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A couple of friends like the Bunnings Wilt-o-Rama bargain plants table and will even haggle down on multiple items. They treat it as a personal “green thumb challenge” to see how many can be resuscitated.

Speaking of magnolias, deciduous ones are out in force around Sydney’s northern suburbs at present, along with earlier varieties of prunus.

In so many ways the persistent rain has been awful but a few warm days - and longer - have paid a small dividend.