Plant Care Tips
Top Evergreen Trees for Year-Round Beauty: 10 Picks for Polished Foliage, Productive Evergreens and Sculptural Structure
Year-round beauty in the garden comes from three categories: polished evergreen feature trees, productive ornamentals that earn their place twice over, and sculptural structural specimens. Ten picks that turn every season into a feature.
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Best Trees for a Beautiful Winter Garden: 10 Picks for Form, Flowers and Year-Round Structure
Winter is when a garden reveals its bones. The strongest winter gardens combine three design tools: winter-flowering species, sculptural evergreen structure, and the bare-branch architecture of deciduous trees. Ten picks that make the cold months the most interesting season in the garden.
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Why You Should Plant Native Australian Trees in Your Garden
Five hardworking Australian natives that suit the climate: Banksia integrifolia, Brachychiton rupestris, Eucalyptus mannifera, Callistemon viminalis and Waterhousea floribunda.
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Why You Should Plant Frost-Resistant Trees This Winter
Five frost-hardy trees for cold inland and alpine gardens: Bay Miles Choice, Saucer Magnolia, Snow Pear, Japanese Maple and Snow Gum.
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Creating a Bird-Friendly Garden: 5 Native Trees That Attract Native Birds
Five Australian natives that draw nectar birds year round: Banksia integrifolia, Callistemon viminalis, Eucalyptus mannifera, Grevillea Moonlight and Corymbia Wildfire.
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5 Essential Steps to Prepare Your Garden for Spring
Five practical steps to get a garden into spring shape: clean, test soil, plan new plantings, mulch and fertilise, irrigate. Five trees that suit the spring planting window.
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Top Trees for Creating a Cottage Garden Look: 14 Picks for English Romantic Charm
Fourteen cottage garden picks — the English romantic palette layered from formal Buxus structure through cottage perennials, climbers and feature trees.
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Why Every Garden Needs a Weeping Tree
Five weeping trees that add movement and softness to a garden: Waterhousea native screen, Inaba Shidare laceleaf maple, Dawson River bottlebrush, Silver Princess gum and Kurrajong feature.
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Best Trees to Improve Your Property's Street Appeal: 10 Picks for Instant Front-Garden Impact
A practical guide to designing the street view of your home. The four layers that build curb appeal: height over the fence, the hedge at the kerb, a matched pair at the entrance, and the softening climbers, ground cover and pots that finish the composition.
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