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Scribbly GumsScribbly gums are spectacular Australian trees with smooth, whitish yellow bark. The bark has a prominent feature which puzzles many people - strange looking 'scribbles' resembling some form of mysterious, ancient writing. The zigzag tracks are actually tunnels made...

She oakIf you like Australian native plants, and particularly if you like attracting native birds to your garden, think about planting a she oak. They have woody, barrel-shaped cones containing slender, winged seeds which birds like Glossy Black Cockatoos...

She-oakAt certain times of the year and particularly in winter many she-oaks go reddish brown and look as if they are dying. Well, they aren't necessarily dying indeed it is quite the opposite. The tree is actually flowering. She-oaks...

Standardised CamelliaCamellias are wonderful flowering shrubs for the garden, but they also have many other uses. They can be shaped into topiaries, standards or espaliers, and they can even be grown as...

Suckering Robinia The Golden Robinia (Robinia pseudoacacia 'Frisia') was a vogue tree in Australian gardens and landscapes during the 1980s and is still popular today. It is widely used as a street tree, particularly in...

Summer Red and Summer BeautyUntil recently if you wanted a flowering gum tree you had to just go out and buy one and hope for the best. Sometimes the flowers turned out...

Tabebuia In the same league as jacarandas and poincianas, once seen in bloom a trumpet tree, cloaked in pink or golden flowers, is never forgotten. The tabebuias (pronounced 'tab-eh-boo-ya') are all from tropical Central and...

Tibouchinas are native to south-east Brazil, where people use the massed purple blooms to decorate churches at Easter time. Here in Australia tibouchinas also make quite a statement in autumn, with their riot of purple flowers. Don looked at Tibouchina...

Top Ten Gum Trees Gum trees have had a lot of bad press: they grow too big, fall over, drop branches and have other habits gardeners will not tolerate. But these...

Tree Dahlia: The French Alternative For dramatic autumn colour, tree dahlias are hard to beat. They are giant plants with huge leaves and stems, and shaggy, lavender flowers resembling ballerinas' tutus. It's...