Ivory Curl Tree: Growing Buckinghamia celsissima in Australian Gardens
The small flowering native with curling cream flower spikes in late summer. Where it suits, how to plant it, the feeding rule it shares with grevilleas, and why a young...
Wildlife
Growing guides, planting advice and plant care for wildlife in Australian gardens, written by the team at Nursery Near Me.
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Flowering Gum (Corymbia) Care Guide
Flowering gums put on the loudest summer display of any Australian tree. The secret is a grafted cultivar and sharp drainage, especially east of the Nullarbor.
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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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Perennial Plants for a Cottage Garden
The English cottage perennials struggle in most of Australia, but the cottage effect transfers perfectly once the plant list changes. The perennials that carry it from spring to autumn here,...
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Discover Native Plants With Yellow Flowers for Your Garden
Wattle, banksia, grevillea, hibbertia and more, grouped into trees, shrubs and groundcovers, with the birds and pollinators each one brings to the garden.
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Discover Native Plants With Red Flowers for Your Garden
Grevillea 'Robyn Gordon', bottlebrush, flowering gum and kangaroo paw all bring hot red into the garden, and every one of them pulls honeyeaters in with it.
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15 Best Pond Plants for Australian Gardens
Most Australian ponds are planted badly. The marginal and edge plants that hide the liner, shade the water and keep it clear.
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Top Bird-Attracting Native Plants for Australian Gardens
Grevillea, bottlebrush, banksia and hakea bring honeyeaters and lorikeets in. Layer them with dense shrubs for shelter and the birds stay rather than visit.
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The Science Behind Nocturnal Flowers Revealed
Moonflowers open at dusk and are finished by morning. The scent, pale petals and timing are all deliberate, and they exist to catch moths, bats and night beetles.
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Native vs Exotic Plants: Understanding the Differences
Native does not always mean low water, and exotic does not always mean trouble. What the words mean in an Australian garden, where each kind earns its place, and how...
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Versatile Plants for Australian Gardens
Shade, full sun, privacy screening or pollinators: four jobs a garden needs done, and the plants that handle each one reliably in Australian conditions.
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Backyard Bird Paradise: Creating a Sanctuary
Why most suburbs are full of noisy miners and empty of fairy-wrens, and the planting that reverses it: shelter first, then nectar in every season, then water done safely.
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Pool Screening Plants: Privacy, Litter and Fence Rules
Three requirements that pull against each other, and the pool fence rule that can cost you a compliance certificate.
