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Spring Colour
Welcome the New Season
Can you feel it? Nights are lighter, days are warmer.
Buds are growing, blossoms are opening, and birds are building nests.
Welcome spring with a garden of flowers.
Garden Info
Pashing on Purple
22, October, 2021
This week, like the late lamented Prince himself, we're Pashing on Purple. You'll discover some of our favourite amethyst-berry-grape-lavender-lilac-magenta-mauve-plum-violet-and-wine-coloured flowering plants. Which one is your favourite?
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How Many Plants You Need For Your Groundcover
15, October, 2021
Groundcovers are fantastic plants for Australian gardens. They are low maintenance workhorses that carry out multiple jobs in the garden. If you're thinking of mass planting groundcovers, do it the easy way with our tubestock plants - cheaper, and much less effort! Here's how
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The Best Skinny Hedges For Small Spaces
01, October, 2021
If you've only got a narrow space to plant a hedge, or you want a hedge that will go up rather than out, these are the best skinny hedges for small spaces.
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50 Ten-Minute Jobs To Do In The Garden In Spring
11, September, 2021
Spring is here and our gardens are waking up after their winter snooze. Some are almost presentable the moment they awake, whereas others need a bit more work to get them looking schmick. If you spend only ten minutes a day in your garden, you can make a real difference with little effort.
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The Best Fast-Growing Climbers
03, September, 2021
The fastest-growing screening plants are not hedges, they're climbers. If you want a really speedy solution to cover an eyesore, block out the neighbours, create almost-instant shade - then climbers are your perfect plants.
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Which Plants Are Best For Daisy Flowers?
13, August, 2021
Everyone loves daisy flowers. They are the first flowers we draw when we are learning to hold a crayon - a round yellow centre, a loop of petals, a long green stem. Here we look at some of the daisy's relatives, to give you the classic look on a bigger scale.
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The Best Native Small Trees For Small Gardens
06, August, 2021
Many of us live in urban or suburban streets, where outdoor space is at a premium. Which native trees will fit into these tight spots? We've selected some of our favourite native small trees to squeeze into your garden, however small the space.
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The Best Small Trees For Small Gardens
06, August, 2021
Many of us live in towns and cities, where outdoor space is tight. These man-made locations are the very places that need trees the most, to bring cooling shade. Which trees will are small enough to fit? We've selected some of our favourite small trees to suit the space.
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Plant The Look - Winter Colour
16, July, 2021
We dashed out between rainshowers to take photos of all these flowers, in our own nursery, on one day in July - to show you what you could be enjoying in your own garden in the midst of winter. We even caught a tiny butterfly sunning its wings!
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How to Prepare Your Garden For Winter
14, June, 2021
If you live in the hinterlands, ranges, or down in the southern states, you'll know it can get pretty chilly in winter. Here's how to make sure your plants get through the cold in their best condition.
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