Jimmy Turner

Jimmy Turner Native Texan now living in New Zealand. Available for consulting and design work.

Former CEO of & ; Director of Horticulture of , Australian Botanic Garden & The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden.

I broke out laughing when I walked into the nursery here in New Zealand and saw this! I actually named this Caladium b...
10/12/2025

I broke out laughing when I walked into the nursery here in New Zealand and saw this! I actually named this Caladium bred by Terri Bates of Bates Caladiums in Florida many years ago. $19.95 per bulb too! Wow.

28/12/2023

The Striped Sun (Thelymitra pulchella)
is native to . These can have up to fourteen blue, pink or white flowers on stems up to 800 mm (30 in) tall. The petals, & sometimes also the sepals have dark blue stripes.

Apparently Violas grow really well here in . This seed grown one hasn't stopped looking like this for months.
23/12/2023

Apparently Violas grow really well here in . This seed grown one hasn't stopped looking like this for months.

Apparently (commmonly called ) grows really well in the North Island of . These natives of S America are perennials ...
18/12/2023

Apparently (commmonly called ) grows really well in the North Island of . These natives of S America are perennials here. These are growing in a hell strip in front of a hotel.

I found these right outside my door. Drosera pygmaea a carnivorous plant native to Australia & . Tiny rosettes of spoon...
14/04/2023

I found these right outside my door. Drosera pygmaea a carnivorous plant native to Australia & . Tiny rosettes of spoon-shaped leaves with sticky tentacles are used to capture bugs. Leaves are often reddish & the flowers are yellow or white.

Broadleaf Hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) native to and most tropical, subtropical & warm temperate regions of Africa, Amer...
13/04/2023

Broadleaf Hopbush (Dodonaea viscosa) native to and most tropical, subtropical & warm temperate regions of Africa, Americas, S Asia and Australasia. The Māori traditionally used it for weapons, carved walking staves & axe-handles. Soapberry family

The native Black Tree Fern Sphaeropteris medullaris (formerly Cyathea medullaris) can reach up to 20m Native across t...
12/04/2023

The native Black Tree Fern Sphaeropteris medullaris (formerly Cyathea medullaris) can reach up to 20m Native across the SW Pacific from Fiji to Pitcairn Island. Its Māori names include katātā, kōrau, or pītau.

09/04/2023

Bring back the front porch.

09/04/2023

FUN WITH FLOWERS! Here's a photo taken a while back that shows off our Artist Blue Ageratum in this amazing floral sculpture at the Dallas Arboretum! We have Jimmy Turner to thank for this stunning design, and for recognizing how perfect Artist Blue was for this full-sun location in Texas! Learn more about this plant, pwwin.rs/ArtBlue

The new place I'm living is a heathland of Leptospermum scoparium, but the ground underneath is coated with this (Clad...
06/04/2023

The new place I'm living is a heathland of Leptospermum scoparium, but the ground underneath is coated with this (Cladonia confusa). A rather surreal looking landscape.

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