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Alstroemeria 'Peruvian Princess' An interesting new plant is the dwarf Alstroemeria 'Peruvian Princess' which has ruby red flowers with yellow throats. Plant details Common name: Dwarf AlstroemeriaBotanic name: Alstroemeria 'Peruvian...

Alternanthera dentata Evergreen foliage plants are wonderful in the garden, because they give you stunning colour all year round. Many plants with brilliantly coloured leaves belong to the family Amaranthaceae. They include the popular bloodleaf...

Amaranth - The French Alternative There are around 60 species of amaranthus, including weeds, leaf vegetables, grain crops and ornamentals. Many have large, colourful leaves and tassel-like flower spikes. Jackie French thinks amaranthus is the most spectacularly beautiful...

Apricot Twist and PlumbagoCoordinating the colours in your garden can sometimes be difficult. Don looked at a soft blue and apricot colour combination that works beautifully: the small perennial wallflower 'Apricot Twist' planted with a plumbago called 'Royal Cape'....

Asian Vegies UpdateThe October edition of the Burke's Backyard magazine includes a free packet of Asian green seeds. The packet contains mixed seeds of Chinese cabbage, kailan (Chinese broccoli), pak choi white (Chinese white cabbage), pak choi green (bok...

Australia has some of the world’s most beautiful birds, and it’s easy to encourage them to stop over at your place for a visit. Simply provide food, shelter and fresh...

Australia has some wonderful native birdlife and there are many ways to encourage our feathered friends into our gardens. Don recently asked bird expert Graham Pizzey for some clues on which native garden plants are attractive to birds. ...

Attracting Native Birds and Lawn Damage Every week, parts of Burke's Backyard are filmed in Don's garden. It is a native garden, which includes many plants that are indigenous (that is local) to the area. Over 200...

Many people keep a radiata pine in a pot, which lives out door for most of the year & then comes indoors at Xmas time to be decorated & transformed into the family Xmas tree. ...

Australia's Best Garden: Ryde, NSW 'Burke's Backyard' visited a prize-winning garden where the owner has imaginatively turned a rocky, quarry-like backyard into a lush, dense garden over a period of 20 years. The end result is a collection of...