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.
Care Guide
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for care guide in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Dianella Care Guide: Flax Lilies for Colour, Texture and Zero Fuss
Blue flowers, purple berries and foliage from silver to cherry-flushed green. Dianella is the strappy native that brings actual colour to low maintenance.
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Frangipani Care Guide: Growing Plumeria in Australia
Nothing says an Australian summer like frangipani perfume. Learn how to plant, feed and overwinter Plumeria, and which varieties suit your climate.
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Kangaroo Paw Care Guide: Growing Australia's Most Distinctive Flower
Velvet flowers, honeyeaters on tap and months of colour. Kangaroo paws are easy once you learn the one brutal haircut they need each year.
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Fig and Ficus Care Guide: From Fiddle Leaf to Edible Figs
The ficus family covers the most loved indoor plant in Australia, the best wall covering climber, and backyard fruit. Here is how to grow each of them well.
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Cordyline Care Guide: Instant Tropical Colour for Australian Gardens
Nothing paints a garden tropical faster than cordyline foliage. The whole game is matching the right species to your climate and light.
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Banksia Care Guide: Icons of the Australian Bush for Your Garden
Nothing says Australian garden like a banksia candle covered in honeyeaters. Pick the right species for your soil and the rest is nearly effortless.
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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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Avocado Tree Care Guide: From Hass to Homegrown in Australia
One healthy backyard avocado can out-produce your toast habit. The secret is drainage, drainage and drainage, plus a smart A and B variety pairing.
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Mango Tree Care Guide: Growing Your Own Kensington Pride at Home
A grafted mango can hand you buckets of fruit within four years. Here is how to choose between Bowen, Kensington Pride and King Thai, and keep the tree healthy.
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Azalea Care Guide: Growing the Great Australian Spring Show-Off
When an azalea flowers, it does not hold back. Here is how to give it the acidic soil, dappled light and light pruning it needs to repeat the show every...
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Rosemary Care Guide: Growing a Mediterranean Herb in Australia
Sun, sharp drainage and benign neglect: rosemary asks for the three cheapest things in gardening and repays them in flavour, flowers and bees.
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Photinia Care Guide: Growing Red Robin and Friends in Australia
Every trim triggers a flush of brilliant red new growth: photinia is the hedge that rewards you for cutting it, and it grows almost anywhere.
