English Box and Buxus Care Guide: The Classic Formal Hedge
Four hundred years of formal gardens rest on one small shrub. Buxus is slow, dense and utterly reliable, if you pick the right species for your climate.
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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Blueberry Ash Care Guide: Growing Elaeocarpus reticulatus in Australia
A slender Australian rainforest native with fringed bell flowers and bright blue berries, blueberry ash is one of the best small feature trees you can plant.
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Yucca Care Guide: Tough Architectural Plants for Indoors and Out
Indoors in a dim corner or outside in baking sun, yuccas keep their architectural looks on a watering schedule you will occasionally forget. They will not mind.
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Pittosporum Care Guide: Fast Screening Hedges for Australian Gardens
Small shimmering leaves on near black stems, a metre of growth a year and a haircut twice annually: pittosporum is privacy in a hurry.
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Bamboo Screening Guide: Growing Clumping Bamboo in Australia
Clumping bamboo is the fastest privacy screen you can plant. This guide covers the best varieties, spacing, and the truth about bamboo and boundaries.
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Golden Cane Palm Care Guide: The Fast Tropical Screen for Australian Yards
Golden stems, arching fronds and no single trunk to look past: the golden cane palm screens a fence line the way few plants can, and fast.
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Grevillea Care Guide: Flowers, Feeding and the Phosphorus Rule
No other native genus feeds as many birds or flowers for as many months. From knee high ramblers to 20m silky oaks, there is a grevillea for every job.
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Agave Care Guide: Sculptural, Waterwise and Nearly Indestructible
One good agave does the work of a whole garden bed: bold, symmetrical and alive on rainfall alone. The trick is drainage, and almost nothing else.
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Westringia Care Guide: Growing Coastal Rosemary Anywhere in Australia
Salt wind, drought, frost and neglect: coastal rosemary shrugs off all four, then flowers most of the year anyway. This is the native hedge for hard places.
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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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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.
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The Best Plants to Increase Property Value
Magnolia Little Gem, crepe myrtle, lilly pilly and clumping bamboo all read as maturity to a buyer. The trees and screens that lift street appeal most.
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The Best Plants to Soften Fences and Retaining Walls
Lilly pilly, viburnum, murraya and star jasmine soften hard boundaries. Which plants suit narrow beds, which cascade over retaining walls and which climb.
