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Top 12 Australian Native Plants For Steep Banks And Slopes...
A steep bank can be one of the most frustrating parts of a garden. It dries out quickly, weeds are...
Top 12 Plants For Coastal Gardens: Salt And Wind Tolerant...
Living near the coast has plenty going for it. Fresh sea air, cooling breezes and the occasional...
Top 12 Plants For Dry Shade In Australian Gardens
Dry shade sounds fairly harmless until you actually try to grow something in it. There is no...
Pycnosorus globosus – Billy Buttons
There are flowers that gently blend into the garden and then there are Billy Buttons. These...
Correa reflexa – Native Fuchsia
If you want a native shrub that quietly gets on with the job while everything else is having a...
Top 26 Plants for an Australian Native Cottage Garden
There is something undeniably charming about a cottage garden. Soft and abundant planting, flowers...
How To Grow Garlic In Australia: From Planting To Harvest
If you want a crop that makes you feel suspiciously competent, Garlic is a beauty. You plant one...
Grey Water In The Garden: What’s Safe And What’s Not
Water is too precious to waste, especially in Australia where the weather can swing from soaking...
Plant Names We’ve All Been Pronouncing Wrong
Let’s be honest. Gardening is full of little humbling moments. You buy a plant with complete...
Top 12 Long Flowering Plants for Australian Gardens
If you want a garden that keeps pulling its weight for months instead of giving you one flashy...
Companion Planting: What to Grow Together in Your Vege Patch
If you’ve ever looked at your vege patch and thought, righto, who should be hanging out with who in...
Best Plants For New Builds (Aka Lifeless Dirt Blocks)
If you have just moved into a new build, you already know the situation. Hard-packed clay, stripped...
How to Attract Bees to Your Garden (And Keep Them Coming Back)
If your garden feels a bit… quiet… chances are it’s missing one very important ingredient:...
5 Jaw-Dropping Bulb Combinations For Pots (And How To Layer Them)
If you want a Spring display that looks like you hired a garden stylist (but you definitely did...
Chrysocephalum apiculatum – Everlasting Daisy
If you’ve been hunting for a native plant that quietly gets on with the job (and still looks great...
Ptilotus exaltatus ‘Joey’ – Mulla Mulla
If you’ve ever looked at a plant and thought, “That is 100% wearing a fluffy pink party hat”...
Ceratopetalum gummiferum – NSW Christmas Bush
This is one of those plants that quietly cruises along all year… then late spring hits, it flowers...
