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Japonica camellias are the best known and most popular camellias grown in gardens today. Not only do they produce beautiful flowers in the depths of winter when everything else is bare, but they also have glossy evergreen foliage. With few pests or diseases to bother...
Olympic Gold Rose Nurseries and rose growers are really getting into the Olympic spirit this year, with the release of an exciting new rose. It’s called Australia’s Olympic Gold Rose, and it features clusters of beautiful golden yellow flowers....
Payne’s Thryptomene Thryptomenes are members of the Myrtaceae or myrtle family, and are sometimes given the common name of heath myrtle. Payne’s thryptomene is a hybrid of unknown parentage, but it’s thought to be very similar to the species...
Hardenbergias Hardenbergia violacea is an excellent Australian native plant that can be used either as a ground cover to scramble over a bank or an ugly area, or as a climber if you give it some support. Plant details Common name: Hardenbergia, False sarsaparilla...
Philodendron ‘Xanadu’ If you’re after a dramatic effect and a tropical look in your garden, consider Philodendron ‘Xanadu’, one of the world’s great landscaping plants. Discovered in Western Australia in 1983 as a chance seedling,...
Gymea Lily Don looked at an extremely rare, white flowering form of Gymea lily (Doryanthes excelsa). The white flowering form is rare because Gymea lily flowers produce nectar and are pollinated by nectar feeding birds, but birds prefer the colour red. Therefore a...
Helleborus Native to the mountainous regions of Europe, Greece and Asia Minor, Helleborus niger is a member of the Ranunculaceae, or buttercup family. It has pure white blossoms which bloom at Christmas time in the northern hemisphere, hence the common name Christmas...
Hippeastrums are big, bold, voluptuous and brassy and their strong colours work particularly well in our bright Australian light. Wild species grow in South America, but the varieties sold today are the result of years of intensive hybridising. Blooms are now large,...
Fact Sheet: Hydrangeas Hydrangeas are wonderful, hardy shrubs that would certainly have to be included on a list of the ten best flowering plants in the world. Some people remember hydrangeas growing in their grandmother’s garden, and think of them as old...
Kalmia Kalmia latifolia is an unusual shrub which is native to eastern North America. It is a beautiful shrub with interesting flowers that is suitable in the cooler regions of Australia. Plant details Common name: Mountain Laurel, Calico Bush Botanical name: Kalmia...