Low Hedge Plants Under 1 Metre for Front Gardens
Most hedging plants want to reach three metres. These ones naturally stop at knee or hip height, so a front hedge stays sharp with two trims a year instead of...
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The Edible Backyard: Layout for Fruit Trees and Herbs
A productive backyard is a layout problem before it is a gardening problem. Map the sun, anchor with citrus and build out from there.
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Growing African Violets and Gesneriads Indoors in Australia
A summary of what the Australian violet societies, the AVSA, The Gesneriad Society and the RHS publish on growing African violets and other gesneriads indoors: light, water and wicking, warmth,...
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Shade Trees That Cut Cooling Bills: Placing Trees to Shade a House
Shade outside the glass and across the west wall does much more for a hot house than a blind inside, and a tree is one of the cheapest ways to...
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What to Plant Over a Septic Drain Field (and What to Keep Away)
Grass keeps a septic land application area working; trees, edibles, paving and vehicles can damage it. This guide draws together the NSW, Victorian, Queensland and WA guidelines on what to...
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Bush Tucker Plants for the Home Garden: What to Grow by Climate
Native food plants that suit an ordinary backyard, sorted by climate zone, with honest notes on taste, use and how much each one gives. It also covers which plants need...
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Safe Plants for Childcare Centres, Kindergartens and School Gardens
What Australian poisons information centres, a children's hospital network, Kidsafe and the early childhood regulator publish about plants where young children play, learn and dig: the hazards, the plants to...
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Chicken-Safe Garden Plants for a Backyard Chook Run in Australia
Chickens scratch, peck and dust bathe, so the plants that last around a run are the ones they cannot reach, cannot uproot or do not want to eat. This guide...
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Bushfire-Wise Planting: What the CFA and the Published Plant Lists Say
No garden plant is fireproof, but placement, plant choice and upkeep all matter. This guide sets out what Victoria's CFA, State Flora, the Australian Native Plants Society and CSIRO publish...
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Planting Near Pipes: Trees and Shrubs with Non-Invasive Roots
Tree roots are a leading cause of blocked sewer pipes. This guide sets out what Australian water utilities publish on planting near pipes: the plants they name by distance, the...
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Best Plants for Heavy Clay Soil in Australia
Heavy clay drowns roots in winter and bakes hard in summer. These floodplain natives and tough exotics thrive in it, and mound planting keeps them alive.
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Front Yard Planting for Kerb Appeal
Kerb appeal is structure, not flowers. One feature tree, crisp low hedges and disciplined repetition will do more than any annual bed ever could.
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Koala Food Trees You Can Plant, by Region
Koalas feed on a short local list of eucalypts. The food trees we grow that appear on the NSW Government, Queensland and Australian Koala Foundation lists, when a planted tree...
