Flowering Plants & Shrubs
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Growing Orchids Fact Sheet
The common orchid (Orchidaceae) most people identify with tend to be the Cymbidium orchids, which are grown for their flamboyant and colourful flowers. The climate in most capital cities is suited to growing cymbidium orchids in a sheltered and shady area. read more -
Flowering Quince
An abandoned garden is a great place to go and learn what plants survive in your area. Recently Don found... read more -
Rhododendrons
Rhododendrons Rhododendrons with their trusses of flowers and often leathery looking leaves, are a well known flowering plant of cool... read more -
Hellebores
Hellebores are a perennial plant which have long held appeal for the hobbyist, but are now becoming more widely available... read more -
New Sasanqua Camellia
Sasanqua camellias are among the best of all garden plants for temperate areas of Australia. They will tolerate awide range... read more -
Unusual Agave – Come and See My Garden
A ‘Burke’s Backyard’ viewer sent in a photo of an unusual plant in flower in their front yard. The plant... read more -
Indian Hawthorn – Qantas Amazing Australia
Indian Hawthorn – Qantas Amazing Australia Recently on the show Don featured an enormous Indian Hawthorn (about 5m or 15′... read more -
Brisbane Street Trees
Taking a walk around the streets in your neighbourhood is a great way to discover the plants that grow well... read more -
Late Flowering Camellias
Camellias are wonderful flowering garden plants for all but the hot and tropical parts of Australia (see climate map).... read more -
Mexican Agave
Many species of agave plant are native to Mexico and have played an important role in life in Mexico.... read more -
Ornamental Tobacco
Ornamental Tobacco Due to our excise laws, ordinary tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) can not be grown by the home gardener as... read more