Add this colour to your garden design armoury
Green in all its guises characterises the plant world but this leaf colour is the garden designer’s silver bullet.
Helen Young
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A short guide to growing Gardenias
Gardenias are favourites in subtropical gardens, loved for their highly perfumed white flowers and glossy leaves.
The Hills are alive
This Adelaide Hills garden bursts with colour over 2.4ha of magnificent grounds.
How to make your soil sing
The mantra of gardening experts is “Feed the soil, not the plant” – but how exactly do you make your soil healthy?
The long view
It was a six-year labour of love to create this beautiful house and garden adjoining Bouddi National Park on NSW’s Central Coast.
Heaven scent
People are often surprised to learn how many types of lavender there are, with more than 30 species and hundreds of varieties.
Take a bow
This renovated terrace in Melbourne’s north scooped the pool at the Houses Awards 2022 – including the coveted Gardens prize.
This is why your avo tree won’t bear fruit
Avocado trees have very unusual sexual habits. Ever wondered why yours won’t fruit? Read on to understand why…
How to grow your own pineapples
Pineapple plants take up to two years to produce a fruit ready for harvesting. Are you up for a gardening challenge?
Little treasures
In Australia we have about 1550 orchid species, almost all of them found nowhere else. Can these precious plants be saved?
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