Australian plants

Native plant expert Digby Growns shares his favourite trees to plant in your own garden.

Take the guesswork out of gardening and go straight for plants that not only suit our harsh Australian climate, but also look beautiful in your garden.

What is it about Australian style that's so easily identified when in another country? Yes, quite often it's the one's wearing a reasonably nice outfit , then chooses to wear a plugger with it because well.....it's the easiest most convenient option. Cringe. And of course theres the odd, dare we say it 'stretched out wife beater singlet' that apparently made a come back in main stream fashion around 2000. Daggy is quite often used to describe a quintessential Aussies style, although there…

The Hakea Francisiana A shrub of the genus Hakea from the Proteaceae family and is native to West and South Australia.

Elegant and sophisticated, silvery-tinged plants and shrubs create a considered scheme in your garden. Here are 18 of the best.

A celebration of eucalypts around the world

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The top 30 plants. - by Rebecca Lowrey Boyd

Banksia cuneata is a native Australian plant with recognisable flowers known for their vibrant pink colour. The plant also goes by the name of Matchstick banksia after the shape of the spindles found on the flowers. Sadly, Banksia cuneata is currently classified as critically endangered after a 1982 study found that only 5 populations containing around 450 plants are left. This number has since risen due to conservation efforts but as the plant is highly susceptible to damage from climate…

Learn How to Grow Craspedia (Billy buttons) in this article. It looks great in garden borders. You can also use it in vases and floral arrangements.