

That's between you and the ever-growing ballot paper... Besides, if past data and advance registration is any guide, around 1.5 million of us vote well ahead of the polling date!
(pro = no queue; con = no #democracysausage)
 
Whichever way your political compass swings, we've got plants to show your true colours. More stylish than a pollie's face on a stick! Here, representing the main party colours in the House of Representatives and Senate, pre election, are : 
Vote RED

 

 
Add to your garden the colourful leaves of nandina and photinia hedges, and azalea - Red Wings, Autumn Fire, and Autumn Bravo are the reddest. 

 
 
Vote BLUE

(Campaign season is also the time to plant spring flowering bulbs!)
 

plumbago, and the similar-flowered hydrangea. Plumbago is frost-tender and true to colour; hydrangea is frost hardy but only blue if your soil is acid. If your soil is neutral or alkaline, plant hydrangeas into containers of ericaceous compost to ensure you show the right shade!
 
Rarely seen and worth waiting for, are the pure blues of ceanothus or California lilac, blue butterfly bush (Clerodendrum ugandense), and blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchum).
They'll all grow in patio pots or flowerbeds, and are very useful in kitchen gardens too.
 
If you're really dinky di, then kangaroo lobelia (Dampiera), Baby Blue viola and morning iris (Orthrosanthus) will paint your garden native. Blue for you! >> See More Blue Flowers Here 
Vote GREEN

 
If you don't mind a little white flower with your green leaf, your hedge choice expands even more : carissa Desert Star, mock orange, port wine magnolia (Michelia) will give you handsome green hedges. 

fatsia, looking tropical but surprisingly cold-hardy
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massively popular tractor seat, (Ligularia) seductively curvaceous;
; and native bird's nest ferns (Asplenium). All ferns are good green choices for a garden; bird's nests are bold and impressive when full-grown, with super-glossy long leaves.

alongside the shorter, groundhugging mosses, cushion bush and Irish moss For lounge rooms and shady moist places, baby's tears is a cute choice. It's very like the super-popular shade groundcover pratia but without the starry flowers.
Team Green! >> See More Green Plants Here >> See Green Flowers Here
 
Vote TEAL

 

blue star fern (Phlebodium) grows up into a bold super-wiggly fern for indoor enjoyment and planting outside in shady borders. Groundcover succulent Senecio chalk sticks will spread around your waterwise rockery, keeping the soil cool for larger plants to flourish Succulent Graptoverias Opalina, (shown) and Topsy Debbie pair unusual teal shades with silver and lilac hues. Toot if you're Team Teal! >> See More Teal Foliage Here in the Silver & Grey section
 

Staying Neutral?
If you prefer to show your allegiance in the ballot box rather than the garden bed, then pink and purple is the way to go!There's a huge range of flowers in all kinds of pink and purple shades from soft shell to deep magenta, plus shrubs and groundcovers with pink-purple foliage to complement.You'll get a garden that's super-pretty pastel, or full of bright drama, depending on how intense your colour palette is; and no-one will know which way you vote.Win Win!