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.
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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Aloe Care Guide: Growing Flowering Aloes in Australia
Aloes flower in winter, drink almost nothing and feed every honeyeater in the street. The hardest part of growing them is finding something to do afterwards.
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Hibiscus Care Guide: Growing Hibiscus in Australian Gardens
Big silky flowers, glossy leaves and months of colour: hibiscus deliver the tropics on demand, provided you feed them and keep the frost off.
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Leptospermum Care Guide: Growing Tea Trees in Australian Gardens
From weeping groundcovers to lemon scented screens, tea trees are among the toughest flowering natives you can plant. Here is how to choose and grow them.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
