Lomandra Care Guide: Varieties, Planting and Cutting Back
Australia's most planted native, and the cultivar choice most people get wrong. How to pick, plant and maintain lomandra.
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Viburnum Odoratissimum: A Screening Plant Worth Knowing
A fast, dense evergreen with glossy leaves, scented white spring flowers and red summer berries. How to use viburnum odoratissimum as a hedge, screen or feature plant.
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Foxtail Palm: Growing Australia's Best Feature Palm
Self-cleaning, fast growing and native to far north Queensland. Everything you need to know about growing foxtail palms in an Australian garden.
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Star Jasmine: Climber, Groundcover and Green Wall
The most useful climber sold in Australia, because it is really three plants. Climb it, spread it flat, or clip it into a wall.
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Conifers in Australia: Natives, Hedges and Cypress Canker
The bunya drops ten-kilogram cones and the Wollemi was found alive in 1994. Australia's native conifers, and what to plant in a garden.
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Philodendron Xanadu: Growing It in Australian Gardens
The shade filler behind half the courtyards in Brisbane and Sydney. How big it gets, where it burns, and what to plant with it.
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Tuckeroo Tree: Enhancing Landscape Design with Versatility
A salt and wind tolerant Australian native that needs almost no care once established. Where the tuckeroo works best, and where it does not.
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Evergreen Frangipani: Growing Plumeria Pudica in Australia
Plumeria pudica is the frangipani that keeps its leaves through winter, which makes it the more practical choice for most Australian gardens.
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No Mow Grass and Lawn Alternatives for Australian Gardens
A lot of lawn does nothing except get mown. What to plant instead, and which areas you should keep as real grass.
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White Crepe Myrtle 'Natchez': Four Seasons of Interest
Flowers all summer, colours in autumn, then reveals cinnamon bark. And the pruning habit that ruins it.
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Ornamental Pear Trees: The 10 Best Varieties Compared
The ten cultivars sold in Australia are genuinely different trees. Here is how they compare on size, shape and autumn colour.
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Gardenia Care: Fixing Yellow Leaves and Bud Drop
The difference between a gardenia that perfumes a courtyard and one that sulks for years is soil chemistry, not care.
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Fruit Trees for Every Season: Planting Tips and Tricks
From dwarf apples that fit a courtyard pot to subtropical citrus and macadamia nuts, here are ten fruit trees worth finding room for, and how to plant each one.
