, common sandgrouse, green pigeon, blue rock pigeon, red turtle dove, Indian ring dove, spotted dove, little brown dove, Alexandrine parakeet, rose-ringed parakeet, blossom-headed parakeet, common hawk-cuckoo, pied crested cuckoo, koel, crow pheasant, spotted owlet, collared scops owl, Franklis nightjar, house swift, palm swift, pied kingfisher, common kingfisher, white breasted kingfisher, green bee-eater, blue tailed eater, blue-cheeked bee-eater, Indian roller, European roller, hoopoe, gray hornbill, coppersmith, golden backed woodpecker, yellow fronted pied woodpecker, Indian pitta, red winged bush lark,"
"Charlie (parrot) Charlie , also known as Charlie the Curser, is a female blue-and-yellow macaw living in a garden centre in Reigate, Surrey, England. Charlie became famous when ""The Daily Mirror"" published an article about her in January 2004 where it claimed Charlie was hatched on , age 105. The owner also claims that Charlie was the property of Sir Winston Churchill while he was prime minister during World War II. He claims that his father-in-law sold the parrot to Churchill in 1937 and then reclaimed the bird shortly after Churchill's death in 1965. According to his stories, the vocal"
"of 11 species. The story of what we now call ""Darwin's finches"" was covered by the daily newspapers, though Darwin was in Cambridge and did not get details at this stage. In the minutes of the meeting the number was extended to 12 species. Owen was finding unexpected relationships from the fossils: the batch included the horse sized Scelidotherium which appeared to be closely allied to the anteater, a gigantic ground sloth, and an ox-sized armoured armadillo which he called Glyptodon. The Patagonian spine and leg bones from Port St Julian which Darwin had thought might be from a Mastodon"
"Australia and across the Pacific as far as French Polynesia, with the greatest diversity being found in and around New Guinea. The subfamily Arinae encompasses all the neotropical parrots, including the amazons, macaws, and conures, and ranges from northern Mexico and the Bahamas to Tierra del Fuego in the southern tip of South America. The pygmy parrots, tribe Micropsittini, form a small genus restricted to New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. The superfamily Strigopoidea contains three living species of aberrant parrots from New Zealand. The broad-tailed parrots, subfamily Platycercinae, are restricted to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific islands as"
"the Loriinae (lories and lorikeets). However, the tree of the parrot family now has been reorganized under the superfamily Psittacoidea: family Psittacidae has been split into three families, tribes Strigopini and Nestorini split out and placed under superfamily Strigopoidea and a new monotypic superfamily Cacatuoidea created containing family Cacatuidae. The following classification is based on the most recent proposal, which in turn is based on all the relevant recent findings. Family Psittacidae, New World and African parrots Family Psittrichasiidae, Indian Ocean island parrots Family Psittaculidae, Asian and Australasian parrots, and lovebirds True parrot The true parrots are about 350 species"
"they are tiny (14 cm in length), mostly green in colour, with various red and blue markings on and around the face. The three distinct and geographically discrete Australian subspecies are: Examination of the only photograph of the new parrot that was made available shows that it closely resembles a Macleay's fig parrot, with the main difference being that the forehead is blue rather than red. The authenticity of the photograph is in doubt. On 8 November 2006 it was reported prominently in the Brisbane ""Courier Mail"" that naturalist and cinematographer John Young had discovered a new fig parrot species"
"in captivity. These large parrots are one of the few animals, aside from humans, capable of cracking the shell and removing the seed. Macadamia Macadamia is a genus of four species of trees indigenous to Australia, and constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. They are native to north eastern New South Wales and central and south eastern Queensland. Three species of the genus are commercially important for their fruit, the macadamia nut (or simply ""macadamia""), with a total global production of in 2015. Other names include Queensland nut, bush nut, maroochi nut, bauple nut, and Hawaii nut. In Australian"
"dotterels, and lapwings, 7 waders, ibisbill, stone-curlew (Eurasian thick-knee), small pratincole, 2 gulls, 14 pigeons, 3 parrots, 15 cukoos, 10 owls, 2 nightjars, 4 swifts, 2 trogons, 7 kingfishers, 2 bee-eaters, 2 rollers, hoopoes, 4 hornbills, 6 barbets, 14 woodpeckers, 2 broadbills, 2 pittas, 2 larks, 6 martins, 7 wagtails, 9 shrikes, 9 bulbuls, 4 fairy-bluebirds, 3 shrike, brown dipper, 3 accentors, 46 thrushes, 65 Old World flycatchers, 6 parrotbills, 31 warblers, 25 flycatchers, 10 tits, 5 nuthatches, 3 treecreepers, 5 flowerpeckers, 8 sunbirds, Oriental white-eye, 3 bunting, 14 finches, 2 munia, 3 sparrows, 5 starlings, 2 orioles, 7 drongos,"
"Eucalyptus miniata Eucalyptus miniata, commonly known as the Darwin woollybutt', is a eucalypt which is native to northern Australia. The medium-sized tree which typically grow to in height but can be as tall as . The tree will mostly have a single trunk forming from a lignotuber. The bark is soft, rough, fibrous and fissured, grey to red-yellow-brown in colour over the trunk with white to pale grey smooth bark on the upper trunk and branches. The greenish-brown juvenile leaves are long and wide and elliptic in shape, while adult leaves are in length with a width of with a"
"Darwinia camptostylis Darwinia camptostylis is a plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to New South Wales and Victoria. It is small shrub with flattened, glabrous leaves and small clusters of green to yellow flowers. There are scattered populations in coastal areas where the plants grow in heath. ""Darwinia camptostylis"" is a densely-foliaged, erect or spreading shrub which grows to a height of less than . The leaves are crowded near the ends of the branches and are flattened or triangular in cross section. They are long and less than . The flowers are clustered near the ends"