Marion you have a yellow franni, pity we didn't live closer we could swap colours. Hi Kathy I lived at Bluewater for 5 yrs its 35kms north of TSV before we moved here and I had lots of different colours they seem to have more up there in the tropics than down here, I bought my best colours from the Sunday Market at the TSV Showgrounds.I am sure you will be able to get what you want when you get back. No it is not a soursop Greencroc, I know what it is here is a clue "If you asked 99% of the people in the world what their favourite food was " you will find the answer, have another go...Cheers..MM.

Hi Daniel When was I there as those cuttings you gave me for all the Melb Family well I kept a couple for myself and one has flowered recently I think it was March / May anyway late summer and autumn is supposed to be the best time , me well I take them anytime. I will start you some cuttings from mine next autumn if you like, let me know what you want. This pic is from your one near the car port its only about 60cms tall but still managed to flower already it is a darker colour than the one I have up top.,...Cheers..MM.

All trees drop their leaves - the only difference is when, and whether it's all at one time. I have a huge wisteria which drops an enormous quantity of leaves onto a paved area in autumn. I HATE sweeping. So the leaves are left until they have all fallen and then get cleaned up in one foul sweep and put onto the garden. Wouldn't suit a lot of people (like my friend who regularly washes her front fence) but gardening is such a personal thing. From the sound of things, you are only going to have one tree. Make it a tree that you are going to be happy to have and happy to live with. Forget the evergreen ash. How about taking a walk through your botanical gardens and similar places and looking for "your" tree. Council parks and streetscapes, as well as leafy suburbs will also provide examples. If staff or owners don't know what the tree is, ask permission to obtain a piece and take to a nursery for identification.

Thanks for the welcome Marion. I am looking forward to moving to Yeppoon. We will be starting our garden from scratch, hope to bring my plants from NSW, though I'm not sure how they will do. So we'll be Central Qld, sorry I didn't know what section we were. We hope to have a vegie garden, and also grow nuts (if possible) and tropical fruits. We hope to get the kids involved and be as self sufficient as possible. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am going into a totally different climate to where I am now and would appreciate any help. I am reasonably new to gardening...but love it. And I want my 3 kids to feel the same. Lesley