Creeping Boobialla: Growing Myoporum parvifolium as a Groundcover
The native groundcover that covers a bank in a season and asks for almost nothing after. Which form to choose, how far apart to plant it, and the two things...
Australian Natives
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for australian natives in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Plants for Native Bees: A Year-Round Garden Guide for Australia
Australia has more than 1,700 species of native bee, most of them solitary and all of them dependent on flowers within a short flight of the nest. This guide sets...
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What to Plant Over a Septic Drain Field (and What to Keep Away)
Grass keeps a septic land application area working; trees, edibles, paving and vehicles can damage it. This guide draws together the NSW, Victorian, Queensland and WA guidelines on what to...
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Bush Tucker Plants for the Home Garden: What to Grow by Climate
Native food plants that suit an ordinary backyard, sorted by climate zone, with honest notes on taste, use and how much each one gives. It also covers which plants need...
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Safe Plants for Childcare Centres, Kindergartens and School Gardens
What Australian poisons information centres, a children's hospital network, Kidsafe and the early childhood regulator publish about plants where young children play, learn and dig: the hazards, the plants to...
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Chicken-Safe Garden Plants for a Backyard Chook Run in Australia
Chickens scratch, peck and dust bathe, so the plants that last around a run are the ones they cannot reach, cannot uproot or do not want to eat. This guide...
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Bushfire-Wise Planting: What the CFA and the Published Plant Lists Say
No garden plant is fireproof, but placement, plant choice and upkeep all matter. This guide sets out what Victoria's CFA, State Flora, the Australian Native Plants Society and CSIRO publish...
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Planting Near Pipes: Trees and Shrubs with Non-Invasive Roots
Tree roots are a leading cause of blocked sewer pipes. This guide sets out what Australian water utilities publish on planting near pipes: the plants they name by distance, the...
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Best Plants for Heavy Clay Soil in Australia
Heavy clay drowns roots in winter and bakes hard in summer. These floodplain natives and tough exotics thrive in it, and mound planting keeps them alive.
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Bower Vine (Pandorea) Care Guide
An evergreen Australian climber that will cover a fence in two seasons and flower from early spring right through summer. How to plant, train and prune bower vine.
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Bangalow Palm Care Guide
Australia's own rainforest palm is self-cleaning, cold tolerant to about -2 degrees and safe near paving. How to plant, water and feed Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.
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Water Gum (Tristaniopsis 'Luscious') Care Guide
The default choice for driveways and narrow front gardens. How big Luscious really gets, how far apart to space it, and the two summers that decide everything.
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Flowering Gum (Corymbia) Care Guide
Flowering gums put on the loudest summer display of any Australian tree. The secret is a grafted cultivar and sharp drainage, especially east of the Nullarbor.
