Steps to plan your garden
Where to start when you are staring at an empty yard: setting goals, choosing the position and getting the soil right before you buy a single plant.
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Growing Olive Trees in Pots: An Australian Guide
Olives are one of the few Mediterranean trees that genuinely thrive in a pot. Here is how to keep one healthy on an Australian patio or balcony.
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Crafting elegance: using plants to make a statement entrance
First impressions form in seconds. How to use planters, layered foliage and colour at an entrance so the front door feels considered rather than bare.
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Planning Your Coastal Feature Garden
Salt spray, sandy soil and relentless sun rule out most plants. How to plan a coastal garden around the ones that thrive, and the materials that suit it.
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Pandanus in Australian Gardens: Species and Care
Nothing says Australian coastline like a pandanus. Here is which species suits your garden, and the coastal pest worth knowing about.
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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.
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Bismarck Palm: Size, Silver Colour and Where to Plant It
The biggest statement a single plant can make, and the clearance it needs. Sort this out before you buy, not a decade later.
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The best feature tree for low and high sun spots
One entry gets three hours of morning light, another bakes all afternoon. Which feature trees suit each, and what makes a tree shade-tolerant or sun-hardy.
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Cordyline Guide: The Three Types and Which One You Need
Three very different plants sold under one name. Which survives frost, which burns in sun, and which is native to Australia.
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Groundcovers to Plant Between Pavers and Steppers
The gaps between pavers are where weeds start. What survives being trodden on, and how densely to plant it.
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Blue Chalksticks in Australia: Planting and Care
Blue chalksticks holds its colour through the worst of summer and needs almost no water. It has one weakness worth knowing before you plant it.
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Using Elaeocarpus Eumundi for Tall Screen Trees
Eumundi Quandong reaches about 10 metres with a narrow upright habit and dense glossy foliage, giving year-round screening without taking up much width.
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Teddy Bear Magnolia for Privacy: Spacing and Care
Dense to the ground, four metres tall, and it flowers. The evergreen privacy screen with almost no competition.
