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.
Seasonal Care
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for seasonal care in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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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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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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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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Banksia Care Guide: Icons of the Australian Bush for Your Garden
Nothing says Australian garden like a banksia candle covered in honeyeaters. Pick the right species for your soil and the rest is nearly effortless.
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Lemon Tree Care Guide: Growing Citrus in Australian Backyards
The backyard lemon is an Australian institution. Choose the right variety, plant it properly and feed it well, and one tree will supply the whole street.
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Avocado Tree Care Guide: From Hass to Homegrown in Australia
One healthy backyard avocado can out-produce your toast habit. The secret is drainage, drainage and drainage, plus a smart A and B variety pairing.
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Mango Tree Care Guide: Growing Your Own Kensington Pride at Home
A grafted mango can hand you buckets of fruit within four years. Here is how to choose between Bowen, Kensington Pride and King Thai, and keep the tree healthy.
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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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Photinia Care Guide: Growing Red Robin and Friends in Australia
Every trim triggers a flush of brilliant red new growth: photinia is the hedge that rewards you for cutting it, and it grows almost anywhere.
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English Box and Buxus Care Guide: The Classic Formal Hedge
Four hundred years of formal gardens rest on one small shrub. Buxus is slow, dense and utterly reliable, if you pick the right species for your climate.
