Drought Hardy Garden
This garden at a terrace house in Paddington, Sydney, was planted only three months ago. Designer Ted Whitley chose a clever mix of colourful natives, exotics, grasses and succulents with strong contrasting foliage. These hardy plants require a ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Crepe Myrtle
Crepe myrtles are among the world's best flowering trees. They are native to eastern Asia and are hardy in most parts of Australia. Don looked at an exciting new range of crepe myrtle hybrids which reach different heights and spreads, and so ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Great Ideas with Hardy Plants
We get to visit a lot of gardens on this show and come across so many good ideas that sometimes we just have to share them with you. How about this for an idea? Phil visits a garden that has a bougainvillea (Bougainvillea cv.) that is absolutely ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Bougainvillea 'Scarlett O'Hara'
Don looked at one of the best of the bougainvilleas, a spectacular red flowering variety called 'Scarlett O'Hara'. This particular plant was growing in a dry, narrow garden bed. Bougainvilleas are very hardy and will survive without much water or ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Garden Express - Orchids
These hardy, easy to grow orchids can be grown almost anywhere in the country. Orchids are often misunderstood as fussy and hard to grow, but once the basics are understood, they are some of the easiest of all plants to bloom. Garden Express is ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Waldecks Melville
Having a waterwise garden doesn't mean you can only plant native species. Some very attractive and tough hardy plants are exotic and they thrive brilliantly in our harsh Western Australia conditions. Many gardeners cringe when you mention the ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Eutaxia Obovata
A hardy, compact evergreen shrub (30cm tall x 1m spread) with attractive yellow and brown pea shaped flowers in spring. A somewhat larger (1.5m tall x 2m spread), orange-red variety is also available. Requires a well-drained situation with a ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Burke's Backyard Best Azaleas
There are many different types of azaleas and most people have had one that looked beautiful but eventually died, usually because it was not a hardy variety. Some azaleas are very difficult to grow and others are easy so it is very important to ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Little Rev Dianella
With Australian drought creating stricter water restrictions it is important to keep these facts in mind for your garden. Neville will show you a number of ways to conserve water with a hardy plant that you can grow in your garden without ... [... more]
Garden Gurus |
Thomas Hardy
Thomas Hardy, whose writing immortalized the Wessex countryside and dramatized his sense of the inevitable tragedy of life, was born at Upper Bockhampton, near Stinsford in Dorset in 1840, the eldest child of a prosperous stonemason. As a youth ... [... more]
Random House |
Cordyline australis
This striking New Zealand native is moderately frost hardy, occurring in some of that country’s southernmost areas. The seedlings, with very narrow, arching leaves, are sold as indoor plants and last for years in this juvenile state. Planted ... [... more]
Janine's Garden |
Bactrocera neohumeralis (Hardy
: lesser Queensland fruit fly : Anterior supra-alar bristles present. Anterior notopleural bristle absent. Number of scutellar bristles 2. Posterior surstylus lobe short. Medial post sutural vittae absent. Lateral post sutural vittae present. ... [... more]
NSW Agriculture |
