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Trees and Palms

  • Prunus ‘Okame’

    Prunus ‘Okame’ Don looked at an attractive hybrid cherry. Prunus ‘Okame’ is a cross between P. campanulata and P. incisa.... read more
  • Prunus x blireana

    Prunus x blireana One of the best spring blossom trees, Prunus x blireana is a cross between the Japanese apricot... read more
  • Scribbly Gum

    Scribbly Gum Scribbly gums (Eucalyptus haemastoma) are spectacular Australian trees with smooth, whitish yellow bark. The bark has a prominent... read more
  • She oak

      She oak If you like Australian native plants, and particularly if you like attracting native birds to your garden,... read more
  • Tibouchina

    Tibouchinas are native to south-east Brazil, where people use the massed purple blooms to decorate churches at Easter time. Here... read more
  • Tree Farm

    Tree Farm Ten years ago landscape designer, Michael Pfahl and horticulturist, Ronan O’Connor had problems finding large trees suitable for... read more
  • White magnolia flower

    Magnolia Little Gem

    Don looked at a new dwarf variety of the evergreen or Bull Bay magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora). ‘Little Gem’ was developed... read more
  • Variegated Eucalypts

    Variegated Eucalypts Recently on Burke’s Backyard we featured ‘Summer Beauty’ and ‘Summer Red’, wonderful hybrid gum trees developed specially for... read more
  • Magnolia – Vulcan

      Deciduous magnolias are wonderful small trees which produce large scented flowers on bare branches in winter and early spring.... read more
  • Cornelian Cherry

    Cornelian Cherry Although the flower display of Cornus mas, the cornelian cherry, is not as spectacular as some of its... read more
  • Crepe Myrtle

    Crepe Myrtle Don received a letter from a viewer in Donnybrook, Western Australia, who has grown one of the biggest... read more
  • Cycads

    Cycads Cycads are ancient seed plants dating back over 200 million years. In the Jurassic Period cycad-like plants dominated world... read more