Pruning for Beginners: A Simple Guide to Get Started
Almost every pruning mistake is timing. Which plants flower on old wood and which on new, why many natives never reshoot from bare wood, the three cuts and the three-cut...
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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Watering 101: A Guide to Maintaining Thriving Gardens
Watering well is about depth and timing, not a fixed routine. When to water, how to spot over and underwatering, and why deep roots come from deep soaking.
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Cousin It Groundcover: An Australian Planting Guide
Cousin It softens retaining walls and covers slopes that cannot be mown. It is also slower to establish than most people expect.
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Why 5 reasons your plant isn't blooming could surprise you
The five usual causes of a plant that will not flower, five less obvious ones, and the specifically Australian reasons: not enough winter chill, pruning at the wrong time, lawn...
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Agapanthus: Choosing, Planting and Keeping It in Flower
Agapanthus is tough, drought hardy and reliable in flower, and in parts of Australia it is also an environmental weed. How to choose a variety, plant it, keep it flowering...
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Lilly Pilly Care Guide: Choosing, Planting and Pruning
Australia's default hedge, sold under three botanical names in forty cultivars. How to pick the right one before you plant a whole boundary.
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Diamonds in the Dark Crepe Myrtle: Growing and Care
Diamonds in the Dark are compact crepe myrtles with near black leaves and summer flowers. Where they grow in Australia, why full sun matters, how to prune them, and how...
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The Top Plants for Urban Gardeners
City gardens live in pots, on balconies and in whatever light the building allows. The hardy perennials, succulents and air purifiers that handle those conditions.
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Transform Waste: 5 Everyday Household Items to Use as Fertiliser
Coffee grounds, eggshells, banana peels, vegetable scraps and tea leaves can all go back into the garden. What each one really does, what is myth, and why composting them works...
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How to Get Flowers for Months: Long Flowering Plants and Care
A long flowering season comes from choosing plants that flower for months, staggering them across the year, and three habits: deadheading, pruning at the right time and feeding for flowers.
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White Hydrangeas: Varieties, Growing and Pruning
White hydrangeas light up a shaded corner and need no soil management for colour. The types compared, where they grow in Australia, how to water them, and when to prune...
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Essential Japanese Maple Care Guide for Australian Gardens
Japanese maples reward the right position. How to pick a variety, find a sheltered spot with dappled light, and plant into moist, free-draining soil.
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White Flowering Plants for Australian Gardens
A white garden reads as calm and lifts at dusk. Eight reliable white flowering plants for Australian conditions, compared by flowering season, mature size and climate zone.
