Plants
Know your Daisies
31 May 2016 | Mez Woodward
Choose wisely and sunny daisies can be cheering up your garden all year. There are
daisies for garden beds and for containers in warm colours and cool. Here are a
handful of favourites.
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Know Your Hibiscus
05 February 2016 | Linda RossThe flamboyantly tropical members of the family are best known, but these chorus girls of summer are not the family’s only gems.
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Know your hydrangeas
14 February 2018 | Linda RossBlue and white hydrangeas decorate long lunches and fill Church vases in the floral countdown to Christmas. Here we unwrap more goodies from the hydrangea family. You’ll think all your Christmases have come at once!
Read MoreKnow your lavender
01 June 2018 | Linda RossThe lavender must-haves are sun and well-drained soil. Start there then choose the lavender that suits your conditions - and desires.
Read MoreKnow Your Orchids
21 September 2015 | Linda RossThe orchid family is so extensive, and so wonderful in the garden. Here we introduce just the essential exotics for your garden. The exciting native orchids we’ll save for another day.
Read MoreKnow your: balcony flowers
20 December 2018 | Linda RossAdd some summer dazzle to a sunny balcony with these pot-loving beauties.
Read MoreKnow your: cactus
13 November 2019 | Linda RossLinda’s seven-year-old son has recently started collecting cactus and now has 73 displayed on a shelf on the veranda in morning sunshine. Here’s a brief introduction.
Read MoreKnow your: Euphorbia
29 April 2016 | Linda RossThe members of this plant family are loved for as much for their madly attention-seeking forms, textures and colours, as for their ability to thrive in tough spots. One warning – that milky sap is an irritant, so wear gloves when pruning.
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Know your: ferns
21 August 2019 | Linda RossMany ferns have a soft feathery quality that makes a great contrast with other plants - in the garden or indoors.
Read MoreKnow Your: Frangipani
08 December 2016 | Linda RossFrangipani are familiar as the scent of summer but the range of species, colours, perfumes and leaf shapes might surprise you. Here Linda Ross tiptoes
through a forest of frangi's and introduces us to some of her favourite varieties
Know your: Gingers
10 February 2015 | Linda RossEdible members of this family include ginger, cardamom, turmeric and galangal, but here we introduce the flowering ones, which offer so much more than a tropical splash of lush green foliage.
Read MoreKnow your: Hedging plants
13 February 2015 | Linda RossInspired to get hedging? Choosing the right plant for your hedging plan is critical. Look for a height range and maintenance regime that suits your needs, as well as plants that will do well given the soil and position you can offer. Here are a handful of the hedging plants we think should be on your shortlist.
Read MoreKnow your: indoor plants
06 September 2018 | Linda RossPlants make indoor spaces beautiful and people happy. Here are a few easy-care options to start - or enlarge! - your indoor garden.
Read MoreKnow your: Iris
13 February 2015 | Sandra RossWhen we say iris do you think Van Gogh blue iris, or romantic bearded iris in shades to perfectly match old roses? Or does iris suggest cheery yellow flowers lining the dam? No wonder we all conjure a different image - there are about 300 species in the iris family. Here are a handful of the best for gardeners.
Read MoreKnow your: Maples
20 April 2015 | Linda RossMaples deliver magnificent autumn colour, especially after a dry summer, which crystallises the sugars in the leaf. Most at home in cooler climates, many colour up well in warm areas. Here’s a quick guide to help you choose what’s right for you.
Read MoreKnow your: Poppies
16 February 2015 | Linda RossA quick guide to identifying and growing the right bunch of poppies for you.
Read MoreKnow your: Roses for Sydney
14 June 2019 | Robin PowellSome of the best performing roses for warm climates are old favourites -and we mean old. Search out these hardy centurions for fragrance, generosity and trouble-free beauty
Read MoreKnow Your: Spring Blossom
16 September 2015 | Linda and Sandra RossGet to know your spring blossoms now before they disappear for another year.
Read MoreKnow your: Spring flowering shrubs
30 November 2016 | Linda RossFlowering shrubs are the backbone of the garden. Get familiar with these beauties to add some spring bling to your garden.
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La Vie En Rose
28 February 2019 | Marian SomesThe charms of French country living inspired Marian Somes to create her own version at her beautiful garden Picardy in the Gippsland hills.
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Laurentia 'Pink Star'
03 March 2015 | Ally JacksonLaurentia ‘Pink Star’ produces a mass of star-shaped blooms above soft mounded foliage. It’s a plant to soften the edges of borders, paths and retaining walls to fall from hanging baskets and window boxes.
Read MoreLeucadendron salignum
06 March 2015 | Ally JacksonThis South African native brings year-round burgundy foliage to the garden. In autumn and winter it produces a cone-like flower, which becomes woody at maturity.
Read MoreMacadamia integrifolia
06 March 2015 | Ally JacksonThe macadamia hails from Queensland and northern NSW but for a long time it was better known in Hawaii than in its homeland.
Read MoreMacquarie Island
17 March 2015 | Robin PowellHobart’s Botanic Gardens is home to an unusual glasshouse with a collection of plants from Australia’s sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island. Robin Powell wrapped up warm to collect stories from one of the wildest places on earth.
Read MoreMeet Chris Cuddy
03 November 2015 | Robin PowellPerenialle Plants is a mail-order nursery for tough plants, but you can also drop in. Don’t miss the chance if you are in the Canowindra area. As well as the plants, there’s an inspiring garden and lovely little shop full of artisan-made house and garden desirables.
Read MoreMeet Elizabeth Back, Flower grower
06 September 2018 | Robin PowellElizabeth Back runs Wild Aesthetic Flowers. Robin Powell interviews Elizabeth here and gets to know what's growing in her garden
Read MoreMeet Florist, Nga Bui
23 January 2018 | Robin PowellLike a loose, just-picked look for the flowers in your house? So does Nga Bui. Here Robin Powell interviews one of Sydney's favourite florists
Read MoreMeet Glennis Clark, Heritage Rose grower and Rookwood volunteer
21 May 2019 | Robin PowellAmong the hidden treasures at Rookwood Necropolis are beautiful old roses, cared for by volunteers.
Meet Keith and Maureene Smith
26 August 2019 | Robin PowellCancer fundraisers and plant propagators
Read MoreMeet Kevin Collins, banksia collector
24 May 2016 | Robin Powell
Kevin Collins and his wife Kathy grow the world’s only complete collection of banksias in their garden at Mount Barker, Western Australia.
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Meet Mark Jury, magnolia breeder
21 May 2019 | Robin PowellIf there’s a stunning deciduous magnolia in your garden with enormous cup-shaped blooms and rich colour, chances are it was bred by New Zealand plantsman,
Mark Jury.
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Meet Pat and Bill Rhodin Tulip Tops gardeners
13 June 2017 | Robin PowellMeet Pat and Bill Rhodin, Tulip Tops gardeners. They work hard all year to make this garden's spring display something memorable
Read MoreMeet Peter Hey, clivia breeder and grower of rare plants
28 February 2019 | Linda RossMeet Peter Hey, clivia breeder and grower of rare plants
Read MoreMeet Robert Price
02 June 2016 | Linda Ross
Meet: Bob Price, founder and curator, Mexico’s Vallarta Botanical Gardens. Bob Price plan was to conserve Mexico’s unique flora and birdlife and the Vallarta Botanical Gardens he founded to help achieve that were recently included on the list of Top Ten Public Gardens in America you should visit.
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Meet: Angus Stewart
09 September 2017 | Robin PowellMeet Angus Stewart. Plant breeder, gardener and new resident of the Apple Isle. He is also our favourite native wildflower enthusiast.
Read MoreMeet: Dale Dixon, tropical plant enthusiast, curator of Latitude 23
19 July 2016 | Robin PowellMeet Dr Dale Dixon, tropical plant enthusiast and curator of 'Latitude 23' at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney.
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Meet: Elizabeth Rundle, peony-lover
24 February 2015 | Robin PowellPeonies seduced Elizabeth Rundle when she was just 16. She’s been a fan ever since, growing and selling tree peonies through a mail-order nursery, first in Canberra and now in Ballarat. Here she shares her story.
Read MoreMeet: Geoffrey Head, Nielsen Park bush regenerator
06 March 2015 | Robin PowellGeoffrey Head has spent the last 12 years tending to the Eastern Suburbs jewel-in-the-crown Nielsen Park. Today we catch up with him.
Read MoreMeet: Graeme Parr: wisteria expert
16 March 2015 | Sandra RossOh hello big dose of flower envy. We'd do any thing for wisteria! Graeme has been growing wisteria for the nursery trade for 20 years. Here he shares his top tips for growing great flowering wisteria.
Read MoreMeet: Jeremy Critchley, nurseryman
13 November 2019 | Robin PowellJeremy Critchley’s Green Gallery Nursery developed a focus on indoor plants once he moved into an apartment and wanted something different.
Read MoreMeet: Jodie McGregor, florist
14 May 2015 | Libby CameronLibby talks to Jodie about her favourite flowers and her plans for her new garden.
Read MoreMeet: Mark Engall
15 July 2015 | Robin PowellThe nursery and garden industry has some great family stories. Here’s another one with a lemon twist.
Read MoreMickey's garden
25 June 2015 | Mickey RobertsonMickey Robertson gardens at Glenmore House near Camden. Sounds like a scene out of Pride and Prejudice? Well yes, you do feel as though you've traveled back in time where women wear linen and the air smells clean. Winter, she says, is crisp mornings thawing to glorious blue-sky days. Early morning reveal traces of frost on cabbage and kale leaves; and sometimes, just sometimes, the paddocks blanketed in white. Evenings also have a rhythm all their own as woodsmoke trails through the valley. Here she shares glimpses of days in her winter garden.
Read MoreNative Violets
12 March 2015 | Linda RossNative violets make a dainty carpet under big trees.
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