https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/ Reference articles from Cape Nursery on coastal planting, hedge specification, biosecurity, plant-health diagnostics, container-size guidance, and the standards behind Australian wholesale supply. en-AU © Cape Nursery Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:44:58 +0000 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 capenursery.com.au static-site builder 180 https://capenursery.com.au/og/field-notes-index.jpg https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/ https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/biosecurity-landscape-supply https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/biosecurity-landscape-supply Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Industry Practice Cape Nursery Soil-borne pathogens — particularly Phytophthora cinnamomi — represent the most significant and least visible risk in commercial landscape plant supply. A https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/coastal-conditioning-establishment https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/coastal-conditioning-establishment Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Growing Science Cape Nursery Plants grown in sheltered inland environments and then installed in coastal conditions face a period of significant stress. This article examines the physi https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/best-coastal-screening-plants https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/best-coastal-screening-plants Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Coastal specification Cape Nursery A specifier's guide to coastal screening plants in Australia: salt-tolerant lilly pillies, casuarinas, westringias, and the placement zones each one belongs in. https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/container-sizes-explained https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/container-sizes-explained Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Specification Cape Nursery A specifier's guide to nursery container sizes: 140mm tube stock through to 1000L landmark specimens. When to use which size, what each one delivers on day one, and when to step up. https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/nursery-accreditation-glossary https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/nursery-accreditation-glossary Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Accreditation Cape Nursery An Australian landscape professional's guide to NIASA, NGINA, NATSPEC, and AS2303:2018: what each accreditation actually requires, and how to use them in supply specifications. https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/psyllid-resistance-lilly-pilly https://capenursery.com.au/field-notes/psyllid-resistance-lilly-pilly Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Plant Science Cape Nursery The lerp psyllid has fundamentally changed how landscape architects and contractors specify hedging plants in subtropical Australia. An examination of the