Best Plants for Heavy Clay Soil in Australia
Heavy clay drowns roots in winter and bakes hard in summer. These floodplain natives and tough exotics thrive in it, and mound planting keeps them alive.
Garden Design
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for garden design in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Front Yard Planting for Kerb Appeal
Kerb appeal is structure, not flowers. One feature tree, crisp low hedges and disciplined repetition will do more than any annual bed ever could.
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Best Small Trees for Small Australian Backyards
Eight trees that stay under eight metres, hold their shape without constant pruning, and suit a courtyard, townhouse yard or standard suburban block.
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Loropetalum Care Guide for Australian Gardens
Chinese fringe flower holds burgundy foliage all year and flowers from late winter. Which cultivar to plant, where it will keep its colour, and how to prune it.
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Plants for a Narrow Side Passage
Dry under the eaves, dark most of the day and barely a metre wide. The columnar shrubs, fence climbers and shade ground covers that suit a side passage.
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Fast Backyard Makeover on a Budget
A full backyard transformation does not need a landscaper. Buy small, buy fast growers and stage the spend over two seasons.
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Tall Screening Plants to Block a Two-Storey Neighbour
Blocking a first-floor window takes four to eight metres of dense foliage in the right place, not just fast growth. The species that get there, and the spacing that works.
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Cycad Care Guide: Growing Living Fossils in Australian Gardens
Cycads have survived 200 million years by being nearly impossible to kill. In the garden they trade speed for sculpture, and the trade is worth it.
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Small Courtyard Garden Ideas: Big Impact in Tight Spaces
A courtyard is not a small garden problem, it is a design opportunity where every single plant gets to matter.
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Garden Layout Mistakes That Make Outdoor Spaces Look Smaller
Overcrowded beds, narrow paths, blocked sightlines and too much paving all shrink a garden visually. Ten common layout mistakes and how to correct each one.
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Garden Design Trends in 2026
Outdoor kitchens, less lawn, more natives and materials that weather with age. The garden design shifts shaping Australian backyards in 2026.
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How to Layer Plants Like a Professional Landscaper
Professional gardens look balanced because they are built in tiers. Background, mid layer and groundcover, plus the repetition trick that makes it read as intentional.
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Feature Trees That Instantly Elevate a Front Yard
Scale and placement matter more than flower colour. The feature trees that suit Australian front yards, from a 3 metre Teddy Bear Magnolia to an 8 metre Ornamental Pear.
