Crepe Myrtle Care Guide: Planting, Pruning and the Best Varieties
Crepe myrtles deliver months of summer flowers, sculptural bark and brilliant autumn colour. Here is how to choose and care for them, pruning included.
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Crepe Myrtle Care Guide: Planting, Pruning and the Best Varieties
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Lemon Tree Care Guide: Growing Citrus in Australian Backyards
The backyard lemon is an Australian institution. Choose the right variety, plant it properly and feed it well, and one tree will supply the whole street.
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Plants That Thrive in Poor Soil
Sandy, compacted or nutrient-poor ground does not have to limit a garden. Natives, hardy shrubs and tough trees that grow well without constant soil improvement.
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Garden Layout Mistakes That Make Outdoor Spaces Look Smaller
Overcrowded beds, narrow paths, blocked sightlines and too much paving all shrink a garden visually. Ten common layout mistakes and how to correct each one.
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Plants That Change Colour Throughout the Year
Japanese maple, nandina, loropetalum and crepe myrtle shift colour as the year turns, giving a garden something new to look at in every season.
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Unusual Trees That Will Make Your Garden Stand Out
Dragon tree, Illawarra flame tree, bottle tree, monkey puzzle and Wollemi pine: striking trees that still perform in Australian conditions.
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Best Trailing Plants for Retaining Wall
Dichondra 'Silver Falls', Cousin It, Pigface and Hardenbergia spill over hard edges and soften stone. Plant at the top of the wall, 60-90cm apart, for the best effect.
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Rooftop Garden Ideas: Transforming Your Roof Into a Green Oasis
Rooftops are windy, hot and weight limited, which narrows the plant list fast. Container planting, screening, shade and the structural checks to do first.
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Garden Design Trends in 2026
Outdoor kitchens, less lawn, more natives and materials that weather with age. The garden design shifts shaping Australian backyards in 2026.
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Perennial Plants for a Cottage Garden
Lavender, salvia, foxglove, delphinium and catmint come back every year. Ten perennials for a full, layered cottage garden from spring through to autumn.
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Discover Native Plants With Yellow Flowers for Your Garden
Wattle, banksia, grevillea, hibbertia and more, grouped into trees, shrubs and groundcovers, with the birds and pollinators each one brings to the garden.
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Discover Native Plants With Red Flowers for Your Garden
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon', bottlebrush, flowering gum and kangaroo paw all bring hot red into the garden, and every one of them pulls honeyeaters in with it.
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Creating a Hydro Planter: A Simple Guide to Growing Plants in Water
Swap soil for clay balls and a water reservoir: a cleaner, lower-maintenance way to grow peace lilies, pothos and monstera indoors, explained step by step.
