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.
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for westringia in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
Sun, sharp drainage and benign neglect: rosemary asks for the three cheapest things in gardening and repays them in flavour, flowers and bees.
Salt wind, drought, frost and neglect: coastal rosemary shrugs off all four, then flowers most of the year anyway. This is the native hedge for hard places.
Full sun in Australia is not full sun anywhere else. Fifteen plants that genuinely cope, and the one year of care they do need.
Five tough performers for spring planting, from Lomandra and Agapanthus to Westringia, with the light, water and mature height for each one.
Hardy evergreen shrubs that look after themselves through an Australian summer, and the site checks worth doing before you choose.
Salt spray, sandy soil and constant wind rule out most plants. Coastal Banksia, Pigface and Kangaroo Paw are among the hardy picks that thrive by the sea.
Five hardy performers for Brisbane gardens, from lomandra and westringia to wild iris, all drought-tolerant, pest-resistant and happy with one trim a year.