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Authorities in Papua New Guinea have deported a couple from the United States for  illegal entry into the country . The country’s Minister for Immigration and Border Security Bryan Kramer said Bradley and Christine Noffsinger were arrested by police and immigration officials in Central Bougainville, for unauthorized port of entry without legal entry permits as well as engagement in alluvial mining activities with the locals. Immigration Minister Bryan Kramer  Minister Kramer said Immigration movement records show that the couple lawfully visited PNG three times over the last 10 years, engaging with the people of Wau, Morobe province and Bougainville in alluvial mining.  The couple also tried to smuggle alluvial mining equipment into Bougainville in 2016, however were confiscated by Solomon Islands authorities at the maritime border.  Meantime, Chief Migration Officer Stanis Hulahau is appealing to citizens to ensure foreigners invited into the county, to engage in businesses, obtain ap

How to Hedera colchica ‘Sulphur Heart’ WANT TO BUY HARDY, EXOTIC PLANT SEEDS? THEN CLICK HERE FOR THE ‘SEEDS OF EADEN’ SEED SHOP There are a number of excellent, large-leaved ornamental ivy’s available for garden use, but Hedera colchica ‘Sulphur Heart’ is arguably one of the best. In fact it is my cultivar of choice of all hedera species and cultivars. The original species is native to the Near and Middle East, hence its common name of ‘Persian Ivy’. However the ‘Sulphur Heart’ cultivar has several other pseudonyms (including ‘Gold Leaf and ‘Paddy’s Pride’) which can be a little misleading when purchasing stock. It is a woody, evergreen climbing shrub, with large ovate leaves 20 cm in length which are marked by an irregular central splash of yellow, merging into pale-green and finally deep-green. In the spring the young growth is covered in a yellow down. Insignificant yellow-green flowers appear from October to November, which are usually followed by clusters of small, black berries.