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.
Flowering
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for flowering in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Plants That Change Colour Throughout the Year
Japanese maple, nandina, loropetalum and crepe myrtle shift colour as the year turns, giving a garden something new to look at in every season.
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Unusual Trees That Will Make Your Garden Stand Out
Dragon tree, Illawarra flame tree, bottle tree, monkey puzzle and Wollemi pine: striking trees that still perform in Australian conditions.
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Best Trailing Plants for Retaining Wall
Dichondra 'Silver Falls', Cousin It, Pigface and Hardenbergia spill over hard edges and soften stone. Plant at the top of the wall, 60-90cm apart, for the best effect.
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Perennial Plants for a Cottage Garden
Lavender, salvia, foxglove, delphinium and catmint come back every year. Ten perennials for a full, layered cottage garden from spring through to autumn.
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Discover Native Plants With Yellow Flowers for Your Garden
Wattle, banksia, grevillea, hibbertia and more, grouped into trees, shrubs and groundcovers, with the birds and pollinators each one brings to the garden.
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Discover Native Plants With Red Flowers for Your Garden
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon', bottlebrush, flowering gum and kangaroo paw all bring hot red into the garden, and every one of them pulls honeyeaters in with it.
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Top Bird-Attracting Native Plants for Australian Gardens
Grevillea, bottlebrush, banksia and hakea bring honeyeaters and lorikeets in. Layer them with dense shrubs for shelter and the birds stay rather than visit.
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Achieving the Perfect Magnolia Bloom: An Australian Pruning Guide
Prune deciduous magnolias after flowering in late summer, evergreens in late spring. The four D's method, variety timing and feeding for a heavier bloom.
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Types of Magnolia Trees: An Australian Gardener's Guide
Evergreen or deciduous is the first decision. Teddy Bear, Little Gem, Kay Parris, Saucer and Star magnolias compared for Australian gardens, with pruning tips.
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Alternative Hedging Plants
Sweet Viburnum, Callistemon 'Slim', Westringia, Escallonia and more: ten hedging plants with heights and growth rates, for gardeners tired of the usual three.
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Do Crepe Myrtles Lose Their Leaves?
Yes, and it is nothing to worry about. Crepe myrtles are deciduous, drop their leaves after an autumn colour show, and reshoot in spring with better flowering.
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Frost Tolerant Plants in Australia
One cold night can undo a season of growth. These frost-hardy shrubs, trees and grasses shrug off sub-zero mornings in Australia's colder districts.
