Growing Olive Trees in Australia: Varieties and Care
Olives handle heat, drought and coastal wind, and outlive the gardener who plants them. Here is which variety suits your climate and how to grow it.
Pests & Problems
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for pests & problems in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Liriope Muscari: Adding a Splash of Purple to Your Landscape
Evergreen strappy foliage all year and purple flower spikes in summer. Where liriope muscari works best, which variety to pick, and how little care it needs.
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Lomandra Care Guide: Varieties, Planting and Cutting Back
Australia's most planted native, and the cultivar choice most people get wrong. How to pick, plant and maintain lomandra.
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Foxtail Palm: Growing Australia's Best Feature Palm
Self-cleaning, fast growing and native to far north Queensland. Everything you need to know about growing foxtail palms in an Australian garden.
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Star Jasmine: Climber, Groundcover and Green Wall
The most useful climber sold in Australia, because it is really three plants. Climb it, spread it flat, or clip it into a wall.
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Conifers in Australia: Natives, Hedges and Cypress Canker
The bunya drops ten-kilogram cones and the Wollemi was found alive in 1994. Australia's native conifers, and what to plant in a garden.
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Philodendron Xanadu: Growing It in Australian Gardens
The shade filler behind half the courtyards in Brisbane and Sydney. How big it gets, where it burns, and what to plant with it.
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White Crepe Myrtle 'Natchez': Four Seasons of Interest
Flowers all summer, colours in autumn, then reveals cinnamon bark. And the pruning habit that ruins it.
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Ornamental Pear Trees: The 10 Best Varieties Compared
The ten cultivars sold in Australia are genuinely different trees. Here is how they compare on size, shape and autumn colour.
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Gardenia Care: Fixing Yellow Leaves and Bud Drop
The difference between a gardenia that perfumes a courtyard and one that sulks for years is soil chemistry, not care.
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Giant Bird of Paradise in Australia: Growing Strelitzia Nicolai
Strelitzia nicolai gives instant tropical structure, and it is the plant behind the resort look. It also gets far bigger than most people expect.
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Teddy Bear Magnolia: How to Grow and Care for Them
The fuzzy brown leaf undersides give this compact Southern magnolia its name. How to plant it, what soil pH it wants, and how to water and prune it through the...
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Lilly Pilly: The Perfect Plant for Screening and Privacy
Dense foliage, colourful new growth and sizes from low shrub to tall tree. Why lilly pilly is the go-to Australian screening plant, and how to keep it neat.
