Wildflowers in your Garden

18 March, 2021  |  Nola Parry

Australia is blessed with an amazing range of small flowering plants. Yet some gardeners never get beyond a familiarity with gum trees, bottlebrush, paper barks, grevilleas and a few other large plants. They are missing out!

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Winter Fragrance

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

Linda Ross steps into the winter garden for aromatherapy of the botanical kind.

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Wisteria

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

To sit or stand underneath a flowering wisteria vine in full bloom, gazing through the mauve veil of flowers, inhaling the scent, and listening to the bees is bliss. A wisteria in full beautiful bloom escaping up a random tree will stop traffic, but as we mention here you don't need a garden to grow one.

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Worsleya, the blue hippeastrum

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

When we revealed that the current favourite plant of Myles Baldwin, curator of the Australian Garden Show Sydney, is the blue hippeastrum (Worsleya procera) we were amazed at the response! This flower seems to have flower captured everyone’s imagination and lots of you were keen for more growing tips.

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Zinnia

18 March, 2021  |  Linda Ross

Zinnias are the happiest of summer’s flowering annuals and come in vibrant colours of cerise, terracotta, gold, and lipstick-pink. 

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Coming Up Roses

15 July, 2021  |  Words: Graham Ross Images: Gary Matuschka Every year, new rose varieties hit the garden centres. You can expect different colours, scents, growth habits, and disease resistance to add to your rose garden this winter, but which one(s) will you choose? Read More