Nandina Care Guide: Growing Heavenly Bamboo
Nandina is not a bamboo, does not run, and colours scarlet through the cold months. A guide to the dwarf cultivars and the one pruning job that matters.
Low Maintenance
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for low maintenance 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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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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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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Lomandra Care Guide: The Toughest Strappy Plant in Australia
There is a reason every landscape architect in the country specifies lomandra. It is the plant that keeps looking good after everyone stops trying.
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Acacia Care Guide: How to Grow Wattles in Australia
Fast growing, drought tough and dressed in gold every winter and spring, wattles are the easiest way to put an Australian signature on a garden.
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Dianella Care Guide: Flax Lilies for Colour, Texture and Zero Fuss
Blue flowers, purple berries and foliage from silver to cherry-flushed green. Dianella is the strappy native that brings actual colour to low maintenance.
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Plants That Thrive in Poor Soil
Sandy, compacted or nutrient-poor ground does not have to limit a garden. Natives, hardy shrubs and tough trees that grow well without constant soil improvement.
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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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Hardy Tropical Plants That Handle Wind and Heat
Which tropical-looking plants genuinely tolerate hot wind and full sun, which ones shred, and how to lay out a lush garden on an exposed Australian block.
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The Best Plants to Increase Property Value
Magnolia Little Gem, crepe myrtle, lilly pilly and clumping bamboo all read as maturity to a buyer. The trees and screens that lift street appeal most.
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15 Low Maintenance Plants for Full Sun in Australia
Full sun in Australia is not full sun anywhere else. Fifteen plants that genuinely cope, and the one year of care they do need.
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Low-Maintenance Plants That Practically Take Care of Themselves
Five tough performers for spring planting, from Lomandra and Agapanthus to Westringia, with the light, water and mature height for each one.
