Many new plants have come onto the market in the last year. However, they usually need testing over a few years to know if they perform well in the garden. Polygala ‘Fairy Lights’ is a new and unproven variety, which looks very interesting. Plant Details...
Three ground cover roses with high disease resistance have been released in Australia in the past six years. These are called the Flower Carpet series. The first, launched in 1992 has small bright pink flowers. It is called Flower Carpet ‘Pink’. The...
A new rose has come on to the market to mark the life and work of the late Fred Hollows, the Australian eye surgeon who worked to eradicate cataract blindness. Les Stratford of Stratford’s Wholesale Nursery at Oakville in New South Wales found this rose in 1994...
Fuchsias are among the most popular garden plants in the world. They are extremely versatile and can be grown in shaded gardens or in hanging baskets and pots. Fuchsias can also be trained as hoops or standards but the modern hybrid fuchsias are really for people with...
Gaura ‘Siskiyou Pink’ One of the most fashionable plants to have in your garden at the moment is gaura (Gaura lindheimeri) also called White Butterfly Bush. Although commonly pronounced gow-ra, it is more correctly called gore-ra. It is particularly...
Cobra Plant Peter Valder recently visited some gardens in Mount Wilson, NSW and found an unusual and quirky plant known as the Cobra Plant. So if you’re into weird and bizarre plants in the garden, the Cobra Plant is an easy one to grow. Plant details Common...
Dampieras are attractive Australian native plants. The best known are from Western Australia and can be difficult to grow in the eastern states. Don Burke recently looked at a hardy cultivar which is native to the Glasshouse Mountains of Queensland and will grow in...
Daphne ‘Star White’ One of the best things about winter in Australia is the fragrance of daphne in flower. Winter daphne (Daphne odora) originally came from China. As well as the green-leafed variety with pink and white flowers, there is also one with a...
These Australian natives were once considered to be very temperamental plants. Today they are much easier to grow as they have been grafted to the hardier understock, Darwinia citriodora. Plant details Botanical name: Darwinia lejostyla hybrid ‘Coolamon...
One of the best garden shrubs is the diosma. It grows as a round tidy plant with masses of pink flowers in late winter and spring. It will grow in all but the most tropical and humid parts of Australia. Plant details Common name: Diosma but also known as confetti bush...