What to Do When Your Plants Arrive: The First 48 Hours
Plants delivered by courier or freight have been in the dark without water for days. Unpack them the day they land, give them shade and one deep watering, and bring...
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What Australia Planted in 2025-26: A Year of Orders, State by State
We shipped 20,604 plants to Australian gardens over twelve months. Here is what people actually ordered: the ten most planted varieties, how every state differs, and why Victoria turned out...
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Best Small Trees for Small Australian Backyards
Eight trees that stay under eight metres, hold their shape without constant pruning, and suit a courtyard, townhouse yard or standard suburban block.
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Bower Vine (Pandorea) Care Guide
An evergreen Australian climber that will cover a fence in two seasons and flower from early spring right through summer. How to plant, train and prune bower vine.
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Loropetalum Care Guide for Australian Gardens
Chinese fringe flower holds burgundy foliage all year and flowers from late winter. Which cultivar to plant, where it will keep its colour, and how to prune it.
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Plants for a Narrow Side Passage
Dry under the eaves, dark most of the day and barely a metre wide. The columnar shrubs, fence climbers and shade ground covers that suit a side passage.
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Flowering Cherry and Flowering Plum Care Guide
Blossom in late winter comes down to matching the tree to your winter chill. Variety sizes, planting on clay, and the pruning timing that avoids canker.
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Calathea Care Guide: Fixing Brown Edges and Curling
Brown crispy edges and tightly rolled leaves are the same plant telling you the same thing two ways. What causes each and how to fix it for good.
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Bangalow Palm Care Guide
Australia's own rainforest palm is self-cleaning, cold tolerant to about -2 degrees and safe near paving. How to plant, water and feed Archontophoenix cunninghamiana.
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Geisha Girl Duranta Care Guide
Violet flowers edged in white from October to May, on a hedge that grows half a metre a year. How to plant, prune and place a Geisha Girl duranta in...
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Fast Backyard Makeover on a Budget
A full backyard transformation does not need a landscaper. Buy small, buy fast growers and stage the spend over two seasons.
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Tall Screening Plants to Block a Two-Storey Neighbour
Blocking a first-floor window takes four to eight metres of dense foliage in the right place, not just fast growth. The species that get there, and the spacing that works.
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Port Wine Magnolia (Michelia) Care Guide
Michelia figo flowers smell like ripe fruit and the shrub clips into a dense evergreen hedge. Where it grows in Australia, how to plant it and when to prune.
