Metrosideros Care Guide: The New Zealand Christmas Bush
Metrosideros flowers scarlet at Christmas and shrugs off salt and wind. Here is how to choose between the tree forms and the compact hybrids, and how to keep both healthy.
Coastal Gardens
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for coastal gardens in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Indian Hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis) Care Guide
Indian hawthorn flowers in late winter, handles salt wind and heat, and asks for almost nothing. Here is how to pick the right cultivar for the height you want.
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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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Beach Spider Lily: How to Grow Hymenocallis littoralis
Beach spider lily carries scented white flowers above strappy leaves and takes salt, sand and heat. Where it grows in Australia, how to plant it, how to get it to...
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Seaside Daisy: How to Grow and Care for Erigeron
Seaside daisy flowers for most of the year in sun, poor soil and salt wind, and it seeds itself around. Where it grows in Australia, how to plant it, when...
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The Best Plants for Coastal Gardens in Australia
Salt spray, sandy soil and constant wind rule out most plants. The hardy picks for each exposure zone, how to build a windbreak first, and how to turn sand into...
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Planning Your Coastal Feature Garden
Salt spray, sandy soil and relentless sun rule out most plants. How to plan a coastal garden around the ones that thrive, and the materials that suit it.
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Tuckeroo Tree: Enhancing Landscape Design with Versatility
A salt and wind tolerant Australian native that needs almost no care once established. Where the tuckeroo works best, and where it does not.
